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PORTLAND, OR, June 30, 2010 – Rogue Brewmaster John Maier has brewed 21 different beers for the 21 years of the Oregon Brewers Fest.  To honor the OBF and John’s “21er”, John brewed a one-time batch of an Olde Ale, called 21 Ale.

21 Ale will be available in black ceramic 750ml bottles in limited quantities and 21 kegs of 21 Ale will be celebrated by 21 of the Rogue Nation’s most loyal, long time beer emporiums across the country.

To kick off 21 Ale, a premier pour event will be held at the Horse Brass Pub in Portland on July 21st.

The list of beers John has made for OBF is below, although there are two “mystery” years that we cannot remember.  The Rogue Nation Historian is offering 4 bottles of 21 Ale and 427 Hopoes (the official currency of the Rogue Nation) to anyone that can tell us which beers we poured at OBF in 1992 and 1993.

21 Ale is dedicated to Art Larrance and Teddy Peetz, the founders of the Oregon Brewers Festival.

21 Ale is brewed with 14 ingredients: 2 Row, Briess Amber, C-40, Wyermann Carafa & Rogue Farms RiskTM Malt; Willamette, US Goldings & Rogue Farms Revolution Hops; Simpsons Golden Naked Oats; Franco-Belges Carawheat; Molasses, Brewer’s Licorice, Wyeast Old Ale Blend Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.

Rogue remains committed to saving the terroir of Oregon hops and barley, one acre at a time, by growing our own.

2010:  21 Ale
2009:  Latona Pale Ale
2008:  Glen Ale
2007:  Imperial Porter
2006:  Juniper Pale Ale
2005:  Schwartz Bier
2004:  Gone Awry IPA   
2003:  Skull Splitter     
2002:  Charlie 1981
2001:  Brew 5000
2000:  Incinerator Dopplebock
1999:  Imperial Pilsner
1998:  Brutal Bitter    
1997:  Dopplebock
1996:  Imperial India Pale Ale
1995:  McRogue Scotch Ale
1994:  Dopple Mogul
1993:  mystery #2
1992:  mystery #1
1991:  Chipotle Ale
1990:  Saint Rogue Red

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TYGH VALLEY, OR, June 29, 2010 – The Rogue Nation Department of Agriculture has broken ground on the Rogue Malt Floor located on the Rogue Micro Barley Farm in Oregon’s Tygh Valley Appellation.

The Malt Floor will be a Heritage-malting operation in which Rogue Farm barley will be soaked, floor-germinated, hand-raked on the malt floor, roasted in a brick hearth, and bagged in small batches.  Rogue Brewmaster John Maier plans on developing 4-6 varieties of floor malt that will be used in the brewing and distilling of Rogue Ales, Porters, Stouts, Lagers, and Whiskies.

Floor malting began in the 19th century but was gradually replaced by automated equipment that helped reduce labor costs.  With the establishment of the malt floor, Rogue joins a select handful of floor maltsters in Germany, England, and the Czech Republic that continue to carry on the heritage malting method.
The Malt Floor will be complete and operational in August — in time for the Rogue Farm barley harvest.       Complimentary tours of the Malt Floor will be provided and will also include tours of Rogue rock, Rogue-henge, asiiiRogue creek, and the Rogue fishing pond.

The Rogue Nation Department of Agriculture remains committed to saving the terroir of Oregon hops and barley, one acre at a time, by growing its own.

For more information on the Rogue Malt Floor, Farm tours, or Rogue’s Grow Your Own revolution, contact the Rogue Department of Agriculture at 503.241.3800.

Updates on the progress of the Malt Floor will be provided at http://www.rogue.com/locations/locations.php.

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INDEPENDENCE, OR, June 25, 2010 – Our hops are steadily climbing the coconut twine at Chatoe Rogue.  Due to the heavy rains and cool temperatures our bines are growing low and slow this summer.  We expect a smaller harvest and that our hops will have lower alphas (less acidic) at harvest this season.  Typically the bines are 3/4 up the twine to the overhead cable and right now they are just above the half-way point.

Over the next month we expect the bines to hit their peak growing rate (up to a foot a day) and we will start flagging and culling males (to keep their seeds out) later this month.Watch them grow on our webcam:  http://www.rogue.com/locations/locations.php.

Come visit the hopyard. The Chatoe is open Wednesdays through Fridays from 4-9, Saturdays 11-9, and Sundays 11-6.  Rogue’s five-bedroom, 100-year old farm house, the Hop in Bed is filling up fast this summer.  If you want to spend the night make your reservations soon.  

Rogue Farms has the Chatoe Rogue tasting room and 42 acres of hops at our hopyard in Independence, OR.

For more information on Rogue Farms, tours, to reserve the Hop in Bed, or Rogue’s Grow Your Own revolution, contact the Rogue Department of Agriculture at 503.241.3800, or email hopfarm@rogue.com, or go to rogue.com.

The Rogue Nation remains committed to saving the terroir of Oregon Hops and Barley, one acre at a time, by growing its own.

