In 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (aka The Wall) was dedicated in Washington D.C. to honor veterans and the 58,000 Americans killed in the Vietnam War. The Wall is a jet black stone wall bearing the names of every American lost in the Vietnam. It is a destination for thousands of people seeking to honor friends and family who didn’t make it home.

A traveling 80% scale representation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial called American Veterans Traveling Tribute was created for those unable to make the trip to Washington DC. This traveling tribute came to Newport, Oregon yesterday.

The American Veterans Traveling Tribute is a centerpiece of Newport’s 2010 Loyalty Days celebration. The traveling wall made a stop in Lincoln City a few years ago, drawing crowds of veterans and family members that came to honor those they had lost.

The arrival of the memorial was in conjunction with the 1000 Flags display, a bridge walk over Newport’s Yaquina Bay. Participants all carried American Flags.  We hope local residents and visitors take advantage of this opportunity to see this impressive and sobering monument.

The 1000 flag walk across the Yaquina Bay Bridge was followed by a spaghetti feed provided by Rogue Nation at the Rogue brewery. Loyalty Days events continue today and throughout the weekend. More information on individual events can be found here  http://www.loyaltydays.com
American Veterans Traveling Tribute info can be found here http://www.avtt.org

100% Pure Rogue, the official newspaper of the Rogue Nation has been released. Look for it in your mailbox, or check out the digital version available here.

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WHAT’S INSIDE:

P2 African killer bees
P3 Did Rogue leave the Church?
P4 Hopyard harvest prayer
P5 Rogue pub art
P6 Learn to read
P7 Crabber butt dials
P8 Rogue resume of the year
P9 What’s better than a legend?
P10 We Can’t Give it Away
P11 Bagpipe maker, meet John Maier
P12 Sheriff Closes Astoria pub
P13 Rogue’s Colombian Connection
P14 CLASSIFIED ADS
P15 Rogue makes root beer
P16 Rogue cover model gets slammed
P17 Pygmy brewer, meet pygmy distiller
P18 Learn what’s banned in the Nation
P19 Got Rogue Ink?
P20 Bid for UN Membership continues

Published April 23, 2010 in GQ Magazine, by William Bostwick

We’re living in a golden age for beer. Chances are there are more taps at your corner bar these days than Creedence songs on the jukebox—and maybe more than you know what to do with. Come prepared with our list of the best beers out there and never fumble for a perfect pint again.

Pin Envy takes Spirit; Pick Up Artists pick up No Tap Champs!

Brutal Bowlers managed to keep the same team score both games (550) AND take the championship title! Battling with Gutter Punks in the semi-final game, Brutal Bowlers sent them packing down the lanes to third place. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Gutter won by forfeit from Hollywood Spares and moved on to play Brutal Bowlers in a civilized battle for Tuesday Night Champs. Nicole and Don tried their best, but alas it wasn’t enough to top Brutal Bowlers. In No Tap News, Pick Up Artists were on FIYAH, picking up No Taps throughout the night and coming out on top to claim Tuesday Night No Tap Champs. Pin Envy won Spirit Champs by a landslide–all that spirit, all those shorty shorts and trips to Lippmans paid off! Way to go all!

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PORTLAND, OR, April 23, 2010 – On Saturday, April 17, Rogue hosted the 3rd Annual Firkin Festival at the Green Dragon in SE Portland.   The event showcased 17 cask-style beers from 17 Oregon breweries, including Brewers Union, Pelican, Block 15, Bridgeport, Deschutes, Rogue, Double Mountain, Eugene City Brewery, Hopworks, Laurelwood, Oakshire, Upright, Lucky Lab, Ninkasi, Lompoc, The Green Dragon and Beer Valley.  Gourmet food from Kobe USA, Vosges Haut Chocolates and Steve’s Cheese Bar was also provided.

To be eligible for the festival, beers had to be unpasteurized, unfiltered, naturally carbonated in the cask and served at cellar temperature of 55 degrees.  The Green Dragon tapped all 17 Firkins at midnight the night before the Festival.  This allowed the beers to settle for nearly 12 hours prior to the event.  Oregon Brewer’s Guild Executive Director, Brian Butenschoen was on hand to perform the ceremonial first-pour.

