Internal Brewsletter - October 1st, 2025
General
Seasonal Hours at the Tap Room
Next week, we’ll be switching over to our Seasonal Hours in Southtown. These changes go into effect on Monday, October 6th.
Mondays & Tuesdays - Closed
Wednesdays thru Sundays - 11:30 am - 9 pm
Employee Provision - Submissions Needed!
A weekly special served at the Pub, the idea of which comes primarily from Block 15 employees.
This week’s Employee Provision will be brought to you by Cody O! Swing by the Pub this Thursday for Fried Bavarian Meatballs!
We’re always looking for more submissions, so send in those ideas! Remember, if your provision gets selected, you can order one for free!
This Week’s Releases
Flight Risk // 4.60%
Description: Cleared for takeoff! Brewed to celebrate the wedding of our downtown General Manager, Kira, and Lead Server (and licensed pilot) Kaidyn, this Pale Ale was dry-hopped with Cascade and Strata and sits at a cruisable 4.6% ABV.
Key Takeaway: A low-ABV crusher brewed to celebrate Kaidyn and Kira! Gentle malts, clean mouthfeel, and high-flying fruit-forward hops round out this wedding day pale. Congrats, K+K!!
Tasting Notes: Orange Peel • Pine • Soaring
Format: Draft Only
Series: Pub Life
Beer Style: Pale Ale
Upcoming Releases
*This list is subject to change based on the production schedule. Please keep that in mind!
Story of the Ghost // Hauntingly Hazy Pale Ale
Series: Orbital
Releases: October 10th
Format: Draft & Cans
Description: A haunting offering brewed with bountiful hops shrouded by velvety grist. Be possessed by otherworldy hop flavor with notes of dank herbs, pine, and tropical delight to reanimate your soul.
Black Gold // Schwarzbier
Series: Orbital
Releases: October 10th
Format: Draft Only
Description: Brewed with a pinch of coffee-black, highly-kilned malt on top of a traditional German lager malt bill, this beer is much lighter and crisper than it may seem on first glance. Balanced and highly drinkable, Black Gold strikes it rich while keeping it light.
Crowler/Package Sale for Sippin’ Sunday
20% off all packaged beer to-go, $5 Crowlers, and $10 Growler fills all-day Sunday of a specific beer.
This week’s beers are:
Pub: Eminent Point
Beer Education
NEW: Barrel Room Roundtable - Thursday, October 2nd at 4 pm
Update: BBRT will be happening every Thursday going forward.
Focus 10/2/25: GABF Entry BJCP Testing
Focus 10/9/25: Off-Flavor Workshop
Beer 101: FIGGY PUDDING
By Garrison Schmidt, Head Brewer
One of the reasons that Block 15 was so successful in our early years was our adventurous barrel-aging program. Few breweries in the US (and far fewer in the PNW) were barrel aging any beer at all, let alone imperial stouts, Belgian wilds, and barleywine in the same building. Our oldest continuously brewed barrel-aged beer is Figgy Pudding, often lovingly referred to by our staff as simply Figgy. An English-style barleywine, Figgy is generously spiced in the last minutes of the boil, allowing us to impart just the right amount of clove, nutmeg, and fig character into our favorite fall brew.
After the beer is fermented to an impressive 11%, it is aged in freshly emptied brandy barrels imported from Europe, where it picks up another 2% ABV from the barrels themselves. The barrels are laid to rest in the barrel room at production for one year, and harvested the following fall.
This mixture of rich beer brewed from the best American and European maltsters, delicate holiday spice, and barrel character comes together in a really inspired way. Perfect for sharing around a fireplace or across a dinner table, I always remember to bring some bottles of Figgy to Thanksgiving. It's warming, familiar, and immediately comforting. Please grab some bottles and share them with the folks you love this winter.
Marketing Updates
By Holly Amlin, Marketing & Creative Manager
Events
Tap Room Weekly Events
We’re starting a few recurring events at the Tap Room soon!
Wednesdays: Trivia from 6 - 8 pm
Kicks off October 1st
One complimentary Chips & Salsa per team. Prizes for 1st-3rd place. Teams of up to six. Five rounds of five questions.
Thursdays: Language Pub
Launch date TBD
Sundays: Industry Appreciation Day
Kicks off October 12th
10% entire tab for the industry member with OLCC, Food Handlers, or Marijuana Workers Permit
Bloktoberfest - October 17th - 18th
If guests are interested, the QR Codes on our posters and table tents lead to the Bloktoberfest page, where people can place orders.
Event details on our website: https://block15.com/bloktoberfest
Did You Know?
As an employee of Block 15, you get into Bloktoberfest for free!
Bloktoberfest Merch Pre-Order - EXTENDED THRU 10/5
When placing your order, use code BLOCK20 to get your 20% off employee discount, and choose In-Store Pick Up to avoid shipping fees. I'll be snagging our order prior to the fest and can hand off to you.