Published in the Beer Traveler

Rogue Brewery is ranked 49.

1. Great American Beer Festival, Denver, CO
2. Augustiner Keller, Munich, Germany
3. Abbaye de Notre-Dame d’Orval, Orval, Belgium
4. Monk’s Café, Philadelphia, PA
5. Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court, London, England
6. Schlenkerla Heller-Brau Trum, Bamberg, Germany
7. Horse Brass Pub, Portland, OR
8. Kulminator, Antwerp, Belgium
9. The Hopleaf, Chicago, IL
10. Toronado, San Francisco, CA
11. Zum Uerige, Dusseldorf, Germany
12. The Market Porter, Stoney Street, London, England
13. Oregon Brewers Festival, Portland, OR
14. U Fleku, Prague, Czech Republic
15. Andechs Monastery, Andechs, Germany
16. Falling Rock Tap House, Denver, CO
17. Fruh au Dom, Cologne, Germany
18. The Bull & Castle, Dublin, Ireland
19. Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany
20. Brouwer’s Cafe, Seattle, WA
21. Spuyten Duyvil, Brooklyn, NY
22. Brick Store Pub, Decatur, GA
23. Cantillon Brewery and Gueuze Museum, Belgium
24. Brauhaus Sion, Cologne, Germany
25. Henry’s 12th Street Tavern, Portland, OR
26. The Gingerman, Austin, TX
27. t’Bruges Biertja, Bruges, Belgium
28. The Brickskeller, Washington, DC
29. Bruxellensis Festival of Characterful Beers, Brussels, Belgium
30. The Flying Saucer, NC, SC, TN, MO, AR and TX
31. d.b.a., New York, NY
32. Kaffe de Hopduvel, Ghent, Belgium
33. The Great Lost Bear, Portland, ME
34. Spatenhaus au der Oper, Munich, Germany
35. Uber Tavern, Seattle, WA
36. The Blue Tusk, Syracuse, NY
37. Brauhaus Spandau, Berlin, Germany
38. The Wynkoop Brewery, Denver, CO
39. World Beer Festival, Durham/Raleigh, NC, Columbia, SC, Richmond, VA
40. Cadieux Café, Detroit, MI
41. Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY
42. Porterhouse (Temple Bar), Dublin, Ireland
43. Mondial de la Bière, Montreal, Quebec
44. Krčma, Ceske Krumlov, Czech Republic
45. Le Bier Circus, Brussels, Belgium
46. Library Ale House, Santa Monica, CA
47. Pizza Port & Port Brewing, Solana Beach, CA
48. Akkurat, Stockholm, Sweden
49. Rogue Brewery, Newport, OR
50. Great Canadian Beer Festival, Vancouver, BC
51. Marine Hotel, Stonehaven, Scotland
52. Clark Street Ale House, Chicago, IL
53. Baumgartner’s Cheese Store & Tavern, Monroe, WI
54. Czech Beer Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
55. The Beer Engine, Lakewood, OH
56. Au General Lafayette, Paris, France
57. Great Lakes Brewing, Cleveland, OH
58. Hofbrauhaus, Munich, Germany
59. Blue Moon Brewing at the SandLot, Coors Field, Denver, CO
60. Beer Club Popeye, Tokyo, Japan
61. Volo, Toronto, ON
62. Weihenstephan Brewery, Freising, Germany
63. Selin’s Grove Brewing, Selinsgrove, PA
64. Clark’s Ale House, Syracuse, NY
65. Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL
66. Wilimantic Brewing Co., Wilimantic, CT
67. Great Taste of the Midwest, Madison, WI
68. Brasserie Federal (Hopbahnhof), Zurich, Switzerland
69. Gritty McDuff’s, Portland, ME
70. Halve Maan Brewery, Bruges, Belgium
71. Sapporo Beer Garden, Higashi-ku, Japan
72. Blind Tiger Ale House, New York, NY
73. Brewer’s Art, Baltimore, MD
74. Birreria l’Orso Eletricco, Rome, Italy
75. Pivovarsky Klub, Prague, Czech Republic
76. Stumbling Monk, Seattle, WA
77. Belgo Central, London, England
78. Anchor Brewing Tasting Room, San Francisco, CA
79. Eulogy Belgian Tavern, Philadelphia, PA
80. Arend’s Nest, Amsterdam, Holland
81. The Gravity Bar, Guinness St. James Gate Brewery, Dublin, Ireland
82. The Australian Hotel, Sydney, Australia
83. Zly Casy, Prague, Czech Republic
84. Cooter Brown’s, New Orleans, LA
85. Delerium Café, Brussels, Belgium
86. The Olde Mitre Tavern, Ely Court, London, England
87. Delilah’s, Chicago, Illinois
88. Deschutes Brewery & Publick House, Bend, OR
89. Mahar’s, Albany, NY
90. Nederlands Biercafe ‘t Arendsnest, Amsterdam, Holland
91. Dogfish Head Ale House, Rehoboth Beach, DE
92. Sail and Anchor Brewpub, Fremantle, Australia
93. Mecklenburg Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio
94. The Map Room, Chicago, IL
95. The Publick House, Brookline, MA
96. Gosenschenke Ohne Bedenken, Leipzig, Germany
97. Holiday Ale Festival, Portland, OR
98. Olympen Mat og Vinhus, Oslo, Norway
99. O’Brien’s Pub, San Diego, CA
100. Antares Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
101. Bierproeflokaal In de Wildeman, Amsterdam, Holland
102. beerbistro, Toronto, Canada
103. Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen, Denmark
104. McSorley’s Ale House, New York, NY
105. Die Weisse, Salzburg, Austria
106. Irseer Klosterbrauerei, Irsee, Germany
107. Max’s Tap House, Baltimore, MD
108. McMenamins Kennedy School Hotel, Portland, OR
109. Chez Moeder Lambic, Brussels, Belgium
110. Sunset Grille & Tap, Boston, MA
111. McNellie’s Bar, Tulsa, OK
112. PINT Bokbierfestival, Amsterdam, Holland
113. Redbones Restaurant, Somerville, MA
114. Sleeping Lady Brewery/Snow Goose Restaurant, Anchorage, AK
115. Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
116. The Happy Gnome, St. Paul, MN
117. Milltown, Carrboro, NC
118. Zythos Bier Festival, Sint Niklaas, Belgium
119. The Thirsty Monk, Asheville, NC
120. Goose Island Brewing, Chicago, IL
121. Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, CA
122. Moan and Dove, Amherst, MA
123. Neuzeller Kloster Brau, Neuzelle, Germany
124. Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, England
125. Taco Mac, GA & TN
126. American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, Burlington, VT
127. The White Horse Pub, Parsons Green, London, England
128. Tinkoff, Moscow, Russia
129. 5 Seasons Brewing, Atlanta, GA
130. The Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, PA
131. The Alibi Room, Vancouver, BC
132. Gösser Bierklinik, Vienna, Austria
133. Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
134. The Bell, Aldworth, Berkshire, England
135. Brouwerij ‘t Ij, Amsterdam, Holland
136. TY Harbor Brewery, Tokyo, Japan
137. The Heart & Thistle, Halifax, Nova Scotia
138. Ye Olde Chesire Cheese, London, England
139. The Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI
140. Mitchell’s Waterfront Brewery & Scottish Ale House, Cape Town, South Africa
141. Kelly’s Caribbean Bar, Grill & Brewery, Key West, FL
142. Cole’s, Buffalo, NY
143. Heineken Brewery, Amsterdam, Holland
144. The Dubliner, Washington, DC
145. Matt Brewery Tasting Room, Utica, NY
146. The Shakespeare, Aukland, New Zealand
147. Boxing Cat Brewery, Shanghai, China
148. Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington, DC
149. Bar 35, Honolulu, Hawaii
150. Mr. Sancho’s Beach, Cozumel, Mexico

