Welcome to the Rogue Ales email newsletter (eNews). August 16, 2002. This issue contains news about: ==> News about Rogue in the News - awards and sightings ==> Labor Day Warehouse Sale in Newport ==> Rogue crosses the border to British Columbia ==> Rogue ships Gold to Utah ==> Artisan Beer and Cheese Tasting ==> Beer and your Health ==> New Rogue Accounts - Half Time Beverage ==> Events: North Plains, Seattle, Chapel Hill, Pasco, Boone, Portland, Warminster, Eugene, Ashville, Philadelphia, Durham, New York City, and Denver. Rogue eNews is best viewed in 10 point courier. ---------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS ABOUT ROGUE IN THE NEWS ============================ The California Brewers Association sponsors a professional beer competition each year prior to their September festival. A group of certified beer judges from the Gold County Brewers Association facilitated the 2002 event. Results from the August 10, 2002 judging are on-line: http://www.calbrewfest.org/awards.html Rogue won in eight of the fifteen categories in the competition, with three firsts, two seconds and three third places: 1st Place: - Younger's Special Bitter - English Pale Ale - Kell's Irish Lager - Light Lager - Half-a-Weizen - Continental Wheat 2nd Place: - Shakespeare Stout - Stouts - Imperial Stout - Strong Ales 3rd Place: - Brutal Bitter - India Pale Ales - HazelNut Brown Nectar - Brown Ales - Old Crustacean - Barley Wines. A 3 liter commemorative bottle of Rogue is pictured on the cover of Celebrator Beer News (Vol 14, No 4, August/September 2002 issue.) This special bottle was made for Celebrator Editor Tom Dalldorf's 60th birthday bash at 21st Amendment in San Francisco; and on page 53, Imperial India Pale Ale is rated "outstanding." Rogue was in recent issues of Stun, Maxim and Women's Day. The Rogue tap handle can be seen in an article on Blue Smoke--a hot BBQ restaurant in NYC--in the August issue of Food Arts magazine! LABOR DAY SALE ============== Rogue is holding the annual Labor Day warehouse sale under the big top tent in the parking lot at the brewery in Newport. There will be live music, crafts, food and beverages; plus games, prizes and amazing deals on selected Rogue products. A garage sale area is also being arranged (on the lawn), contact Linda for details at 541-867-3660. Sale dates: Friday August 30th through Monday September 2nd. Hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday: 10am - 6pm; Monday 10am - 4pm. ROGUE ARRIVES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ================================= Bottles of Saint Rogue Red and Dead Guy Ale are now available in British Columbia, thanks to the folks at Peacock & Martin in Vancouver who are importing Rogue, North of the Border! ROGUE SHIPS GOLD TO UTAH ======================== Utah requires any alcoholic beverage above 3.2% ABV to be sold by the State. Rogue has infiltrated the Tabernacle, Rogue Golden Ale is now available in Utah's State Stores. To find a location near you, visit http://www.alcbev.state.ut.us/Stores/locate_store.html ARTISAN BEER AND CHEESE TASTING =============================== In the Oregonian, Arts & Entertainment section on July 19, 2002, John Foyston's PDX Lite column summed up the event beautifully before it even happened. "Artisan Beer and Cheese Tasting: Fred Eckhardt might be more famous for his paring of craft beer and chocolate, but cheeses are a logical extension, and Eckharts is the man to guide us through these treacherous but ultimately rewarding waters." Rogue Ales Public House in Portland hosted the 2nd annual craft beer and artisan cheese tasting on July 24th. Fred Eckhardt spoke to the crowd of 100 about the ten pairings he selected, which were: 1. Rogue Honey Cream Ale paired with Alan Sprint's "Hair of the Dog" cheese from Hair of the Dog, Portland (homemade) 2. Lucky Lab Crazy Ludwig's Alt paired with Bandon White Aged Cheddar, Bandon, OR., and served with an apple slice and pretzel. 3. Portland Brewing's Uncle Otto's Weisse beer paired with Grafton Village Smoked Cheddar from Grafton, VT. 4. Rogue Mexicali paired with Rosemary Jack from Vella Cheese, Sonoma, CA 5. Rogue Brutal Bitter paired with Redwood Hill Camellia, a bloomy rind goat cheese from Sabestopol, CA. 6. Terminal Gravity IPA paired with Juniper Grove Feta from Redmond, OR. 7. Deschutes Black Butte Porter paired with Point Reyes Blue from Point Reyes Station, CA. 8. Rogue Shakespeare Stout paired with warmed Old Chatham - Nancy's Camembert (Hudson Valley, NY) served on a slice of toasted baguette. 