Here’s the news in beer from around Oregon for this Tuesday, February 9, 2021. It’s the roundup of items from around the web and I’ll be updating throughout the afternoon with additional news as I find it. As always, if you have any news to share feel free to contact me and I can get that updated as well!

Fort George Matryoshka variants available online

Astoria’s Fort George Brewery has its new online beer store opened up and there is a full complement of 2021 Matryoshka Imperial Stout variants available. The brewery posted details yesterday:

All 2021 Matryoshka variants are available for pre-sale on our BRAND NEW BEER STORE. You can place your pre-order online for pickup this Saturday, 2/13 OR have a case delivered anywhere in OR or WA by next week.

-All pre-sales are by the case.
-Shipping is $20 per case.
-Limited Mixed-Matryoshka cases are available with two of every variant and will sell out quick!

Stout Month, of course!

New Gorges stout

Speaking of stouts, Gorges Beer Company is dropping its new one in a couple days:

Our Raspberry Trail Bar Stout, blended with real raspberry and chipotle pepper, is out and about this Thursday! It’s bursting with fruity goodness, and finishes with a spicy kick! You won’t want to miss it.

It’s 5.5% ABV and sounds like an interesting one.

Claim 52 with a local Thicc release

Eugene’s Claim 52 Brewing released a new variant of its Thicc milkshake sour series, Rainbow Sherbet—only available locally to Eugene.

Puree Gose 5%. Conditioned on raspberry puree, orange puree, lemon puree, lime puree and vanilla.
$20/4-Pack, 2pp Limit
Available in 4-packs and on tap at Claim 52 Kitchen! (It will not be available on ToastTab or at the Taproom). Don’t forget your beer bags to ensure your beer a safe ride home!

Block 15 with just a Lil’ Dab

Corvallis’ Block 15 Brewing will have its latest DAB Lab beer available for its drive-thru sale this Saturday—Lil’ Dab, a session IPA with only 4.5% ABV.

The end of the day beer—when all you want is a punchy hit of citrusy and tropical hop flavor packed into a crushable 4.5% ABV hop experience.
When just a Lil’ dab’ll do ya!
Don’t let the name fool you, Lil Dab lives up to the series, focusing on big, vibrant hop character from the prominent use of hop extractions. The DAB Lab, Lil Dab will be available both on draft and in 16oz cans on Saturday at our south #Corvallis Tap Room

Pre-orders are opening up today at some point on the online store.

Binary Brewing to open a pub

Portland’s Binary Brewing will be opening a pub in Old Town Beaverton this year, Willamette Week reports.

The once-tiny Binary Brewing, located at the border of Beaverton and Southwest Portland, says upgrading to a full production facility is necessary in order to keep up with demand. Slated to be up and running by mid-to-late summer inside the former Beaverton Bakery building, the business will grow from a seven-barrel brewhouse to a 10-barrel system with enough fermentation vessels to more than quadruple production. The new space is also expected to house a canning line down the road.

Plywood Pilsner from Montavilla in cans

Montavilla Brew Works, in Portland, announced the return of its Plywood Pilsner which will get the can treatment. From the blog post:

Plywood Pilsner is back in cans and we couldn’t be more excited for this one. Each year we brew this Pilsner lager with our friends at Mr. Plywood. Since before the day we opened MBW, the folks at Mr. Plywood have been awesome neighbors, helpful professionals and good friends. They’ve helped us out of a more than a couple tight spots and so we decided to commemorate this recipe to them. This time around, the brew consists of German Pilsner malt, German lager yeast and fresh, fruity and oh-so-floral Oregon-grown Santiam hops from our friends at Indie Hops.

The beer can be ordered from the brewery’s online shop.

Vice Brewing to move into a new location

Vice Brewing of Grants Pass recently closed the doors on its first location, and had been working on plans to relocate. Today the brewery announced on Facebook that the move is a go:

Today we got approved by the state of Oregon for our new location!!!! We still have some minor work to do as well as a few more licenses to get but we are on the track to opening in sometime in March! Will be able to give a exact time as we get closer.

The new location is the corner of 6th Street and E Street in downtown Grants Pass, right on the main drag through downtown.

Love Notion #9 from Great Notion

Portland’s Great Notion Brewing has a Valentine’s Day beer coming out you’re going to want to get a hold of—Love Notion #9!

Love in the time of COVID is tricky business. Get a little help with an infusion of Love Notion #9, an imperial stout concocted with a sensual mix of silky chocolate, lush raspberry, and velvety rose. Watch out – you’ll be kissing everything in sight with this amorous elixir in your system. Love is in the air tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9am on the app. You can also get your orders in for pickup at all locations (pickup begins at noon), local PDX delivery, and OR, NV, and AK shipping. (11.5% abv) $25/4pack