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Men's Journal Ranks
Mirror Pond #1
The staff at Men’s Journal selected an expert tasting panel including: Daniel Bradford, president of the Brewer’s Association of America, Alton Brown, host of Food Network’s Good Eats, beer writer Michael Jackson and Jim Parker, executive director of the Oregon Brewer’s Guild.
After craft beers from across the United States were sampled and ranked, Mirror Pond Pale Ale came out on top, winning the Men’s Journal Gold Crown. Congratulations to all the craft breweries that topped the list of best beers in America.
Upcoming Seasonal Beers
Pine Mountain Pils ~ Deschutes’ Classic Lager
Lavanator Dopplebock ~ Dark, Rich and Strong
Twilight Ale ~ Our Gold Medal Summer Seasonal
Anniversary Alt ~ Should be a keg or two left from the Anniversary Party
East Lake Extra Pale ~ Extremely quaffable
Horse Ridge IPA ~ Back by popular demand
Bëndsch Kölsch ~ A favorite of the Pub regulars and staff
Oh Be Joyful! ~ Munich malt & 100% Amarillo hops
Rumors of an Oatmeal Pale Ale and a Belgian Ale in the works.
Mirror Pond Barleywine
We’ve brewed a double-strength batch of our Mirror Pond Pale Ale and we’re conditioning it in a variety of new and used barrels, including Pinot Noir, Port, Jack Daniels and New American Oak. We’ll be blending and releasing it late this fall (hopefully in 22 oz bottles if we can get the bottling line refit in time – stay tuned).
Porter & Pale Cycling Jerseys
One of these beautiful Black Butte Porter or Mirror Pond Pale Ale cycling jerseys could be yours (at a 10% discount!). Check ‘em out, along with lots of other cool stuff, on our website: www.deschutesbrewery.com and enter the promotional code “BT” for a 10% discount on your entire order.
15th Annual
Sagebrush Classic Feast - July 17th
Once again, Deschutes Brewery teams up with Broken Top to sponsor the Sagebrush Classic and Feast. Seventeen chefs from around the world will be presenting their fabulous creations. As of this writing, there are still tickets available to the feast on Saturday, July 17th.
And if you love to cook, think you want to cook, or just want to see Sagebrush come together, volunteers are needed to prep with the chefs on Friday and Saturday, July 16th and 17th. Also needed are volunteers to serve at the Feast on Saturday, July 17th.
For ticket information or to volunteer, call 385-8606.
Save a Tree!
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Warm Goat Cheese and Baby Spinach Salad
with Mirror Pond Pale Ale Poached Pears
Makes 8 salads
1 Bottle Mirror Pond Pale Ale
1 Cup Sugar
1 teaspoon ground Nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground Cardamom
1 pinch ground Chili Flake
2 peeled, cored and quartered Pears
Add everything but the pears to a saucepan and heat to boiling. Reduce to a simmer and add pears for about 5-7 minutes or until soft. Carefully strain and chill the pear quarters. Save and chill the liquid.
16oz Goat Cheese
Use something from the drawer with all the stuff in it (ice cream scoop, small measuring cup, whatever) to make approximately 2 oz molds of goat cheese and place on a cookie sheet pan. Heat for about one minute under a broiler right before serving. Place on top of spinach salad (below), garnish with pear slices and drizzle some of the poaching liquid over the salad.
1 bag Baby Spinach
¼ cup Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Sugar
½ teaspoon each Salt & Freshly-Ground Pepper
½ teaspoon Fresh Thyme
Whisk the vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper and thyme together in a bowl. Slowly drizzle in olive oil while whisking. Toss vinaigrette with baby spinach to coat.
Deschutes Brewery Employee Profile
Nikki Mills has been a positive force on the Deschutes Brewery team since she started as a server at the Pub in 1995. She has since moved to the plant where she is currently our Safety Coordinator. Nikki brings fun and excitement to the normally mundane business of safety - in fact, Nikki’s a little bit wild and crazy. At the ?nish of our expansion, along with a pizza party and ice cream, Nikki organized a stealth TPing of the contractor’s trailer. Deschutes Brewery’s a fun place to work, especially with people like Nikki around.
Where's the Beer...?
Send us a picture of one of our beers in an exotic location (North Pole, Amazon Jungle, top of the Eiffel Tower, downtown Cleveland) and we’ll publish it in our newsletter. The most exotic photo will win some great Brewery stuff. Act Now! Judging will take place December 31st.
And here’s a start: While on a boating trip on the Elbe with her children, Peg Gunterman of Sunriver took a picture of one of Deschutes Brewery’s Territory posters that was hanging on a wall in a beer hall in Berlin. |