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Pacific Plate Brewing has been brewing up special beers for Wildlife (like Pangolin Defender) and now the Oregon Zoo has a special Red Panda IPA brewed with Rogue Ales that is cool for that ecologically sound reason but also because Mei Mei is pretty darn cute…
The other reason to look for this beer is that long-time brewmaster John Maier is retiring and you might want to raise a glass to the rogue of Rogue Brewing.
I am amazed whenever I see the longevity of some breweries and also of the brewers that man the kettles. I may not want to go near the Beard Beer but it is fantastic that John Maier has been brewing for so long.
“1 Brewer. 1 Brewery. 15,000 Brews: In 1989 John Maier started at the Rogue Ales Brewery in Newport, Oregon and was there for the very first Rogue brew – so began one of the longest standing relationships in the craft brewing industry. To commemorate 23 years, 900+ awards, and 15,000 batches Rogue is releasing 1515 bottles of BREW 15,000. This Belgian Stout will be available through a limited release on www.rogue.com – each bottle will be hand numbered and signed by John. Stay tuned for date of availability…”
from Draft Magazine…
Chatoe Rogue, a new offshoot label of the brewery, has announced its flagship brew Wet Hop Ale as the first brew of a series set for release in 2010.
And you guessed it, wet hops are the star of this beer; a 200-barrel brew is made with 3,000 pounds of wet, First-Growth hops.
These hops are brewed the same day they leave the ground, and then they are blended, bottled, and kegged by Rogue brewmaster, John Maier. Each of Chatoe Rogue’s products, all First-Growth GYO Certified, will use hops from Rogue’s Micro Hop yard.
Wet Hop Ale is made with Independence and Revolution hops, but the label also promises a Pinot Envy Ale, a Dirtoir Ale, a Single Malt Ale, and an OREgasmic Ale that will assuredly have big shoes to fill.
Rogue is really amping things up. First they do the John-John line of beers and the Sesquicentennial beers and now this!