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Deschutes Brewery Collection, 1986-2007

By Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Collection Overview

Title: Deschutes Brewery Collection, 1986-2007

ID: MSS DeschutesBrewery

Primary Creator: Deschutes Brewery

Extent: 2.0 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: The Deschutes Brewery Collection is arranged into five series: 1. Operational Records, 1987-2007; 2. Glasses and Mugs, 1986-1992; 3. Posters, 1986-2012; 4. Photographs, 1987-1998; 5. Labels and Promotional Materials, circa 1988-2007.

Date Acquired: 11/01/2018

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

Abstract

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.

Scope and Content Notes

The Deschutes Brewery Collection includes print and digitized materials related to operations, promotional campaigns, and photographs. This includes digitized brew sheets and recipes, digital images of people and operations, press releases, promotional materials, labels, posters, newspaper clippings, and festival ephemera. Also of note is a documentary film about Deschutes obtaining and brewing with fresh hops.

The brew sheets, newsclippings, photographs, labels, and promotional materials were provided to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2018 for digitization. The original items were retained by Deschutes.

Digitized materials in this collection are available for reference use upon patron request.

Tiah Edmunson-Morton and Anna Dvorak conducted oral histories to commemorate the 30th anniversary; those are part of the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection and are listed on the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives oral histories guide.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Deschutes Brewery was founded in 1988 by Gary Fish in downtown Bend, Oregon. it was named after the Deschutes River, which runs through town. In 1993, Deschutes expanded beyond the original pub to a larger brewery and tasting room on SW Simpson Street in Bend. In 2008, the brewery opened a second pub in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon.

Gary Fish hired Frank Appleton, a brewing consultant from Canada, in 1987 to help design the brewing component of the facility on Bond Street in Bend. Appleton designed the equipment, worked to install it, and formulated the first three beers (Cascade Golden Ale, Bachelor Bitter, Black Butte Porter) and Deschutes first brewer, John Harris, adjusted the recipe. The company has produced a range of beers including Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Fresh Squeezed IPA, Chainbreaker White IPA, Obsidian Stout, Red Chair NWPA, Jubelale, Hop Henge Experimental IPA, Hop Trip, The Dissident, Mirror Mirror, and The Abyss.

Deschutes Brewery has focused on the community, hosting events such as the Sagebrush Classic, which raised money for the Deschutes Children's Foundation, and sustainability, which was recognized from agencies from the Central Oregon Environmental Center to the Environmental Protection Agency.



Author: Tiah Edmunson-Morton

Administrative Information

More Extent Information: 62.4 MB for 105 files. 3 boxes, including 2 cubic foot box and 23x31 oversize box.

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

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.

Related Materials:

Tiah Edmunson-Morton and Anna Dvorak conducted oral histories to commemorate the 30th anniversary; those are available on the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives guide.

The Deschutes Brewery Collection is complemented by several other collections, which are described on the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives research guide. More information pertaining to the history of hop growing and brewing in Oregon can be found on the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives website.

Preferred Citation: Deschutes Brewery Collection (MSS DeschutesBrewery), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Creators

Deschutes Brewery

People, Places, and Topics

Bend (Or.)--Maps.
Brewing.
Brewing industry--Oregon.
Deschutes Brewery
Hops and Brewing
Natural Resources
Portland (Or.)

Forms of Material

Digital images.
Digital photographs.
Ephemera (general object genre)


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