May 17, 2010

Rogue Nation,

In honor of our former Chairman, Brewer Maier, and in conjunction with the 4^th annual Brewer’s Memorial Ale Fest, Rogue is excited to announce a new employee benefit:  Dog Insurance!

Rogue will fund up to the first $20 per month for every employee who enrolls in this new benefit.  Any additional amounts will be automatically paid via payroll deduction.  The cost of coverage varies based on breed, age and selected benefits.  Enclosed you will find enrollment information, average plan pricing and benefit descriptions.

Love your dog and enroll today!

Dare ~ Risk ~ Dream,

R.B. Brandvold
Director of the Rogue Monetary Fun

June 15, 2010 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Join Rogue Ales Brewmaster, John “more hops” Maier, at The Happy Gnome for a Taste of Newport, Oregon

The beers on tap include:

• Chatoe Rogue Oregasmic, a special debut keg brewed with hops and barley grown at the Rogue Farms in Oregon.
• Glen Ale, a special vintage keg named for and brewed in tribute to Glen Falconer (www.glenfalconerfoundation.org)
• Rogue Imperial Porter, served cask conditioned from a firkin.
• John John Juniper Pale Ale, a special release of Rogue Juniper Pale Ale, aged in Rogue Spirits Spruce Gin casks.
• Somer Orange Honey Ale, brewed with Oregon Wildflower Honey, chamomile, barley, wheat, oats, coriander and orange peel.
• Dead Guy Ale, quintessentially Rogue, based on a German-style Maibock and brewed with John’s proprietary Pacman Ale yeast.

300 Yaquina Bay Oysters are being shipped to Happy Gnome from the Oregon Oyster Farm, located up the bay from Rogue Ales’ brewery in Newport. The bivalves will be served on the half-shell.

John Maier is a lifetime member of the American Homebrewers Association and was Homebrewer of the Year in 1988.

He will be attending the National Homebrewers Conference in Minneapolis. Rogue Ales is the sponsor of the Banquet Awards Dinner at NHC.

The Happy Gnome is located at 498 Selby Ave, in the Cathedral Hill Neighborhood of St. Paul, MN.
Phone: 651-287-2018

Join us for the Journey!