#art larrance

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 2.26

Beer Birthdays

Gabriel Sedlmayr II (1811)

Frederick C. Miller (1906)

Art Larrance (1944)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Tex Avery; cartoon director (1908)

Johnny Cash; singer, songwriter (1932)

Jackie Gleason; actor, comedian (1916)

Plato; philosopher (428 BCE)

Theodore Sturgeon; writer (1918)

Famous Birthdays

Robert Alda; actor (1914)

Grover Cleveland Alexander; Philadelphia Phillies P (1887)

Erykah Badu; singer (1971)

William Baumol; economist (1922)

Michael Bolton; pop singer (1953)

Godfrey Cambridge; actor (1933)

"Buffalo" Bill Cody; scout, entertainer (1846)

Honore Daumier; artist (1808)

"Fats" Domino; singer, pianist (1928)

Herbert Henry Dow; chemical manufacturer (1866)

Bill Duke; actor (1943)

Kevin Dunn; actor (1956)

Marshall Faulk; St. Louis Rams RB (1973)

William Frawley; actor (1887)

Jennifer Grant; actor (1966)

Victor Hugo; writer (1802)

Betty Hutton; actor (1921)

John Harvey Kellogg; dietician, doctor (1852)

Kara Monaco; model (1983)

Teresa Palmer; actor (1986)

Tony Randall; actor (1920)

Mitch Ryder; rock singer (1945)

Levi Strauss; inventor (1829)

Jenny Thompson; swimmer (1973)

Elihu Vedder; artist, illustrator (1836)

Wenceslas of Bohemia; ruler (1361)

[firkinron]

Portland brewery – a pioneer of sour ales – shuts down, possibly for good

Cascade Brewing, a pioneer in the sour ale movement that grew to prominence in the late 2000s, has ceased operations less than a month after its founder, Art Larrance, died at age 80. Source: Portland brewery – a pioneer of sour ales – shuts down, possibly for good

[nwbeerguide]

The Portland Rose Festival and Oregon Brewers Festival join forces. Celebrate a unique tap takeover, curated by OBF founder Art Larrance, at City Fair, June 2nd thru June 4th.

Press Release

PORTLAND, Ore. … Two legendary Portland institutions are joining up this summer as the Portland Rose Festival and the Oregon Brewers Festival (OBF) collaborate for a tap takeover curated by OBF founder Art Larrance at CityFair June 2 – June 4. Following the announcement that the brewers festival would not be returning in 2023, the Rose Festival invited the 35-year-old craft beer celebration to be the featured attraction in CityFair’s second weekend at Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

“After 34 years of running the fest, I’m looking forward to the OBF taking a new shape in partnership with the Rose Festival,” said Larrance. “I’m already working on selecting the beers that will be featured, and I can’t wait for this June—it’s going to be a great event. I hope that all of our OBF friends will stop by and have a beer with me!”  

Access to the Oregon Brewers Festival activities is included with CityFair admission. Attendees will be able to buy the 2023 Rose Festival edition Oregon Brewers Festival Mug and purchase a 12-ounce pour from a selection of OBF-curated beers on tap. Cash and cards are accepted as payment, but OBF tokens will not be honored at this event. 

“Our theme this year is ‘Focus on Fun,’ and the Rose Festival is very focused on helping bring fun back to downtown Portland,” says Marilyn Clint, Portland Rose Festival’s Chief Executive Officer.  “Portland is known as ‘Beervana’ for a reason, and combining these two waterfront traditions at CityFair was an easy decision.”

About the Oregon Brewers Festival: The Oregon Brewers Festival was founded in 1988 as an opportunity to expose the public to microbrews at a time when the craft brewing industry was just getting off the ground. Today, that industry has flourished, with more than 9,000 craft breweries in America, and hundreds in the state of Oregon. The Oregon Brewers Festival has repeatedly been named among the top beer festivals in the United States, attracting tens of thousands of visitors from outside of Oregon, including international tourists. For more information visit OregonBrewFest.com and follow the event @OregonBrewfest on social media.

About CityFair: Rose Festival’s waterfront activities all take place at beautiful Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park, in downtown Portland. Fleet Week and the Dragon Boat Race are highlights on the river. On shore at the Rose Festival CityFair, you'll find your favorite fair features - carnival rides, fair foods, interactive exhibits, and constant entertainment - all nestled between the urban energy of the city and the natural beauty of the Willamette River.

SEASON PASS: Buy a Season Pass ticket for one admission each day CityFair is open in 2023 - a $150 value for only $20! Available online. Season Pass sales end May 29, 2023.

GENERAL ADMISSION: Buy a one-day ticket online & save $3 off the gate price. 

Kids aged 6 & under are admitted FREE with adult (get kids free tickets at any CityFair gate)

FREE admission for Veterans & Service Members (FREE with valid ID at any CityFair gate) 

Capital One Café Day - Saturday, May 27, 2023 - FREE admission for Capital One cardholders + 1 guest (show Capital One card at any CityFair Gate)

FREE FRIDAYS with Coupon found in Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers, courtesy of Pamplin Media Group (present coupon at any CityFair Gate)

The Portland Rose Festival Foundation is grateful for Travel Oregon’s support of the Oregon Brewers Festival Tap Takeover.

The Portland Rose Festival Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that serves families and individuals with programs and events that promote the arts, education and volunteerism. We value environmental responsibility, diversity, patriotism and our historic & floral heritage. The 2023 Rose Festival runs from May 26 through June 11. 

For more information www.RoseFestival.org Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PortlandRoseFestival Twitter: https://twitter.com/PDXRoseFestival Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdxrosefestival/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PortlandRoseFestival/

from Northwest Beer Guide - News - The Northwest Beer Guide https://bit.ly/3VjFko5

[thebrewstorian]

Some pictures of Portland’s early microbrewery scene

I’ve been spending a lot of time over the past couple of months processing collections -- putting them in order, creating guides, having my colleagues review the guides, and then (hopefully) getting those guides out there into the wider world for researchers to discover. 

I was finishing up a guide for the Fred Bowman Papers, one that we have only in digitized form (the originals still live with Bowman). 

Fred Bowman co-founded Portland Brewing Company in 1986 with Art Larrance and Jim Goodwin. 

Read about Portland Brewing Company on Wikipedia.

I’ll be posting information about that when the guide is up, but for now know that it is a delightful collection with digitized photographs showing the renovation of the original Portland Brewing location and early events at the brewery – including all the demolition, construction, and brewing equipment delivery! All the photographs from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital. The digitized documents, which aren’t online, include newspaper articles, Portland Brewing business documents, and a personal pocketbook with Bowman’s handwritten notes.

I know, this is a long lead up to the main subject of this post... Hang with me a bit longer...