9. Glen from Hair of the Dog paired with Cyprus Grove Humboldt Fog from McKinleyville, CA. 10. Rogue Old Crustacean paired with Sareanah (Saterna) Italian-style cheese, from Three Sisters in Lindsay, CA. Fred called the event: Oregon Beer and American Farmstead Cheese Extravaganza, and that it was! The beers were all locally brewed. The event was certainly Slow Food influenced--many attendees are members of the Portland convivium. For information about the cheeses Fred selected, visit http://www.cheesesociety.org/ To discover more about Fred's philosophy of beer and cheese, "each born of Graminae", read his article "Beer and Cheese--It's Better Than Wine and Cheese" in the May 2002 issue of All About Beer Magazine. Fred includes references, suggested pairings and his insightful advice. Back issues are available from http://www.allaboutbeer.com Taking beer and cheese one step further I asked several beverage and food industry folks about cheese made or wrapped with hops. Washington State University's Creamery used to make special tins of their Cougar Gold sprinkled with hop leafs just for Hop Union. The folks at igourmet.com sell a Hereford "toasted hop" cheese and were serving a lovely porter cheese from Cahill Farms in Ireland (sans hops) at Oregon Brewers Fest, both are available from www.igourmet.com An article by Lucy Saunders on the 2001 Cheese and Beer event at Rogue is on-line at: http://www.beercook.com/beercheese/roguecheese.htm including her review of the event, and a list of the beer and cheese pairings. BEER AND YOUR HEALTH ==================== The topic of beer and your health was the cover story in the July, 2002 issue of All About Beer. Gregg Glaser's article "You're Better off with Beer" delves into the benefits of drinking beer, in moderation of course. Other articles include recipes and guidelines cooking with beer, and making beer a part of your diet. Reprints are available from Rogue, send us an email and let us know where you buy and enjoy Rogue on tap, or better yet, where would you like to... NEW ROGUE ACCOUNTS ================== Poughkeepsie, NY - Half Time Beverage is a new retail beer store with a great selection of Rogue in bottles and other craft beers, and growlers filled to go from a selection of fresh kegs, including Saint Rogue Red! Half Time Beverage is open 7 days/week and is located at 2290 South Road (Route 9) in Poughkeepsie, NY. Phone: 845-462-5400 EVENTS ====== Details and web site links at http://www.rogue.com/whatsnew.htm August 16-18: 3rd Annual Elephant Garlic Festival, North Plains, OR. Rogue Half-a-Weizen will be used to make Garlic-weizen... August 17: Viking Tavern Microbrewery Fest, Spokane WA. August 23-24-25: Seattle International BeerFest, Seattle, WA Aug 31 - Sept 2: Rogue Brewery Warehouse Sale, Newport, OR Aug 31 - Sept 2: Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR. September 1 - 22: Heroes Among Us, Lloyd Center Portland, OR September 7: HopFest in Chapel Hill, NC September 7 - 8: Pasco Fiery Foods Festival, Pasco, WA. September 7: Peabody's Beer, Blues, and BBQ Festival in Boone, NC. September 9: World Trade Center beam at Rogue, Portland, OR September 14: BrewGrass, The 6th Annual Great Smokies Fest, Ashville, NC. September 14: VE Club OktoberFest, Warminster, PA September 18: Smoked Beer Tasting, The Blind Tiger Alehouse, NYC September 21: World of Beer Fest, Durham, NC. September 28: GlenFest at Wild Duck in Eugene, Oregon. October 3-4-5: Great American Beer Festival, Denver, CO. October 10: The Art of Beer, A Philadelphia Art Directors Club event October 11-12-13: MicroBrew Fest (Suds and Surf) at the Rogue Ales Brewery in Newport, OR. Details and links to the event web sites are on-line at http://www.rogue.com/whatsnew.htm The redesign of Rogue.com will go live in a few weeks with a new ecommerce site. We welcome your comments and suggestions! The next issue of 100% Pure Rogue, the official organ of the Rogue Nation will be mailed in September. If you do not receive Rogue's newspaper and would like to, email your snail-mail address! Your interest in and support of Rogue Ales is appreciated. Stay tuned for more news from the Rogue Nation. Salute! ======================================================= Your comments, questions and suggestions are always welcome. Stay tuned for more random Rogue news. http://www.Rogue.com email: seb@rogue.com and/or roguedawg@rogueales.com Rogue Nation Command Control (sales office, brewery, and Brewers on the Bay restaurant): Rogue Ales, 2320 OSU Drive, Newport, OR 97365 Phone: 541-867-3660 * Fax: 541-867-3260 * email: brewdawg@rogue.com Rogue Ales Public House on the Bayfront (restaurant, gaming room) and Bed 'N Beer Guest Accommodations, 748 SW Bay Blvd., Newport, OR 97365. Phone: 541-265-3188 Rogue Ales Public House, 1339 NW Flanders St, Portland, OR 97209. Phone: 503-222-5910 Issaquah Brew House, 35 Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA 98027. Phone: 425-557-1911 Want to join the Rogue Nation? To request an application for citizenship (or passport), call us at 1-800-489-4582 or email your snail-mail address to roguedawg@rogue.com Archive issues are on-line at www.rogue.com - follow the eNews link. (C) copyright, Rogue Ales, Oregon Brewing Company 2002. Feel free to distribute this to your friends, just keep the copyright intact and if you cut & paste, please cite and link the source accordingly.