From the office of the Public Works Director/City Engineer, Tim Gross:

Note to Citizens of the Newport, South Beach Area:

The City is requesting that residents and business make every effort to conserve water and possibly delay any production or operations that may use large quantities of water until the water main can be brought back into service. Residents are encouraged to have a 72 hour emergency kit at all times including a supply of water in containers. Water is available at the City Shops, located at 845 NE Third Street. Anyone obtaining water from the City Shops must bring their own water containers. The City Shops will only be open during normal business hours Monday-Friday 8am-4pm.

Please contact Public Works Director/City Engineer Tim Gross with questions or concerns at 541-574-3369.

LONDON, ENGLAND (January 6) – Rogue was recently honored at the World Beer Awards with four World’s Best Awards given to Chatoe Dirtoir, Brutal IPA, Chocolate Stout and Mocha Porter. In order, they were recognized as World’s Best Seasonal Lager, World’s Best Bitter Pale Ale, World’s Best Flavored Stout and World’s Best Flavored Porter. Other winners include Deschutes, Sam Adams and Unibroue.

The World Beer Awards are global awards that select from the most internationally recognized beer styles. Judging is blind with regional style heats held in Europe, USA and Asia. From these heats, a style winner is selected and is tasted against other regional winners to select the World’s Best.

Rogue ales, porters, stouts, lagers and spirits are brewed with ingredients grown on Rogue Farms in Oregon. Chatoe Dirtoir is part of the GYO series and is made with Rogue Micro Barley Farm Risk™ Malts and Rogue Micro Hopyard Independent and Revolution Hops.

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

PORTLAND, OR (October 31, 2011) - Armed with a sledge hammer, Portlanders took out their frustrations on helpless orange pumpkins at the Killer Pumpkin Fest held on Monday, October 17th. Fleshy parts flew everywhere but no humans were hurt in they mayhem. For the faint of heart, there was also pumpkin bowling all night. All pumpkins smashed were GYO Certified DREAM pumpkins from the Rogue Pumpkin Patch.

The all-pumpkin affair held at the Green Dragon, in association with Brewpublic’s Killer Beer Week, featured seventeen pumpkin beers and pumpkin cider from thirteen breweries. These brews included two hollowed-out pumpkin “casks” filled with pumpkin beer from Breakside Brewery and Hopworks Urban Brewery. The pumpkin menu had three types of roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin curry soup, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream and a pumpkin cocktail, the Hot Pumpkin Toddy.

Killer Pumpkin Fest represented beers from Breakside, Hopworks, Jolly Pumpkin, Laurelwood, Beer Valley, Elysian, New Belgium, Track Town, Nogne, Rogue, Fort George, Natian and Buckman Botanical Brewery.

Footage of the event can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9oU8ycmyGc

The Green Dragon has been named by DRAFT Magazine as one of the “Top 100 Beer Bars in America” and is listed by Imbibe Magazine as “100 Best Places to Drink Beer in America.” The Green Dragon is located at 928 SE 9th Avenue, Portland, Oregon.

Newport, OR (October 20, 2011) - Rogue Spirits will debut Vintage Vodka at the Great American Distillers Festival October 22nd and 23rd in Portland, OR. Rogue distilled Vintage Vodka from 2007 Oregon Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir.

Only 60 cases of Vintage Vodka were produced. The vodka will be available for sale at the Rogue distilleries in Newport and Portland, and through special order beginning October 27.

Rogue Spirits feature regional ingredients and are produced by hand from start to bottle. Rogue Spirits incorporates local hazelnuts, native spruce, and barrels from Oregon’s wine country into our creations. Rogue also makes the first Oregon Whiskey distilled from malted barley grown on Rogue’s micro Barley Farm in Tygh Valley, Oregon.

Rogue Spirits have garnered more than 90 national and international awards for taste and excellence from the World Beverage Competition, International Review of Spirits, International Rum Festival, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and the Beverage Dynamics Package Award.

To learn more about purchasing or sampling Vintage Vodka, contact Isaac Ersoff at: 503-241-3800 or visit rogue.com.

PORTLAND, OR (October 14, 2011) – Rogue Spirits brought home two Gold Medals at the Ministry of Rum 2011 International Tasting Competition. Rogue’s Hazelnut Spice Rum earned gold in the Flavored Rum category and Rogue’s Dark Rum took the top award in the Dark Rum category. Other medal winners hailed from 13 countries including; the Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

All of Rogue’s Spirits are created by hand to reflect the flavors of Rogue’s terroir. Rogue rum is made from 100% Hawaiian Cane Sugar. Hazelnut Spice Rum is infused with Hazelnuts from Kirk Family Farms next to Rogue’s hop farm in Independence, OR. Hazelnuts are also used in Rogue’s award wining ale Hazelnut Brown Nectar, and John John Hazelnut Brown Nectar aged in Rogue rum barrels.

Rogue distills, smiths, ages and hand bottles all of their spirits at their distilleries in Portland and Newport, OR. Both of Rogue’s rums are made at the Portland Distillery and Pub at NW 14th and Flanders.

In celebration of their craft Rogue Spirits will host the 7th Annual Great American Distiller’s Festival which brings together fifty craft distillers and hundreds of bartenders. The festival will take place October 22, and 23, 2011 at Portland’s Left Bank Annex at 101 NE Wielder.

For more information contact Rogue Spirits President Beth Gilden at 503-241-3800 or bgilden@rogue.com.

INDEPENDENCE, OR – Oregon’s rich and colorful hops history came to life at the Rogue Ales International Hop and Heritage Festival in Independence, Oregon – the historic Hops Capital of the World.

Just as they did a century ago, thousands came to celebrate the Hop Harvest Season. There were hot air balloon rides, tractor pulls, lawn mower races, pie eating contests, brewing in the streets, fireworks and the Rogue Ales Festival Beer Garden.

Rogue grows seven varieties of GYO Certified aroma hops on its 42 acre Micro Hopyard in the Wigrich Appellation. A terroir of mild temperatures and the right balance of rain and sunshine have made this area one of the premier hops growing regions for three centuries.

Rogue grown hops can be found in all Chatoe Rogue series Ales, Stouts, Porters and Lagers – as well as the Rogue Farms Freedom Hop Cheddar, a cow’s milk cheddar made by Rogue Creamery using GYO Certified Hops.

In the early 1900’s, hops played a major role in the cultural and economic lives of tens of thousands of Oregonians. For about 50 years, the area around Independence grew more hops than anywhere else. When the call went out for pickers at harvest time, Oregonians came from around the state. After working hard during the day, they partied hard at night – a tradition that continues today.

The 2012 Rogue Ales International Hop and Heritage Festival will be held next September.

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