In tying up the loose ends for this guide I was reminded of a set of photographs we digitized and returned to Art Larrance. Those have also been accessible through Oregon Digital, but we didn’t have a collection called out for Larrance. That will change. Soon. Ish. 

Archivists are great at saving stuff and helping people find stuff. Sometimes archivists need help finding their own stuff. That was the case this afternoon when I went on a search through the archives shared drives for the original scans of the Larrance materials. A student who worked for me in 2014 scanned these items. He graduated. 

Before you PANIC and think I can’t find stuff, my escape hatch for getting the e-versions of these records would have been to download them individually from Oregon Digital. It would have been tedious, but doable.

In my search I happened upon this set of slides/negatives we digitized from the Fred Eckhardt collection. I figured the internets would appreciate this. 

Pics of Cartwright Brewing Co. 

There are also a few lovelies from BridgePort. Karl Ockert on the left, Matt Sage on the right. 

And of the Widmer Bros (and their dad). 

Lots more where these come from! Learn about all the OHBA collections and see a list of the oral histories online at:

https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/brewingarchives

[tastefulspace123-blog]

Oregon brewers festival

Oregon brewers festival

 If you’re a beer lover, this post is for you! The coastal state of Oregon has a yearly Brewers Festival that flocks in locals and tourists from all over. The event started since 1988 and was the brainchild of the founder of Portland Brewing Co. – Art Larrance.

Larrance initiated the Oktoberfest in Munich and wanted a similar atmosphere to promote local microbrews. At that time, there were only four microbreweries in Portland and two more within the state.

Larrance approached the Portland brewers to express his interesting in participating in the festival. McMenamins allowed him to participate but didn’t let him be one of the organizers. The remaining ones of Bridge Port, Widmer, and the Portland Brewing were established by Portland Brewers Festival Association of Oregon and that’s how they set out to have their first-ever brewer’s festival.

At that time, the founder did not know that it would be great concept. Currently, the Oregon Brewers Festival is one of the longest-running beer festival and largest of its kind.

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LUCIAN LARRANCE

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Changing Leon's name so I can make Levy simp. @kalims Remember that.

[wineanddinosaur]

Cascade Brewing’s Art Larrance Is No Good at Day Drinking

Art Larrance, the owner of Cascade Brewing in Portland, Ore., has nothing to be sour about.

“I’ve been fortunate enough that the only sour I have is right here in my glass,” he says, sipping Cascade’s Bourbonic Plague, a blend of sour imperial porters aged in wine and bourbon barrels with dates, cinnamon, vanilla, and orange peel. It won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival in 2009, and was recently re-released for the brewery’s 20th anniversary.

“It’s one of our most celebrated beers,” Larrance says. “People have asked us to bring it back since, and what better time than now.”

Larrance co-founded Portland Brewing, one of the city’s four original craft breweries, in 1986. One year prior, he helped lobby state lawmakers to pass legislation enabling breweries to sell beer on site, an act that had been banned since Prohibition. He also helped establish the Oregon Brewers Festival, which is now in its 32nd year and attracts 60,000 guests annually.

Still, his greatest professional accomplishment might be Cascade, which is widely considered a pioneer in American barrel-aged sour beer.

“In the beginning we were definitely a little lost, having a sort of identity crisis,” he says. “We followed the trends of ales and lagers as everyone else did at the time but we really didn’t know who we were.”

Soon Larrance and former brewmaster Ron Gansberg, who had a strong wine background, began building impressive barrel-aging and blending programs in the early aughts. They used a house culture of lactobacillus bacteria, and drew upon the Pacific Northwest’s abundant fruits to produce complex, distinctive sour beers.

“This was a way we could create something truly special and unique to the area,” Larrance tells VinePair. “It was an intense investment and success wasn’t immediate, but the brewers and cellar staff were extremely dedicated, through philosophy and process, to creating some of the best sour beers possible.”

Cascade has since garnered critical and consumer praise for its Northwest Sour Ales, which include Kriek, Sang Noir, and Vlad the Imp Aler. The brewery has expanded several times, first with the Barrel House, in 2010, and then the Blending House, a 23,000-square-foot facility solely dedicated to producing and packaging sour beers, in 2014. The latter currently houses over 2,000 oak barrels, as well as nine foeders ranging from 50 to 65 hectoliters.

What does Larrance do when he’s not overseeing barrel aging or blending? Here, he tackles our Lucky Sevens questions and shares his memories of the industry in the 1980s, favorite Kriek vintage, and how he found out he wasn’t a good day drinker.

1. What’s your desert-island beer?

I’m generally a pale ale drinker, or at least beers on the lighter side of the color spectrum. But I had this black lager once in Prague, called U Fleků. It’s actually available only at the brewery, and it’s the only beer it makes. Each sip melted in my mouth. But who knows how it would taste in a hot climate?

2. What’s the beer that made you fall in love with beer?

My dad was a cabinetmaker. He had his own shop in Portland. I have great memories as a kid of him shutting off the tools at the end of a long day and cracking open a cold can of Olympia. He let me get the last sip and I would say, “Ohhh, that’s so bitter!” This endeared me to beer.

3. FMK three beer types: IPA, pilsner, sour?

I’m not a hophead — I don’t like my tongue to curl up after I take a sip of something — so I would kill IPA. Sour, I would f*ck. You want to sip your sours and take your time with them, and that’s the thing you want to do when you make love. And I would marry pilsner, because pilsner and I have been together for a long time. I can commit to something. I’ve been with the same gal for a long time.

4. You’re on death row. What’s your last-supper beer?

We just celebrated our 20th anniversary and brought back our Bourbanic Plague, a blend of different barrel-aged porters. It seems to be everyone’s favorite of ours so we brought it back. It’s a complex beer, a strong beer, an unusual beer. If I’m on death row, I’d take down a bottle by myself. By the time I reached the end I probably wouldn’t remember the first glass.

5. You can only drink one beer for the rest of your life. What is it?

Portland Ale. This is a pale beer, not overly hopped, made mostly with pilsner malt. It’s supremely refreshing and you can have more than one, which is something I want from a beer. This was our flagship at Portland Brewing. When the trademark lapsed after we closed, I picked it up and we’ve made it ever since. I have fond memories from back in 1986. Craft beer was all about going around to different bars and educating the staff, selling yourself, on this different, new product. Cascade hops in 1986? People thought it was a different language. Now, beer drinkers are educated. I love to see that.

6. What’s the best and worst beer in your fridge right now?

I don’t keep any bad beer in my fridge. I have a lot of our sours, including Kriek from 2011. We’ve done a lot of vertical tastings of Kriek vintages and that year is always my favorite.

7. If you could no longer drink beer, what would be your beverage of choice?

Arnold Palmers. That’s what I like to have at lunch. I worked at a steel foundry out of college and I found early on that I wasn’t a good day drinker. Some of the guys could knock a few back and go back to operating machines and making products. But my head would be spinning.