Profits will be donated to Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School, a neighborhood school that enhances the intellectual, social and academic development of its students through music, art, theater and creative movement.  The Buckman School is located less than a mile from the Green Dragon.

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Newport, Oregon, April 21, 2010 – Five Rogue beers were named Northwest Champions at the 16th Annual United States Beer Tasting Championships (USBTC) regional competition.  The winning beers were:  Old Crustacean in the Barley Wine category; Mogul Madness in the Strong/Old Ale category; XS Russian Imperial Stout in the Imperial Stout category; Hazelnut Brown Nectar in the Brown Ale category; and Rogue Smoke Ale in the Smoke Beer Category.

Rogue Old Crustacean was also named the national Grand Champion in the Barley Wine category at USBTC.

Celebrating its second century, Rogue Ales is an Artisan Varietal Brewery founded in Oregon in 1988, as one of America’s first 50 microbreweries.  Rogue’s ales, porters, stouts and lagers are brewed using hops and barley from Rogue’s own Oregon micro-farms.  Rogue is committed to saving the terrior of Oregon hops and barley from extinction, one acre at a time.

Dare.  Risk.  Dream.

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EUGENE, OR., April 19, 2010 – Eugene City Brewery has been awarded two GOLD medals at the World Beer Championships for Triple Jump Pale and 200 Meter IPA.
Previously, Eugene City Brewery’s Triple Jump Pale Ale recieved awards for quality at the 2009 World Beer Championships, at the 2008 U.S. Beer Tasting Championships, at the 2008 North American Beer Awards and at the 2008 New Zealand International Beer Awards.

200 Meter IPA was also recognized for quality in the 2009 World Beer Championships, the 2009 New Zealand International Beer Awards and the 2009 Australian International Beer Awards.

This year’s award winning beers use barley and hops from micro farms in Tygh Valley and Independence, Oregon.  THESE AWARDS VALIDATE OUR COMMITMENT TO SAVING THE TERROIR OF HOPS AND BARLEY FROM EXTINCTION – ONE ACRE AT A TIME.

Eugene City Brewery is an artisan varietal brewery founded in October of 1994. Previously known as the West Brothers BBQ and then the Dive Bar & Grill, the location has its roots in the original historic Eugene City Brewery, established in 1866.  The new Eugene City Brewery creates world class Track Town Ales in a 7 barrel brew system. Track Town Ales have 40 national and international awards for taste and quality.

DARE.  RISK.  DREAM.

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Newport, Oregon, April 15, 2010 –  In 2010, Rogue Ales has received 15 Gold Medals from the World Beer Championships.  Gold Medals received this year (with corresponding scores) include:

Double Dead Guy – 94
Imperial Red Ale – 94
Old Crustacean Barleywine – 93
Yellow Snow IPA – 93
Russian Imperial Stout – 93
Double Chocolate Stout – 92
I2PA Imperial India Pale Ale – 92
Brutal IPA – 92
Hazelnut Brown Nectar – 92
Mogul Madness – 92
Double Mocha Porter – 91
Captain Sig’s Northwestern Ale – 91
Shakespeare Stout – 90
Imperial Younger’s Special Bitter Ale – 90
Juniper Pale Ale – 90

Rogue congratulates its Brew Master, John Maier, on this year’s awards, which include five out of seven total Gold Medals awarded in the Strong Ales category and two of the top five India Pale Ales.

Rogue’s ales, porters, stouts and lagers are brewed using hops and barley from Rogue’s own Oregon micro-farms.  Rogue is committed to saving the terroir of Oregon hops and barley from extinction, one acre at a time.

Dare.  Risk.  Dream.

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The Rogue Nation is not the sponsor of this event for the author of “Going Rogue”.

She is not a member of the Rogue Nation and few politicians qualify.

We still don’t know her position on the admission of The Rogue Nation into the United Nation.

Rogue already has an Author Laureate: Dick Marcinko, of the Rogue Warrior books.

We do make a product called Pailing Porter, but it is not in her honor, it honors beer pails of years past. This product will be available only in April starting on the 1st.

We make Ales, Porters, Stouts, Lagers, Root Beer and Spirits, not politics.

Steve Swan,
Rogue Nation President