Internal Brewsletter - June 25th, 2025
General
Employee Provision
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 Garrison! Swing by the Pub this Thursday for a Cheesy Roast Beef! (Keep in mind, Garrison wanted to name this “The Arby Movie”, but for legal reasons, we couldn’t call it that.)
We’re always looking for more submissions, so send in those ideas!
This Week’s Releases
Shandy River // 4.00%
Description: A collaboration with Sugarpine Drive-In, Shandy River captures summer rays by skillfully blending a crisp rice lager base with our yuzu lemon soda—a lively refresher bound for river, trail, and backyard adventures.
Key Takeaway: A light, spritzy summer crusher, Yuzu Lemonade shandy is crisp with an acidity that keeps your palate clean and refreshed.
Tasting Notes: Meyer Lemon • Rice Cracker • Radiant
Format: Draft & Cans
Series: Synergy
Beer Style: Yuzu Shandy
Ice Knife // 7.00%
Description: Brewed with cutting-edge hop technologies, CO2 extracted Salvo™ and cryogenically frozen Strata CGX™. This West Coast IPA amplifies the most vibrant factions of sticky & pungent hop characters with a razor-sharp hop showcase of bright citrus peel oils & dense resin.
Key Takeaway: Crosby's CGX (cryo-processed hop pellets) pack a considerable punch in this west-coast IPA, featuring Comet and Strata.
Tasting Notes: Grapefruit Juice • Pine Resin • Razor's Edge
Format: Draft & Cans
Series: Emerging
Beer Style: West Coast IPA
An IPA Sub-style that originated in California. It has evolved over the years to showcase a balance of bright fruit, resinous pine, and dank (cannabis-forward) hop flavors and aromas, with a moderate to light malt presence and a dry finish with an assertive bitterness. West Coast is still a rapidly evolving style. The Variations of IPAs have become America’s primary contribution to the pantheon of world beer styles.
Upcoming Releases
*This list is subject to change based on the production schedule. Please keep that in mind!
Fog Filter // Hazy IPA
Series: Emerging
Releases: July 4th
Format: Draft Only
Description: Capri yeast meets Nelson Sauvin Abstrax in this next-level hazy that's all tropical vibes and white wine complexity—pure passion fruit energy with a creamy finish that hits differently every time.
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 beer is:
Alpine Ibex: Tap Room
Alumni Club and Beer Walker: Pub
Beer Education
4:00 pm Every Other Thursday @ the Pub
The next Happy Hour is Thursday, 6/26.
Join us every other Thursday in the Game Room at the Pub to taste through beers, discuss our beers, brewing, or any other related topics you have questions about. This is a casual session, and anyone is welcome to attend. If you have an interesting bottle of beer you would like to taste/share with the group, bring it in. Your first beer is on us if you attend.
Beer 101: Sugarpine Drive-in and Yuzu Shandy
By Garrison Schmidt, Head Brewer
As you know, we love to take part in collaborative projects both within and outside of our own industry. We recently got the chance to make a special, custom beer for Sugarpine Drive-In in Troutdale. They are a very special, nostalgic, destination restaurant located at mile zero of the Columbia River Gorge Highway. They specialize in making familiar, everyday foods extraordinary. Check out their IG for a taste of their flavor; it seems pretty incredible.
They approached us last year about coming up with a beer to complement their Summer Vacation-themed seasonal menu. Since they are located on the Sandy River, we decided to make them a special beer that we’ve never produced before, Shandy River, a Yuzu lemonade shandy. A shandy is generally any beer mixed approximately half and half with lemonade, a classic British beer cocktail. We took the more German direction, and technically made a Radler, which replaced the flat lemonade with citrus soda, typically grapefruit.
This meant that we got to experiment with making soda in-house for the first time. We made a delicious yuzu lemon soda, sweetened with 100% cane sugar, and blended it with an extra strong rice lager, creating a 4% ABV summer crusher that I am confident is going to be a big hit this summer. Give one a try and let me know what you think!
Marketing Updates
By Holly Amlin, Marketing & Creative Manager
Collaboration with Sugarpine Drive-In
As Garrison has mentioned, we are releasing Shandy River, a Yuzu Shandy, this Friday. We made it in collaboration with Sugarpine Drive-In, based in Troutdale, near the Sandy River. Sugarpine is known for its creative and colorful ice cream and sandwich creations, and is a popular destination for folks traveling through the area.
We made Shandy River specifically to complement their summer menu, “Tropical Vacay”, which is inspired by the cookout traditions of Hawaii, the Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, and California.
We also collaborated with them on a sandwich. This special will launch Friday and run through the weekend at both locations. Sugarpine is releasing theirs on Thursday. Sarah worked with them on the ingredients, which play into their summer menu focus.
IZAKAYA STEAK SANDWICH
Cold-smoked Northwest bavette steak, coated in Sugarpine Drive-In’s Wonder Rub and glazed with okonomi sauce, served chilled with caramelized miso-sesame aioli, grilled zucchini and green pepper–kale salad tossed in yuzu vinaigrette, and a red miso smashed cucumber & corn succotash. Served on a Bread Stop Bakery brioche bun.
Read more about the collaboration on our website.
Corvallis Knights Sponsorship - Upcoming Events
Meet the Brewer Nights
Fridays: June 27th, July 18th & 25th
Our second Meet the Brewer night is this Friday, with the theme of “Gosstoberfest”! The first one last week was a ton of fun and a great opportunity to talk to folks about our beer. Join us if you’d like to hang out and watch some baseball!
Lunch with the Corvallis Knights Team
June 29th, 2025 - 12 - 2 pm @ the Tap Room
Meet the team! The Knights will be joining us for lunch before their game this Sunday, the 29th.
From the Executive Chef
By Sarah Farey, Executive Chef
Pub July Monthly Specials will go live July 2nd!
Strawberry & Chevre Bruschetta - Toasted sesame baguette with creamy whipped chevre & cream cheese blend, Riverland Family Farms’ strawberries, balsamic reduction & fresh basil $13.99
STRAWBERRY BRUSCHETTA PROCEDURE
Oregon Berry Salad-Fresh salad greens, creamy citrus-parmesan dressing, roasted sunflower seeds, fresh Riverland Family Farms’ berries, julienned radishes & basil and balsamic pickled onions. $13.99
Machaca & Chipotle Tamale Pie- NW beef chuck shredded machaca, creamy & spicy chipotle tamale topping, baked to perfection & topped with melted cheddar & jack cheeses, sour cream, fresh jalapeno, crisp radish & crumbled queso fresco. $15.99
Bakery
Notes from Lindsey Henriksen, Bakery Manager
Pub Updates
By Kira Sciarrotta, General Manager
Tap Room Updates
Caves Updates
By Aidan Welch, General Manager
High Fives
Ryan Larson - Ry Guy brings a calm, cool and collected attitude to work (along with his starbs) that is very appreciated. Thank you for being a bright spot and for communicating kitchen things so well with your bakery friends!
Emily, Nico, & Riley - Thank you for hitting the ground running with the distro team! Y'all have been killin it out of the gates! Keep crushin it!
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Staff Section
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Charitable Programs
Our next event will be in July.