The post Cascade Brewing’s Art Larrance Is No Good at Day Drinking appeared first on VinePair.

source https://vinepair.com/articles/cascade-brewing-art-larrance-sour-beer/

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BMI celebrated the songwriters, producers and publishers of the past year’s most-performed R&B/hip-hop songs during the 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards held at the Sandy Springs Arts Center in Atlanta. Multiple-award-winning singer/songwriter and actress Brandy received the BMI President’s Award in recognition of her powerful impact on the entertainment industry and her timeless hits, which have secured her place in R&B history.

Hosted by BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI Vice President, Creative, Atlanta, Catherine Brewton, the evening included stellar performances by some of the hottest artists on the music scene. The ceremony kicked off with a moving tribute video in honor of the late rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle to celebrate his musical legacy and remarkable philanthropic work. Atlanta-based rapper Gunna followed with a medley of his biggest hits, ending with his smash “Drip Too Hard,” featuring Lil Baby, who joined him on stage for the performance. Afterwards, Gunna received a special award in recognition of the song garnering one billion streams. Television personality and comedian, DC Young Fly then presented Memphis rapper NLE Choppa with the 2019 BMI Social Star Award.

The evening also featured a series of special tributes to Brandy, beginning with contemporary R&B singer/songwriter Jade Novah performing a beautiful rendition of “Talk About Our Love.” The tributes continued with Samoht singing a stripped-down version of “Brokenhearted,” followed by gospel singer Kierra Sheard’s sultry performance of two of Brandy’s ballads, “Have You Ever” and “He Is.” Eric Bellinger rounded out the tributes with “Baby” and “Nothing” which had the audience singing along. Brandy’s brother, Ray J, took to the stage and serenaded his sister with “Best Friend” before she was presented with the BMI President’s Award. Brandy accepted the accolade with an impromptu performance, encouraged by the audience, of “I Wanna Be Down,” before singing her iconic hit “Almost Doesn’t Count.”

The event also honored the top producers and songwriters of the previous year’s 35 best-performing R&B/hip-hop songs in the U.S. from BMI’s repertoire of more than 14 million musical works. Wheezy Beatz tied for Producer of the Year with Tay Keith. Keith also received the coveted Songwriter of the Year award, an honor he shared with Post Malone, marking his second tie for the evening. Song of the Year went to “God’s Plan” by Yung Exclusive and Marciano and Sony/ATV was named Publisher of the Year for having 18 of the most performed songs of the year including “Sicko Mode,” “I Like It” and “In My Feelings.”

As the 2019 BMI President’s Award honoree, Brandy joins previous recipients Curtis Mayfield, Ludacris, Toni Braxton and Will.i.am, among others in sharing this distinction.

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MAJOR WINNERS: 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards

R&B/HIP-HOP SONG OF THE YEAR God’s Plan Daveon “Yung Exclusive” Jackson Brock “Marciano” Korsan Annuity Songs Nasrock Music Publishing Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Yex Publishing

R&B/HIP-HOP SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR BryTavious “Tay Keith” Chambers Look Alive Nonstop Sicko Mode

Post Malone Better Now I Fall Apart Psycho

R&B/HIP-HOP PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR Sony/ATV Music Publishing Be Careful Better Now Boo’d Up Butterfly Effect Fefe Finesse (Remix) I Fall Apart I Like It In My Feelings Lucid Dreams MotorSport No Limit Nonstop Pray for Me Psycho Sicko Mode Sky Walker Taste

R&B/HIP-HOP PRODUCER OF THE YEAR BryTavious “Tay Keith” Chambers Wesley “Wheezy Beatz” Glass

PRESIDENT’S AWARD Brandy

SOCIAL STAR NLE Choppa

BMI 35 Most Performed R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

All the Stars Kendrick Lamar SZA Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs of Universal, Inc.

Bartier Cardi Samuel “30Roc” Gloade Jaucquez “London Jae” Lowe Darryl “Cheeze Beatz” McCorkell Lamont “EZ Elpee” Porter BMG Platinum Songs US Have We Got Music For You Mushie Music Ten Down Muzik TJK Forever Publishing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Be Careful Adam “Frank Dukes” Feeney (SOCAN) Ghostface Killah Lamont “U-God” Hawkins Jason-Scott “Rebel-INS.” Hunter Method Man Ol’ Dirty Bastard RZA Jorden “Pardison Fontaine” Thorpe Corey Woods EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. MYNY Music Sam Fam Beats Sony/ATV Ballad Sony/ATV Songs LLC Universal Music-Careers Wu Tang Publishing, Inc.

Better Now Adam “Frank Dukes” Feeney (SOCAN) Post Malone Austin Rosen Electric Feel Music EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. MYNY Music Posty Publishing Sam Fam Beats Songs of Universal, Inc. Sony/ATV Songs LLC

Big Bank DJ Mustard Nye “NANO” Lee, Jr. Nicki Minaj YG Ce A Million Music Irving Music Kjack Publishing Mustard on the Beat Publishing Songs of Roc Nation Music Songs of Universal, Inc. Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Boo’d Up DJ Mustard Larrance Dopson Ella Mai Blue Nike Publishing Ella Mai Publishing Mustard on the Beat Publishing peermusic lll, Ltd. Songs of Roc Nation Music Songs of Volume Ventures Sony/ATV Ballad Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Butterfly Effect Felix Leone (SOCAN) Travis Scott Sony/ATV Ballad Travis Scott Music

Crew Brent Faiyaz Teddy Walton Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Teddy Walton Publishing

Fefe Kevin Gomringer Tim Gomringer Andrew “Trifedrew” Green Nicki Minaj Tekashi 6ix9ine Create Digital Music Songs of Universal, Inc. Sony/ATV Ballad

Finesse (Remix) Ray Romulus Jonathan Yip Music for Milo Please Enjoy the Music Sony/ATV Songs LLC Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

God’s Plan Daveon “Yung Exclusive” Jackson Brock “Marciano” Korsan Annuity Songs Nasrok Music Publishing Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Yex Publishing

Good Old Days Ben Haggerty Andrew Joslyn Bengal Yucky Publishing D.B. Joslyn Music Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing

Him & I Dakari Ashley Frangipane Edgar “Edd Grand” Machuca 17 Black Music BMG Platinum Songs US Cider Sounds Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs of Universal, Inc.

