Internal Brewsletter - October 15th, 2025
General
Employee Provision - Submissions Needed!
A weekly special served at the Pub, the idea of which comes primarily from Block 15 employees.
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
Event Horizon // 5.00%
Description: This porter combines deep, roasty malt character with cocoa and dark fruit notes. We conditioned this brew on chocolate for a balance of rich flavors with a dry finish.
Key Takeaway: For lovers of porter, chocolate, or understated subtlety, this beer presents flavor and aroma without the sweetness associated with many chocolate porters.
Tasting Notes: Chocolate Cake • Vanilla Icing • Delicate
Format: Draft & Cans
Series: Perennial
Beer Style: Chocolate Porter
TC Peche // 6.00%
Description: Turbulent Consequence is our turbid mashed, extended boiled, lambic-style ale spontaneously fermented and matured in our underground wild cellars. Peche is made up of select 18-month-old barrels that are blended onto 1000 pounds of Pacific Northwest peaches, and aged an additional 8 months.
Key Takeaway: Lambic-style ale aged on one of the traditional five belgian brewing fruits, peaches.
Tasting Notes: Peach Juice • Sweet Tarts • Overripe
Format: Draft & Bottles
Series: Cellars
Beer Style: Lambic Ale Matured in Oak Barrels with NW Peaches
Upcoming Releases
*This list is subject to change based on the production schedule. Please keep that in mind!
Ol’ Saint Nick // Winter Ale
Series: Orbital
Releases: October 24th
Format: Draft & Cans
Description: Ol' Saint Nick is a generously malt-forward winter ale - artfully constructed with a base of selected malts and hops, offering notes of toffee, cocoa, plum, and caramel with citrusy hops and a festive finish.
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 and Flicker
Tap Room: Flicker
Beer Education
NEW: Barrel Room Roundtable - Thursdays 4 pm
This weeks barrel room round table: Thursday 4PM - Compare and contrast Bloktoberfest and Bavarian Maerzen
Beer 101: Oktoberfest and Bloktoberfest
By Garrison Schmidt, Head Brewer
Originating in 1810 to commemorate the wedding of the Bavarian Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildurghausen, Oktoberfest has grown into the largest beer festival in the world. Held every year (minus a few exceptions), Munich Oktoberfest lasts 16 to 18 days from the end of September to the beginning of October, and hosts about 6 million visitors a year. Held in the 77-acre Theresienwiese in Munich, a sprawling park that hosts six breweries (Paulaner, Spaten, Löwenbräu, Augustiner-Bräu, Staatliches Hofbräu-München, and Hacker-Pschorr-Bräu), each with its own tent that can reach 10,000 seats.
Many different beer styles are available at Oktoberfest, but currently, Festbier is king. A pale lager, it is lighter and easier to consume than the traditional Marzen. That’s not to say you won’t find Marzen there. 7.4 million Liters of beer are drunk at Oktoberfest each year. It’s not just about the beer; Oktoberfest is a full-on folk festival with food and cultural events as well as an amusement park. It is similar to the feel of a state fair, but larger than even the largest state fairs in the U.S. My favorite thing about an Oktoberfest is the shared tables. Nothing fosters a sense of community like sitting, eating, drinking, and singing with strangers.
The event is so popular that smaller Oktoberfests are held all over the world, from Brazil to Vietnam. The largest Oktoberfest in the United States is Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, which hosts about 500,000 people annually. Oregon hosts several Oktoberfest celebrations, including our own, Bloktoberfest.
Bloktoberfest was first held in 2009 and ran continuously until 2020, when it was canceled due to the Pandemic. We typically sell between 3,000 and 4,000 tickets. Running this Friday and Saturday in front of the pub downtown, we’ll be pouring Bloktoberfest, our Marzen lager, Gloria, and Black Gold, our Schwarzbier. These are three of my favorite beers that we brew, and a lot of care and attention go into their production. They are a beautiful spectrum of lager, ranging from Gloria’s yellow gold, through Bloktoberfest’s ruby amber, to the dark black of Black Gold. I encourage you to come experience Bloktoberfest, whether you’ve been to Munich or have never been to an Oktoberfest anywhere.
Marketing Updates
By Holly Amlin, Marketing & Creative Manager
Events
Bloktoberfest - October 17th - 18th
This weekend! Remember, as an employee, you get into the festival for free. We’re looking forward to showing Corvallis a good time with fun activities both Friday and Saturday.
Event details on our website:https://block15.com/bloktoberfest
Late Fall Bottle Release - November 1st
This year’s Late Fall Bottle Release events all land on Saturday, November 1st. To celebrate some of our favorite holiday beers (Imagine, Imagine: Speculoos, Figgy Pudding, and Willa), we’re hosting some fun events. Here’s the deets:
Event Tickets and Bottle Pre-Orders begin Monday, October 13th, for the public, and were already offered to Mug Club earlier this week.
General Bottle Release
Bottles will be available for sale at both locations during regular business hours starting November 1st. Limits will be in effect, and bottles will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. These bottles are excluded from our 20% off packaged beer deal on Sundays, until you hear otherwise.
Guided Pairings with Bottle Pre-Order Opportunity
November 1st, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm • Southtown Tap Room
During this guided experience, folks will learn how the beers were made from our Brewery staff while enjoying thoughtful pairings by our Executive Chef, Sarah, to enhance the tasting notes of each beer. Tickets are sold for time slots of 11:30, 12, 12:30, and 1 pm, and include a bottle pre-order opportunity.
Brewer's Dinner
November 1st, 6 - 8 pm • Downtown Pub *Almost sold out*
Enjoy an evening learning about how our barrel-aged beers were made from Garrison, over a six-course pairing experience by our Executive Chef, Sarah. Ticket includes an allotment of bottles.
Event & Beer details on our website: https://block15.com/late-fall-bottle-release
From the Executive Chef
By Sarah Farey, Executive Chef
Pub November Monthly Specials set to come out on Wednesday 11/5!
Seafood Arancini-Breaded and fried parmesan risotto, filled with gulf shrimp and pacific cod. Served with spiced pumpkin mole sauce $11.99
The Gobbler-Our juicy turkey burger topped with cornbread-sage stuffing & turkey gravy, with orange-cranberry relish on a toasted brioche bun. $18.99
Autumn Harvest Salad-Fresh greens, Tillamook smoked cheddar, Peoria Road Farm Market apples, toasted pumpkin seeds, crisp bacon and maple-Dijon vinaigrette. $13.99-Suggested add-on of smoked chicken!
Smoked Beet Reuben-Pastrami style cured and lightly smoked beets, sauerkraut, melted Swiss cheese and house Reuben sauce on our house baked toasted pumpernickel. $16.99
NEW FRY SEASONING VOTING!
I’m looking to add a new fry seasoning to the menu at both Block locations and need your help deciding! After some R&D, the two top contenders are French Curry and Ranch seasoning.This Friday and Saturday, there will be samples of both available in the breakroom or tent throughout the day, along with a voting sheet. Please take a few minutes during your break to try them and cast your vote!
If you have more detailed feedback, I’d love to hear it! Your input is incredibly valuable and helps me to shape future menu decisions.
Thanks for taking part and helping us make something great together! XO
Bakery
Notes from Lindsey Henriksen, Bakery Manager
Pub Updates
By Kira Sciarrotta, General Manager
If you are working under the tent this weekend, the dress code is Block 15 gear or German-inspired garb such as lederhosen.
Tap Room Updates
Caves Updates
By Aidan Welch, General Manager
High Fives
Kristen - Thank you for helping with the pretzel necklace assembly!
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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. There are stickers and brochures about CMRU at both locations now.
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.