Deschutes Brewery

Deschutes Brewery

Type	Private
Industry	Alcoholic beverage
Founded	1988
Founder(s)	Gary Fish
Headquarters	Bend, Oregon, USA
Products	Beer
Production output	205,000 barrels (2010)
Website	www.descutesbrewery.com

Deschutes is a craft brewery founded in 1988 in Bend, Oregon, USA. The company produces a range of beers which it currently distributes to eighteen states.^[1] As of 2010, it was the fifth-largest craft brewery and eleventh-largest overall brewery in the United States.^[2]

History

Gary Fish established the Deschutes Brewery & Public House as small brew pub in 1988 in downtown Bend, Oregon and named it after the Deschutes River.^[3] Fish emphasized a community-based approach to his business, stating, "We want people to feel like this is, in a lot of ways, theirs."^[3] The brewery sold 310 barrels of beer in its first year, and by 1992, sales were up to 3,954 barrels.^[3] Unable to keep up with demand in its original facility, the brewery expanded to a 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m²) production brewery in 1993 with the ability to brew in 50-barrel batches.^[3] Deschutes now has a brewing facility with two brew houses, distributing its beer in eighteen Western & Midwestern states. Bend's original brew pub still brews most of the beer it pours at the pub on the 12-barrel system.^{[citation needed]} A Deschutes brew pub opened in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon in May 2008.

In 2011, it announced plans to expand its brewing facility by 6,750 square feet (627 m²), allowing an additional 105,000 barrels to be brewed per year. New equipment installed will contain a water reuse system, saving the company thousands of gallons of water per year, as well as a carbon dioxide capture system from the fermentation process, which will decrease waste to the city sewer system. The expansion is expected to be completed mid-2012.^[4]

Products

The company produces a range of beers including Black Butte Porter, Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Obsidian Stout, Bachelor ESB, The Abyss, Cascade Ale and "Red Chair [North Western Pale Ale]". In April 2006, the Deschutes Brewery replaced its Quail Springs IPA, an English-style India Pale Ale, with Inversion IPA, an American Northwest-style India pale ale, as its year-round IPA.

Mirror Pond has consistently won awards in the pale ale category at various brewing competitions, including the Gold Medal at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival.^[5] Black Butte is the best-selling craft porter in the United States.^[5]

Community

Since 1989, Deschutes has sponsored the Deschutes Brewery Sagebrush Classic, an annual golf and culinary event to benefit local nonprofit charities.^[6]

References

1. ^ Benn, Evan (March 30, 2011). "Deschutes Brewery plans Missouri distribution". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. stltoday.com. http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/dining/bars-and-clubs-other/hip-hops/article_d3de214e-5af6-11e0-a88e-0017a4a78c22.html. Retrieved 2011-5-19. 
2. ^ "Brewers Association Releases 2010 Top 50 Breweries Lists". Brewers Association. April 13, 2011. http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=brewers-association-releases-2010-top-50-breweries-lists. Retrieved 2011-5-18. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Deschutes Brewery, Inc.". International Directory of Company Histories (St. James Press) 57. 2004. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Deschutes-Brewery-Inc-Company-History.html. Retrieved 2011-5-20. 
4. ^ Kropf, Brian (March 15, 2011). "Deschutes Brewery to Expand". Mutineer Magazine. http://www.mutineermagazine.com/blog/2011/03/deschutes-brewery-to-expand/. Retrieved 2011-5-19. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Deschutes Brewery Expands". Oregon Brewers Guild. March 15, 2011. http://oregonbeer.org/2011/03/15/deschutes-brewery-expands/. Retrieved 2011-5-20. 
6. ^ "Sagebrush 2011: Scrambling, Golfing, Eating - All for the Community" (Press release). sagebrush.org. March 5, 2011. http://sagebrush.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/PR-General_Release_3.5.11.pdf. Retrieved 2011-5-20. 

External links

• Deschutes Brewery Website