I Fall Apart Carlo “Illangelo” Montagnese (SOCAN) Post Malone Posty Publishing Songs of Hear The Art Songs of Universal, Inc. Sony/ATV Ballad

I Get the Bag Southside Leland “Metro Boomin” Wayne Irving Music Pluto Mars Music Royal Legend Publishing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

I Like It J Balvin Edgar “Edd Grand” Machuca Luian Malave Marcos Masís “Tainy” Tony Pabon Manny Rodriguez Jorden “Pardison Fontaine” Thorpe Anthony “J.White Did It” White BMG Platinum Songs US EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. EMI-Longitude Music Co. Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs of LVS Music Publishing Sony/ATV Ballad Universal-Música Unica Publishing

In My Feelings Jim Jonsin Lil Wayne Magnolia Shorty Adam “BlaqNmilD” Pigott Benny Workman Rex Zamor Eighth And Groove Music EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. Jimipub Music Laumar Music Co. peermusic lll, Ltd. Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs of Volume Ventures TrapMoneyBenny Songs Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. You A Genius Publishing Young Money Publishing, Inc.

Lemon Rihanna Monica Fenty Music Publishing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Look Alive Paul “DJ Paul” Beauregard BlocBoy JB BryTavious “Tay Keith” Chambers Jordan “Juicy J” Houston Patrick “Project Pat” Houston Bloc Nation BMG Bumblebee BMG Platinum Songs US Lakeith Legacy Publishing Tefnoise Publishing LLC Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Lucid Dreams Juice Wrld Dominic Miller (PRS) Nick Mira Taz Taylor Sting (PRS) Artist 101 Publishing Group BMG Platinum Songs US Electric Feel Music EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. Nick Mira Publishing Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs of Universal, Inc. Taz Taylor Beats

MotorSport Kevin Gomringer Tim Gomringer Nicki Minaj Songs of Universal, Inc. Sony/ATV Songs LLC

Nice for What Jerome “5th/Ward Weebie” Cosey Ghostface Killah Lamont “U-God” Hawkins Jason-Scott “Rebel-INS.” Hunter Mannie Fresh Method Man Ol’ Dirty Bastard Adam “BlaqNmilD” Pigott RZA Bryan “Baby” Williams Corey Woods Fresh Is The Word Money Mack Music Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs of Universal, Inc. Universal Music-Careers Wobblemart Publishing Wu Tang Publishing, Inc. You A Genius Publishing

No Brainer Nick Balding DJ Khaled Nolan Lambroza David Park BMG Platinum Songs US Give Thanks Publishing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

No Limit A$AP Rocky Jay Anthony Edgar “Edd Grand” Machuca Jorden “Pardison Fontaine” Thorpe A$AP Rocky Publishing LLC BMG Platinum Songs US Sony/ATV Ballad Sony/ATV Songs LLC

Nonstop BryTavious “Tay Keith” Chambers Sakata Oatis Kenza Samir (SOCAN) EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. Great South Bay Music Lakeith Legacy Publishing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Plug Walk Grant “Lab Cook” Dickinson (SOCAN) JRHITMAKER Tay Taylor Annuity Songs Artist 101 Publishing Group Electric Feel Music JR Hitmaker Publishing Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Songs of Universal, Inc. Taz Taylor Beats

Pray for Me Adam “Frank Dukes” Feeney (SOCAN) Kendrick Lamar Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. MYNY Music Sam Fam Beats Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing Sony/ATV Songs LLC

Psycho Tyrone “Ty Dolla $ign” Griffin, Jr. Post Malone Austin Rosen Electric Feel Music EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. Its Drugs Publishing Posty Publishing Songs of Universal, Inc.

Ric Flair Drip Leland “Metro Boomin” Wayne Songs of Universal, Inc.

Sicko Mode Khalif “Swae Lee” Brown Busta Rhymes Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell Rogét Chahayed BryTavious “Tay Keith” Chambers Mike Dean Rick Finch Kevin Gomringer Tim Gomringer John Hawkins Bryan Higgins Chauncey “Hit Boy” Hollis James “Dinco D” Jackson KC Travis Scott Fred Scruggs, Jr. Tyrone “Sonny Seeza” Taylor Cydel Young BMG Platinum Songs US EMI-Longitude Music Co. Fat Pat Lives Music Ill Hill Billy’z Muzik, Inc. Lakeith Legacy Publishing Mr. Redan Music of Ever Hip-Hop Music of Evergreen Papa George Music Songs of Universal, Inc. Sony/ATV Ballad Sony/ATV Melody Travis Scott Music Tziah Music U Can’t Teach Bein’ The Shhh, Inc. Universal Music-Z Songs Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Sky Walker Rogét Chahayed Happy Perez Travis Scott Songs of Universal, Inc. Sony/ATV Ballad Travis Scott Music

Stir Fry Harry Palmer (PRS) Embassy Music Corporation

Taste Cameron Forbes Tyga EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. Sound of Money Tygaman Music Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Walk It Talk It Grant “Deko” Decouto DJ Montay Harbosky Martiniz Gordon Frederick D. Hall “Jamezz Bonn” Donald B. Jenkins Brian Nash Korey “Big Oomp” Roberson Howard “MC Assault” Simmons Southern Style Techniques, Inc. Top Quality Publishing Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Yes Indeed Branden Brown aka B-Rackz Wesley “Wheezy Beatz” Glass Annuity Songs Songs of B-Rackz Ultra Empire Music

Brandy Honored with the BMI President’s Award at the 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards BMI celebrated the songwriters, producers and publishers of the past year’s most-performed R&B/hip-hop songs during the 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards held at the Sandy Springs Arts Center in Atlanta.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 2.26

Beer Birthdays

Gabriel Sedlmayr II (1811)

Frederick C. Miller (1906)

Art Larrance (1944)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Tex Avery; cartoon director (1908)

Johnny Cash; singer, songwriter (1932)

Jackie Gleason; actor, comedian (1916)

Plato; philosopher (428 BCE)

Theodore Sturgeon; writer (1918)

Famous Birthdays

Robert Alda; actor (1914)

Grover Cleveland Alexander; Philadelphia Phillies P (1887)

Erykah Badu; singer (1971)

William Baumol; economist (1922)

Michael Bolton; pop singer (1953)

Godfrey Cambridge; actor (1933)

"Buffalo" Bill Cody; scout, entertainer (1846)

Honore Daumier; artist (1808)

"Fats" Domino; singer, pianist (1928)

Herbert Henry Dow; chemical manufacturer (1866)

Bill Duke; actor (1943)

Kevin Dunn; actor (1956)

Marshall Faulk; St. Louis Rams RB (1973)

William Frawley; actor (1887)

Jennifer Grant; actor (1966)

Victor Hugo; writer (1802)

Betty Hutton; actor (1921)

John Harvey Kellogg; dietician, doctor (1852)

Kara Monaco; model (1983)

Teresa Palmer; actor (1986)

Tony Randall; actor (1920)

Mitch Ryder; rock singer (1945)

Levi Strauss; inventor (1829)

Jenny Thompson; swimmer (1973)

Elihu Vedder; artist, illustrator (1836)

Wenceslas of Bohemia; ruler (1361)

[trapangeles]

And the 61st Annual Grammy Award Winners Are…

Childish Gambino didn’t show up, but Drake did.  And so did Michelle Obama.  Here are winners list for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, which wrapped up Sunday night.

