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Imagine being a grad of the Oregon State Fermentation Sciences and getting the opportunity return to campus as a pro brewer to have a beer made with Block 15 Brewing.
Meet Alumni Club, what will be an annual collaborative beer release that highlights graduates of Oregon State University Fermentation Science Department.
Each year a new style and a new partner will be chosen.
Once upon a time there was the single hop beer, then there was the SMASH beer. Single malt, single hop. Now, dialing it in further is the single hop, single farm IPA. Block 15 in Corvallis, Oregon (Go Beav’s) is putting the hop farm name right on the label. Other beers have done single farm IPA’s but the farm info is in the press release and not on the can.
Having that farm name is a great way to show the agriculture behind the beer.
Block 15 Corvallis, Oregon brings us an IPA with not only the traditional spruce tips but also fir tips, oh and orange peel too…
I have many reasons for highlighting Holiday ales. Some are old friends that I enjoy returning to and others I have never had but hope to.
This beer from Block 15 falls into the latter category.
Plus it has a cool name. and second plus, it is one of the first beers to be bottled by this Corvallis, Oregon brewery.
UPDATE: I have been reading the Portland beer blogs and it looks like this one may ALREADY be gone! If you see one, grab it!