The sweatshirts were popular! If something was out of stock before, they’re getting back-ordered. So if you’re ok getting those after the fest, send in your order!
From the Executive Chef
By Sarah Farey, Executive Chef
October Specials will go live today, Oct. 1!
Pork Schnitzel - Thinly pounded Carlton Farms pork cutlet, breaded and fried. Drizzled with brown butter pan sauce and served with apple compote and warm, house made German potato salad. $17.99
Schnitzel is a very popular German dish consisting of a thinly pounded meat cutlet, breaded and fried.
Our german potato salad contains bacon. It is also not GF, but is DF.
This dish has no dietary modifications. Contains dairy, meat and gluten.
Schnitzel will not be offered to-go online. If an in-house guest would like to get one to-go, please inform them that we normally do not offer this to-go, as it does not travel well, or fit well in to-go boxes. We will have to cut the schnitzel to make it fit. Only allow if kitchen OK’s it and has the time to make these accommodations. Kitchen folks, please be accommodating when time allows!
Potato Salad will be available as a side option.
Pear & Hazelnut Melt - Local pears, Queen Bee Honey, Hazelnut butter and melted provolone cheese on house baked artisan bread. $15.99
Vegetarian option. Can be gluten free if GF bun is held.
Pears are sourced from Peoria Road Farm Market, and the hazelnuts come from Freddy Guys Hazelnuts, just up the road in Monmouth!
Bacon & Cambazola Burger - NW beef patty, melted cambozola cheese, crispy bacon, sliced local apple, shredded lettuce, sweet onion & maple-stoneground mustard sauce. $18.99
Cambazola is a soft rind cheese that is a blend of camembert and gorgonzola. Think a triple creme brie infused with blue cheese!
Apples come from Peoria Road Farm Market!
Butternut Squash & Three Cheese Tortellini Three cheese tortellini in a brown butter cream sauce with roasted butternut squash, crushed hazelnuts & fried sage. $13.99
Pasta is vegetarian. Any proteins can be added for an upcharge!
Squash is from Peoria and hazelnuts are from Freddy Guys!
Bakery
Notes from Lindsey Henriksen, Bakery Manager
Happy Oregon Hazelnut season! We’ve got a new Spiced Hazelnut Praline cheesecake arriving Friday at both locations, replacing the s’mores. A spiced cheesecake with a layer of caramelized hazelnut praline in the center, atop a hazelnut graham crust. Served with whipped cream and house caramel (same as the sundaes).
“Praline” in this instance refers to cooking the sugar and the nuts until caramelized, letting it harden then grinding it up in the food processor. It’s like hazelnut butter, but better!
October's monthly dessert at the pub will be German Chocolate Cake. Our fluffy nebula stout cake, layered with coconut pecan filling and chocolate cream cheese frosting, and cut into rectangular portions.
Pub Updates
By Kira Sciarrotta, General Manager
Tap Room Updates
When you’re talking to customers about the upcoming closure dates at the Taproom, be sure to also tell them about the fun events we have coming up, and encourage them to stop by!
Huge shoutout to everyone at the Taproom for rolling with the punches and going with the flow! It’s been a crazy couple weeks, but hopefully we will all find our zen again as we get settled into the new fall schedule. You are all awesome and an integral part of the awesome team we have out here.
Caves Updates
By Aidan Welch, General Manager
High Fives
Kim S. - thank you for always coming to work with a great attitude and doing a great job. We all know how awesome you are and how great it is to have you on the team.
Chris G., Caitlin, and Makenna - for crushing that 50 top like nobody's business. Thanks for staying cool-- your guys' attention to detail and communication with the reservation was awesome.
Mak & Kim - They both pulled through for some seriously needed coverage on Sunday, even though it meant they had to bust ass. Major props
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Charitable Programs
People’s Pint Tap for Corvallis Mountain Rescue Unit in October
Over the years, we’ve continued to support CMRU because of the valuable work they do. This October, we’re highlighting them again with Fluffhead. Learn more about Corvallis Mountain Rescue Unit (CMRU). Our menus will feature the People’s Pint icon again to help guests recognize the program. Please familiarize yourself with CMRU and understand what our donation will be used for, so you can be prepared to share this information with our guests.
Each pint or can purchased helps support CMRU, which offers assistance, at no charge, for search and rescue (SAR) operations in challenging areas and high-angle terrain. Skilled CMRU volunteers with mountaineering experience, trained in the many facets of technical alpine search and rescue, are available around the clock.
What’s Our Donation Going Toward?
Our donation will help to support CMRU in providing resources to train skilled search-and-rescue volunteers and mountaineers, as well as education and equipment maintenance.
What is The People's Pint?
We strive to make a positive impact on the community by supporting local non-profit groups focusing on issues such as health and wellness, education, and environmental sustainability. The People's Pint program allows us to contribute to the overall well-being of our community.