Record of the Year

“This Is America” — Childish Gambino

Album of the Year

“Golden Hour” — Kacey Musgraves

Song of the Year

“This Is America” — Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)

Best New Artist

Dua Lipa

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)” — Lady Gaga

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Shallow” — Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

Best Pop Vocal Album

“Sweetener” — Ariana Grande

Best Rock Performance

“When Bad Does Good” — Chris Cornell

Best Rock Song

“Masseduction” — Jack Antonoff and Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)

Best Rock Album

“From the Fires” — Greta Van Fleet

Best Alternative Music Album

“Colors” — Beck

Best R&B Performance

“Best Part” — H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caesar

Best Urban Contemporary Album

“Everything Is Love” — The Carters

Best R&B Album

“H.E.R.” — H.E.R.

Best Rap Performance

“King’s Dead” — Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future and James Blake and “Bubblin” — Anderson .Paak

Best Rap Song

“God’s Plan” — Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake)

Best Rap Album

“Invasion of Privacy” — Cardi B

Best Country Solo Performance

“Butterflies” — Kacey Musgraves

Best Country Album

“Golden Hour” — Kacey Musgraves

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

“Emanon” — The Wayne Shorter Quartet

Best Latin Pop Album

“Sincera” — Claudia Brant

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

“Aztlán” — Zoé

Best Americana Album

“By the Way, I Forgive You” — Brandi Carlile

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“Shallow” — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Pharrell Williams

Best Music Video

“This Is America” — Childish Gambino

Best Comedy Album

“Equanimity & the Bird Revelation” — Dave Chappelle

Best Musical Theater Album

“The Band’s Visit” — Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer and lyricist

Best Instrumental Composition

“Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)” — Terence Blanchard

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

“Stars and Stripes Forever” — John Daversa

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

“Spiderman Theme” — Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman and Justin Wilson, arrangers

Best Recording Package

“Masseduction” — Willo Perron, art director

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

“Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic” — Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll and Al Yankovic, art directors

Best Album Notes

“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris” — David Evans, album notes writer

Best Historical Album

“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris” — William Ferris, April Ledbetter and Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

“Colors” — Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp and Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar and Randy Merrill, mastering engineers

Best Remixed Recording

“Walking Away (Mura Masa remix)” — Alex Crossan, remixer

Best Immersive Audio Album

“Eye in the Sky – 35th Anniversary Edition” — Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, P.J. Olsson and Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

“Steve Gadd Band” — Steve Gadd

Band Best Gospel Performance/Song

“Never Alone” — Tori Kelly featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin and Victoria Kelly, songwriters

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“You Say” — Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram and Paul Mabury, songwriters

Best Gospel Album

“Hiding Place” — Tori Kelly

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

“Look Up Child” — Lauren Daigle

Best Roots Gospel Album

“Unexpected” — Jason Crabb

Best World Music Album

“Freedom” — Soweto Gospel Choir

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

“The Greatest Showman” — Hugh Jackman (and Various Artists); Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Greg Wells, compilation producers

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

“Black Panther” — Ludwig Göransson, composer

Best New Age Album

“Opium Moon” — Opium Moon

Best American Roots Performance

“The Joke” — Brandi Carlile

Best American Roots Song

“The Joke” — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth, songwriters

Best Bluegrass Album

“The Travelin’ Mccourys” — The Travelin’ Mccourys

Best Traditional Blues Album

“The Blues Is Alive and Well” — Buddy Guy

Best Contemporary Blues Album

“Please Don’t Be Dead” — Fantastic Negrito

Best Folk Album

“All Ashore” — Punch Brothers

Best Children’s Album

“All the Sounds” — Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books and Storytelling)

“Faith – A Journey for All” — Jimmy Carter

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

“¡México Por Siempre!” — Luis Miguel

Best Tropical Latin Album

“Anniversary” — Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Best Regional Roots Music Album

“No ‘Ane’i” — Kalani Pe’a

Best Music Film

“Quincy” — Quincy Jones; Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula Dupré Pesmen, video producer

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“Tequila” — Dan + Shay

Best Country Song

“Space Cowboy” — Luke Laird, Shane Mcanally and Kacey Musgraves, songwriters

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

“My Way” — Willie Nelson

“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Shawn Murphy and Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer

Producer of the Year, Classical

Blanton Alspaugh

Best Orchestral Performance

“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Andris Nelsons, conductor

Best Opera Recording

“Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” — Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson and Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer

Best Choral Performance

“Mcloskey: Zealot Canticles” — Donald Nally, conductor

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

“Anderson, Laurie: Landfall” — Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

“Songs of Orpheus – Monteverdi, Caccini, D’india & Landi” — Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo’s Fire, ensembles

Best Classical Compendium

“Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘spiritualist’; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush” — Joann Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — Aaron Jay Kernis, composer

Best Dance Recording

“Electricity” — Silk City and Dua Lipa featuring Diplo and Mark Ronson

Best Dance/Electronic Album

“Woman Worldwide” — Justice

Best Reggae Album

“44/876” — Sting and Shaggy

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

“Don’t Fence Me In” — John Daversa, soloist. Track from: “American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom”

Best Jazz Vocal Album

“The Window” — Cécile Mclorin Salvant

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

“American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom” — John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists

Best Latin Jazz Album

“Back to the Sunset” — Dafnis Prieto Big Band

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand” — Leon Bridges and “How Deep Is Your Love” — PJ Morton featuring Yebba

Best R&B Song

“Boo’d Up” — Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai and Dijon Mcfarlane, songwriters

Best Metal Performance

“Electric Messiah” — High on Fire

Best Rap/Sung Performance

“This Is America” — Childish Gambino

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The Oregon Brewers Guild honors luminaries from Portland Brewing, Widmer Brewing, & McMenamins

Press Release

image courtesy Oregon Brewers Guild

The Oregon Brewers Guild honored six titans of the state’s brewing industry with Lifetime Achievement Awards during its inaugural Awards Ceremony at the Crystal Ballroom Monday.

The award recipients pioneered craft beer in Oregon in the early 1980s, and include Fred Bowman of Portland Brewing Co., Art Larrance of Portland Brewing Co. and Cascade Brewing, Brian and Mike McMenamin, founders of McMenamins, and Kurt and Rob Widmer, founders of Widmer Bros. Brewing. “We’re here today, doing the jobs we love, because of them,” said OBG Board member Graham Brogan, who is head of brewery operations at McMenamins.

All six of the brewers honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award were active in lobbying the Oregon legislature to pass the state’s brewpub law in 1984, allowing beer to be made and sold on the same property, thus launching Oregon’s world-renowned beer scene.

