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Oregon Beer

February 14, 2011 By Jay Brooks

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Today in 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state.

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Oregon Breweries

  • Alameda Brewhouse
  • Ambacht Brewing
  • Amnesia Brewing
  • Astoria Brewing Company / Wet Dog Cafe
  • Barley Brown’s Brewpub
  • Beer Valley Brewing
  • Beetje Brewery
  • Bend Brewing
  • Big Horse Brewing
  • Block 15 Restaurant & Brewery
  • Boneyard Beer Company
  • Breakside Brewery
  • Brewers Union Local 180
  • BridgePort Brewing
  • Buckman Village Brewing
  • Burnside Brewing Co.
  • Calapooia Brewing
  • Caldera Brewing
  • Captured By Porches Brewing Company
  • Cascade Barrel House
  • Cascade Brewing
  • Cascade Lakes Brewery
  • Clinton Street Brewing
  • Coalition Brewing
  • Columbia River Brewing Company
  • Deschutes Brewery
  • Dexter Brewing Company
  • Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom
  • Dragons Gate Brewery
  • Elliot Glacier Public House
  • Eugene City Brewing
  • Fanno Creek Brew Pub
  • Fearless Brewing
  • Fire Mountain Brewhouse
  • Flat Tail Brewing
  • Fort George Brewery
  • 4th Street Brewing
  • Full Sail Brewing
  • Gilgamesh Brewing
  • Golden Valley Brewery
  • Green Dragon
  • Hair of the Dog
  • Heater-Allen Brewing
  • Hop Valley Brewing Company
  • Hopworks Urban Brewery
  • Karlsson Brewing
  • Klamath Basin Brewing
  • Laurelwood Brewing
  • Liberator Brewing
  • Long Brewing
  • Lucky Labrador
  • MacTarnahan’s
  • Main Street Ale House
  • Mash Tun
  • McMenamins
  • Metolius Brewing Company
  • Mia & Pia’s
  • Migration Brewing
  • Mount Angel Brewing
  • Mount Emily Ale House
  • Mt. Hood
  • Mount Tabor Brewing
  • Mutiny Brewing
  • Natian Brewery
  • New Old Lompoc Brewery
  • Ninkasi Brewing
  • Noble Brewing
  • Oakshire Brewing
  • Occidental Brewing
  • Off The Rail Brewing Company
  • Old Market Pub and Brewery
  • Oregon Trail
  • Pacific Rim
  • Pelican Pub & Brewery
  • Philadelphia’s Steaks and Hoagies
  • The Prodigal Son Brewery and Pub
  • Raccoon Lodge
  • RAM/Big Horn Brewery
  • Rogue Ales
  • Roots Organic Brewing
  • Seven Brides Brewing, Inc.
  • Siletz
  • Silver Moon Brewing
  • Siskiyou Micro-Pub
  • Solstice Brewing Co.
  • Southern Oregon Brewing
  • Standing Stone
  • Steelhead Brewing
  • 10 Barrel Brewing
  • Terminal Gravity
  • Three Creeks Brewing
  • Tuck’s Brewery
  • Tugboat Brewing Company
  • Two Kilts Brewing
  • Upright Brewing
  • Vertigo Brewing
  • Wakonda Brewing
  • Widmer Brothers Brewing
  • Wild River Brewing
  • Willamette

Oregon Brewery Guides

  • Beer Advocate
  • Beer Me
  • Rate Beer

Guild: Oregon Brewers Guild

State Agency: Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC)

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  • Capital: Salem
  • Largest Cities: Portland, Eugene, Salem, Gresham, Hillsboro
  • Population: 3,421,399; 28th
  • Area: 98386 sq.mi., 9th
  • Nickname: Beaver State
  • Statehood: 33rd, February 14, 1859

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  • Alcohol Legalized: December 5, 1933
  • Number of Breweries: 105
  • Rank: 4th
  • Beer Production: 2,824,072
  • Production Rank: 26th
  • Beer Per Capita: 23.1 Gallons

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Package Mix:

  • Bottles: 34.9%
  • Cans: 49.7%
  • Kegs: 15.3%

Beer Taxes:

  • Per Gallon: $0.08
  • Per Case: $0.19
  • Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $2.60
  • Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $2.60

Economic Impact (2010):

  • From Brewing: $295,945,708
  • Direct Impact: $1,019,694,095
  • Supplier Impact: $763,029,556
  • Induced Economic Impact: $535,686,085
  • Total Impact: $2,318,409,736

Legal Restrictions:

  • Control State: No
  • Sale Hours: On Premises: 7 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.
    Off Premises: 7 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.
  • Grocery Store Sales: Yes
  • Notes: Liquor, all of which is state-owned prior to sale to consumers, is sold in private liquor stores. These stores are approved by Oregon’s Liquor Commissioners to act as sales agents on the state’s behalf.

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Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.

For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.

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