Deschutes Brewery Collection, 1986-2007
Deschutes Brewery was founded in 1988 by Gary Fish in downtown Bend, Oregon. The Deschutes Brewery Collection includes print and digitized materials related to operations, promotional campaigns, and photographs.
Digitized materials in this collection are available for reference use upon patron request.
ID: MSS DeschutesBrewery
Extent: 2.0 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation: Deschutes Brewery Collection (MSS DeschutesBrewery), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
The collection was donated in 2014 by Angie Anderson-May and Anna Dvorak. The digital files are digital surrogates of original items retained by Deschutes.
Acquired:
11/01/2018.
Container List
- Series 1: Operational Records, 1987-2007 Add to Shelf
- Reference access to the materials in Digital Folders 1 and 2 is available upon patron request.
- Box-Folder 1.01: Newspaper clippings, 1988-2007 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.02: FH Steinbart Newsletter, 1987-1988 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 1.03: Press Releases, 1993-2003 Add to Shelf
- Miscellaneous from 1993, 1995-2003 releases for Jubelale.
- Digital Folder 1: Brewing Logs, 1989-1990 Add to Shelf
- Handwritten recipes from 1988 and 1989 for Obsidian Stout, Cascade Golden, Bachelor Bitter, Wychick Weizen, Black Butte Porter, Mirror Pond, Deschutes Octoberfest, Jubelale, and Bond Street Brown. Brewing summaries for 1989 and 1990.
- Digital Folder 2: Newspaper Clippings, 1987-1988 Add to Shelf
- Series 2: Glasses and Mugs, 1986-1992 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 2.01: Oregon Brewers Festival, 1988-1992 Add to Shelf
- OBF Portland: 1988, 1989, 1992.
- Box-Folder 2.02: Miscellaneous Festival Glasses, 1986-1988 Add to Shelf
- 1986 2nd International Beer Tasting Festival: Sophisticated Suds, Portland. 1987 International Beer Tasting Festival, Portland. 1988 4th International Beer Tasting Festival: A Salute to the Heads of State, Portland. Undated Great Northwest Microbrewery Invitational.
- Box-Folder 2.03: Great American Beer Festival Glasses, 1990-1992 Add to Shelf
- Series 3: Posters, 1986-2012 Add to Shelf
- Box-Folder 3.01: Event Posters, 1986-2012 Add to Shelf
- Posters include: Sagebrush Classic (1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011); Deschutes Brewery Jubelale poster (2004, 2007, 2009, 2012); undated Deschutes Brewery Paulina Pils vinyl poster; metal sign with names Jeff Billingsley, Jason Randles, Caroline Baker, Molly Izo; 1986 2nd International Beer Tasting Festival: Sophisticated Suds, Portland; 1988 4th International Beer Tasting Festival: A Salute to the Heads of State, Portland (signed event poster); 1989 Oregon Brewers Festival, Portland (1989, 1992, 1994, 2012); 2008 14th Spring Beer & Wine Fest and Tour de Cheese.
- Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998 Add to Shelf
- 7 print photographs and 57 digital photographs. Reference access to the digital folders in this series is available upon patron request.
- Box-Folder 1.04: Photographs, undated Add to Shelf
- 7 photographs of 6-pack containers and delivery trucks.
- Digital Folder 3: Photographs, 1987-1988 Add to Shelf
- Photographs include the brewhouse delivery, construction, and pub facilities, as well as pictures of Gary and Mary Fish, John Harris, Frank Appleton, Michael Jackson, Mark Vickery, and Christina Frazier.
- Digital Folder 4: Photographs, 1992 Add to Shelf
- Photographs include the original bottling line from Coca Cola, Gary Fish with fermentation tanks, and brewery construction.
- Digital Folder 5: Photographs, 1993 Add to Shelf
- Photographs include people in the pub, the bottling line, the first Jubelale bottling with Sue Page, and installation of the Huppmann Brewhouse.
- Digital Folder 6: Photographs, 1994 Add to Shelf
- Photographs include a holiday staff party and Gary Fish at the Siebel Institute in Chicago, Great American Beer Festival, and with Tim Gossack.
- Digital Folder 7: Photographs, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Photograph of 1995 Highway clean-up project.
- Digital Folder 8: Photographs, 1996 Add to Shelf
- Photographs include Jon Bier, JD Platt, the Fish Family, the brewery expansion and new tanks, the pub, a company picnic, and Black Butte Porter on the bottling line.
- Digital Folder 9: Photographs, 1997 Add to Shelf
- Photographs include Mark Vickery at the pub and Jubelale packaging.
- Digital Folder 10: Photographs, 1998 Add to Shelf
- Photographs include Black Butte Porter packaging and Gary Fish with an award.
- Series 5: Labels and Promotional Materials, circa 1988-2007 Add to Shelf
- Reference access to the digital folders in this series is available upon patron request.
- Box-Folder 1.05: Labels and Promotional Materials, circa 1995-2007 Add to Shelf
- Postcard, Widmer merchandise catalog, 2001 Sagebrush Classic Feast cookbook, sketch of pub, labels, patch, Deschutes Brewery calendars of events 2006-2007, Paulina Pils labels, 2 Hop Trip DVDs.
- Digital Folder 11: Coloring pages, circa 1995 Add to Shelf
- Digital Folder 12: Labels, circa 1988 Add to Shelf
- Labels for Bachelor Bitter, Black Butte, and Cascade Golden.