All nominees were selected by Oregon brewers. Winners were selected by the Oregon Brewers Guild Board of Directors.

Fred Bowman

Bowman started homebrewing with guidance from a how-to book in his Hillboro basement, with friends Jim Goodwin and Art Larrance, in the late 1970s. They eventually agreed to a consulting contract with Bert Grant of Grant’s Brewery Pub in Yakima, Wash. Grant taught them how to make beer, and licensed the rights to make his beer in Oregon. Portland Brewing opened its doors in 1984, and Bowman worked for the company for more than 20 years before entering into a role as an industry consultant. Bowman is also responsible for the Fred Bowman Papers, a collection of photos and documents chronicling Oregon’s brewing history between 1983-2010. 

Art Larrance

After starting Portland Brewing Co. with Bowman and Goodwin, Larrance made another enduring mark on the Oregon beer scene when he launched the Oregon Brewers Festival in 1988. OBF is Oregon’s biggest beer fest, and has become a mainstay on Portland’s waterfront every July, bringing in brewers and tourists from around the world.

In 1998, Larrance opened the Racoon Lodge in southwest Portland. While searching for new ways to compete with Oregon’s larger breweries, Larrance and brewmaster Ron Gansberg launched Cascade Brewery, starting a sour beer revolution that altered the American craft beer industry with its innovative beers.

Brian and Mike McMenamin

In 1985, Brian and Mike McMenamin opened Oregon’s first brewpub in Hillsdale. Over the past 35 years, they’ve built an eclectic and beloved empire of breweries – 27 and counting – hotels and venues across the Pacific Northwest. While they’ll always be known for their beer, the brothers have also made a lasting impact with the commitment to preserving Northwest history. Several of their locations are on the National Register of Historic places, and each highlights the history of the local community. 

Kurt and Rob Widmer

In 1984, Kurt and Rob Widmer quit their corporate jobs, converted a dairy tank into a mash tun and a shrimp cooker into a whirlpool, and started making beer in Portland, delivering it in their father’s 1970s era Datsun pickup truck. Their pioneering brewery was one of the first to offer rotating seasonal beers, now a beer industry staple, and their iconic hefeweizen served as a launching point for craft beer drinkers across the Pacific Northwest. Before bottling their beer in 1996, they had become the largest draft-only brewery in the Western Hemisphere. They have also been tireless supporters of Oregon craft beer, often helping new brewers find their way in the industry.   

“There are so many Oregon brewing legends deserving of the Lifetime Achievement Award. But these six were truly foundational to the Oregon – and American – craft beer scene,” says Oregon Brewers Guild Executive Director Tony Roberts.

Other winners

Other award winners included Baerlic Brewing Co. for Best Branding; Von Ebert for Innovator of the Year; Christian Ettinger of Hopworks Urban Brewery for Sustainability Hero; and Widmer Bros. Brewing for Community Hero. The awards ceremony was held during the Brewers Guild’s Annual Meeting at the Crystal Ballroom.

from Northwest Beer Guide - News - The Northwest Beer Guide http://bit.ly/2u8y7yO

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Collection Report: McMenamins Brewery Collection, 1983-2015

Oh my gosh, this collection has been in my backlog for YEARS! It has been so long that when my daughter helped with the inventory on the brew sheets she was 11 years-old and couldn't check herself out of summer camp [now she can drive and has taken the SAT], but she could talk with John Richen (brewing manager at the time) about her favorite beer names and things she'd noticed about ingredients.

Go straight to the guide: http://bit.ly/mss_mcmenamins

Learn more about the Oregon brewing industry in my Oregon Encyclopedia article

The McMenamins Brewery Collection is, truly, a gem. We scanned thousands of brew sheets, which is a part of the magic, but I'm also delighted by all the fun ephemera, including a full run of their coasters. I'll also add that the company biography included in this guide is really a love letter to the company, and I thank Fred Eckhardt, John Foyston, and all the other journalists over the past 30 years for recording all the fun quirks about this company.

SUMMARY McMenamins is a family-owned chain of brewpubs, breweries, historic hotels, and theater pubs in the Pacific Northwest.

The McMenamins Brewery Collection includes digitized brew sheets, digital images, brochures, coasters, decals, event programs, flyers, newspaper clippings, tap handles, posters, labels, a wooden cask, and a six-pack of Hammerhead beer.

COMPANY BIO

McMenamins is a family-owned chain of brewpubs, breweries, historic hotels, and theater pubs in the Pacific Northwest. It was founded by brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin, who grew up in Northeast Portland. In 2021, they operated 56 properties, with twelve hotels; dozens of breweries, pubs, and restaurants; movie theaters; spas; music venues; and a coffee roaster, winery, cidery and distillery. Many locations are rehabilitated historical buildings and at least nine are on the National Register of Historic Places. McMenamins only sells its beer in its own pubs, restaurants, hotels, and movie theaters.

Early businesses

Mike and Brian McMenamin both graduated from Oregon State University, Mike with a Political Science degree (1974) and Brian with a Business degree (1980). Mike and two college friends purchased the Produce Row Café, a bar known for all-night, high-stakes poker games, in Portland's warehouse district in 1974 and sold more than 100 types of beer. The building was built in 1951 and opened as a breakfast café for produce dockworkers in 1953; in later years, it was a barbershop. Mike and Brian bought Bogart's Joint, another Portland-area pub on 14th and Flanders. At various points in history, many beer-related activities occurred in this building: Kurt and Rob Widmer brewed in this location, and it was later space occupied by Portland Brewing and Rogue Ales Public House. By 1980, they'd sold Produce Row, Bogart's Joint, and a third tavern, the Stockyard Café.

Mike opened a wine distributorship and Brian opened the McMenamins Pub in Hillsboro. By 1983, Mike’s distributorship had failed, and the brothers decided to try the bar business again. Rather than the smoky, male-dominated taverns common in Portland, they were inspired by the community hubs they’d seen in Europe. They bought the Fat Little Rooster tavern on Southeast Hawthorne and renamed it the Barley Mill Pub; in addition to a varied beer selection, the pub was known for Grateful Dead memorabilia and anniversary parties. The namesake “barley mill,” which can still be found onsite, was used by Chuck Coury at Cartwright Brewing Co., Portland’s first post-Prohibition brewery. It was originally a kitty litter grinder but is now used annually to grind the grain for anniversary ales.

One major event that impacted the trajectory of the beer industry in Oregon in the 1980s was legislation that married production and sales. Fred Bowman and Art Larrance (Portland Brewing), Dick and Nancy Ponzis (BridgePort Brewing) and their brewer Karl Ockert, Kurt and Rob Widmer (Widmer Brothers Brewing), and the McMenamins lobbied to legalize on-site sales. On July 13, 1985, Governor Vic Atiyeh signed Senate Bill 813, the “Brewpub Bill,” into law. It allowed brewers to make and sell beer on the same premises, key for increasing revenue and gaining new customers.

First brewpubs

The McMenamins took advantage of the new law, and by the early 1990s had opened several brewpubs, each with its own small brewing system attached. They opened the Hillsdale Brewery and Public House October 31, 1985 in the Southwest Portland neighborhood of Hillsdale. Not only was it their first brewery, it was also the first brewpub in Oregon since Prohibition. Known as “Captain Neon's Fermentation Chamber,” a nod to Mike McMenamin’s nickname, the first several batches of beer were brewed with old Tillamook dairy equipment. On October 25, 1985, Hillsdale's first brewer Ron Wolf, who had previously worked at Anchor Steam, brewed the first beer in a small copper kettle and called it "Hillsdale Ale.” It fell loosely into the “Special Bitter” classification of beer styles and was a malt extract brew. Hillsdale Ale was brewed 29 times at the Hillsdale location and 14 times at Cornelius Pass Roadhouse between 10/25/1985 and 11/28/1986. In the first year, several brewers moved through the facility and made Hillsdale Ale, including Ron Wolf (who only brewed 13 batches before leaving), Conrad Santos (who replaced Wolf as brew master), Mike McMenamin, Brian McMenamin, John Harris, Scott Barrow, and Alex Farnham (the company’s first female brewer).

In 1986, they purchased a 125-year-old farmhouse in Hillsboro, Oregon, and turned it into the Cornelius Pass Roadhouse. Later that same year, they opened the Lighthouse Brewpub in Lincoln City. The Fulton Pub and Brewery opened in Portland in June 1988 and the Highland Pub and Brewery opened in Gresham in July 1988.

Eventually, 27 breweries would operate under the McMenamins umbrella and they became a training ground for new brewers, many of whom have gone on to found breweries of their own. Alumni include John Harris (Hillsdale, Cornelius Pass Roadhouse), Jack Harris (Cornelius Pass Roadhouse, Lighthouse Brewery), Jason McAdam (Edgefield, Hillsdale, Crystal Ballroom), Alex McGaw (Fulton, Crystal Ballroom), Ben Nehrling and Kevin Lee (Edgefield, Highland, Kennedy School), and Mark Goodwin (Old Church, Crystal Ballroom).

In addition to serving beer at their brewpubs, the company also hosted festivals, concerts, and other public programming events at their properties, including Dad Watson’s Brew Fest, Edgefield Brew Fest, Highland Pub and Brewery Eurofest, Hillsdale Brew Fest, Lighthouse Brew Fest, Mid-Valley Brew Fest, and the Thompson Barley Cup.

Beer and Other Beverages

The McMenamins’ beers could be unsettling to brewing traditionalists; they used ingredients like apples, spices, and candy bars, as well as lesser used malts like Chocolate and Crystal. They introduced fruit beers to Oregon and early batches featured blackberries from the Hillsdale brewpub parking lot. Hand in hand with their experimentation, McMenamins developed three core beers that are brewed at all their breweries. Terminator Stout (1985) is a dark, English-style brew; Ruby (1986) is a light, raspberry-flavored beer; and Hammer Head (1986) is a classic Northwest Pale Ale. Ruby and Hammerhead are iconic company characters as well; artist Lyle Hehn created Ruby Witch and Hammerhead, and both are staples of murals, posters, and coasters.

Terminator Stout made its debut in 1985 at the Hillsdale Brewery & Public House as the 12th beer brewed. Old Hammerhead, as the strong ale was first called, was brewed January 25, 1986 and was the 37th brew and made with malt extract. John Harris, who later created Mirror Pond for Deschutes Brewery, was the first to make Hammerhead an “all-grain” beer. Harris was hired in 1987, and when they transitioned away from extract brewing, he decided to rewrite the Hammerhead recipe; besides changed the grain, he also added more hops. Ruby, originally called “Ruby Tuesday” before the food chain objected, was first brewed in 1986 and used 42 pounds of pureed Oregon raspberries.

The company made more than beer. They planted 3 acres of Pinot Gris fruit in 1990 and looked to regional vineyards for additional grapes; McMenamins Edgefield Winery was established in 1992 and began by making Rhone-style wines, including grenache and viognier. The Edgefield Winery produces 20 different white, rosé, dessert, and sparkling wines and supplies 350 tons of wine to McMenamins pubs. Also in 1992, and predating the boom by more than 20 years, McMenamins started making cider at the winery and in 2018 sold as much cider by volume as wine.

In 1995, they began experiments with distillation and made brandy under contract by Carneros Alembic, a California distillery owned by Remy-Martin. In 1997, they built their first distillery in an old root vegetable storage barn on the Edgefield property. Their most popular whiskey is Hogshead, but they make several others, including Money Puzzle, which is dry hopped with Teamaker hops (which has 0 IBUs) and is sweetened with blackberry honey harvest from hives on their property.

Historic preservation

The brothers’ love of historic structures directed business growth and community involvement, and preserving important historical buildings is integral to their business. When the McMenamins started, they couldn’t afford new construction, so they purchased old buildings, which came with stories. They employ a small staff of historians to research and document the history, and those are in turn incorporated into each property’s art, murals, menus, place names, and architectural details.

In 1987, the company opened its first theater, the Mission Theater Pub, in downtown Portland. The converted 1890s Swedish Tabernacle, a church-turned-union hall, was also the state's first theater pub. In 1991, McMenamins turned a 1927 art deco theater that was slated for demolition into a second pub and movie house. These businesses were significant and ushered in a new way to watch movies with beer and food.

In 1987, the brothers purchased Edgefield, which was built in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They paid $560,000 and invested another $2.5 million to transform the farm's 80-year-old buildings into a multi-utility complex. Edgefield was once the Multnomah County Poor Farm, a self-sufficient facility with a meatpacking plant, power station, large rooming house, and infirmary. When the remodeled Edgefield Manor opened in 1991, the meatpacking plant was a brewery, power station a pub with a movie theater, infirmary a winery, and rooming house a 100-room hotel. There was also a meeting space, catering operation, restaurant called the Black Rabbit, herb and flower gardens, four liquor and cigar bars, distillery, golf course, and amphitheater. One of the more outstanding features of Edgefield, and something that would become the McMenamins' signature, was the extensive art installations created by local artists. Art popped up in surprising places throughout the complex (on ceilings, exposed heating pipes, eaves, fuse boxes) and showed local subjects (former residents, Northwest Indians, 19th-century brewers, the Columbia River Gorge). Within a few years, the company had a set of 12 freelance artists ready to work on new property acquisitions. Edgefield brewery is still the company's largest property.

In 1997, they purchased the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, which had been vacant for 30 years, and filled it with murals depicting the building's history, a brewpub, and a bar. The building was famous for its swaying dance floor, which sat on ball bearings. The Crystal Hotel was built in 1911 and became a dance hall and concert facility that hosted national music acts. Around the same time, they partnered with the Portland Development Commission and invested $4.5 million to remodel the Kennedy Elementary School. What was once a boarded-up building was transformed into a 35-room multi-use hotel with an onsite brewery, restaurant and four bars, a movie theater, a jazz hall, cigar bar, and soaking pool.

In 1999, the McMenamins opened McMenamins Hotel Oregon in downtown McMinnville, Oregon. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places and had been a hotel since its first two stories were erected in 1905; five years later, two more floors were added. In 1932, the hotel was renamed Hotel Oregon. In addition to renovating guest rooms, the McMenamins renovation added two bars and an art gallery with old photographs and new paintings that showed the history of the hotel and McMinnville.

Many property renovations followed. In 2000, they opened the Grand Lodge in Forest Grove, Oregon, which was formerly a Masonic home built in 1922. In 2001, they opened the 27 room Olympic Club Hotel and Theater, which was an expansion of the McMenamins Olympic Club Pub in downtown Centralia, Washington. The original Oxford Hotel was built in 1908 and Olympic Club was built in 1913. In 2003, they reopened the Rock Creek Tavern in Hillsboro, Oregon, which they had purchased in 1995 when the original tavern burned down. In 2016, the Anderson School in Bothell, Washington opened. The original Anderson School was built in 1931 and opened in 1936. In April of 2018, McMenamins opened their latest project, the Kalama Harbor Lodge in Kalama, Washington. Other properties include the White Eagle Saloon & Hotel in Portland, which was built in 1905; Boon’s Treasury in Salem, built in the 1860s; and Old St. Francis School in Bend, which opened in 1936.

ARCHIVAL COLLECTION INFORMATION The brew sheets and some event materials were provided to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2015 and 2016 for digitization. The original items have been retained by McMenamins.

In addition to the brewery activity and the various beers released by McMenamins, this collection also contains information on events organized by the company, such as homebrew competitions and festivals. The cask held in the collection was used at the Oak Hills Pub and is decorated with a pen drawing created by brewer Chris Haslett. The photographs show art installation, artists, and property renovation.

The brew sheets and some event materials were provided to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2015 and 2016 for digitization. The original items were retained by McMenamins.

Physical and electronic records are available for use in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center reading room.

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Los mayores reconocimientos al mundo de la música llegan cada año de la mano de los premios GRAMMY ®, ceremonia en la que más de 13 mil miembros de la Academia de la Grabación celebran a los músicos y artistas más representativos de la última temporada en cerca de 70 categorías. Este año, la ceremonia se traslada al Staples Center de Los Angeles, donde el domingo 10 de febrero se realizará la 61ª entrega de los GRAMMY Awards® que será transmitida por TNT. Por tercer año consecutivo, el anfitrión de la gala será James Corden.

Tras el anuncio de los nominados realizado esta mañana, el hiphopero Kendrick Lamar es el principal favorito de la 61ª edición de los Grammy® al conseguir ocho postulaciones en distintas categorías. Tras él se ubicaron Drake (7), Brandi Carlile y Ladi Gaga (6), Cardi B (5) y Childish Gambino (5).

Entre las nominaciones destaca la presencia de Lady Gaga y Bradley Cooper, que competirán por cuatro categorías, “Grabación del Año” y “Canción del Año” incluidas, gracias a la canción Shallow, de la película A Star is Born. Esta canción, además, fue anunciada en el día de ayer como candidata a “Mejor Canción Original para una Película” en los Golden Globe®, por lo que podría alcanzar una gran cosecha de galardones en esta temporada de premios.

Entre los latinos, el “Mejor disco de pop latino” tendrá como competidores a Pablo Alborán, Claudia Brant, Natalia Lafourcade, Raquel Sofía y Carlos Vives.

TNT transmitirá, en vivo desde Los Ángeles, el domingo 10 de febrero.

Esta es la lista de los nominados en las principales categorías:

GRABACIÓN DEL AÑO “I like it” – Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin “The Joke” – Brandi Carlile “This is America” – Childish Gambino, Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson “God’s Plan” – Drake, Boi-1Da, Cardo & Young  “Shallow” – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “All the stars” – Kendrick Lamar & SZA “Rockstars” -Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage, Louis Bell & Tank God,  “The Middle” – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

ÁLBUM DEL AÑO “Invasion of Privacy,” Cardi B

“By the Way, I Forgive You,” Brandi Carlile

“Scorpion,” Drake

“H.E.R.,” H.E.R.

“Beerbongs & Bentleys,” Post Malone

“Dirty Computer,” Janelle Monae

“Golden Hour,” Kacey Musgraves

“Black Panther: The Album,” Featuring Kendrick Lamar

  MEJOR CANCIÓN DEL AÑO ​ “All The Stars,” Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Spears, Al Shuckburgh, Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe

“Boo’d Up,” Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, and Dijon McFarlane

“God’s Plan,” Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron Latour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib.

“In My Blood,” Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes and Geoffrey Warburton

“The Joke,” Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth

“The Middle,” Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha and Anton Zaslavski

“Shallow,” Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt

“This Is America,” Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson

MEJOR ARTISTA NUEVO: Chloe x Halle Luke Combs Greta Van Fleet H.E.R. Dua Lipa Margo Price Bebe Rexha Jorja Smith

MEJOR ÁLBUM POP LATINO ​PROMETO, Pablo Alboran SINCERA, Claudia Brant  MUSAS (UN HOMENAJE AL FOLCLORE LATINOAMERICANO EN MANOS DE LOS MACORINOS), VOL. 2, Natalia Lafourcade 2:00 AM, Raquel Sofía  

VIVES, Carlos Vives

MEJOR SOLO PERFORMANCE  “Colors” – Beck “Havana” – Camila Cabello “God is a woman” – Ariana Grande “Joanne” – Lady Gaga “Better Now” – Post Malone

MEJOR DUO O GRUPO “Fall in line” – Christina Aguilera ft. Demi Lovato “Don’t go Breakin my heart” – Backstreet Boys “‘S Wonderful” – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall “Shallow” – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “Girls like you” – Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B “Say Something” – Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton “The Middle” – Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

MEJOR POP ÁLBUM “Camila” – Camila Cabello “Meaning of Life” – Kelly Clarkson “Sweetener” – Ariana Grande “Shawn Mendes” – Shawn Mendes “Beautiful Trauma” – P!nk “Reputation” – Taylor Swift

MEJOR ROCK PERFORMANCE “Four Out of Five” – Arctic Monkeys “When Bad Does Good” – Chris Cornell “Made an America” – THE FEVER 333 “Highway Tune” – Greta Van Fleet “Uncomfortable” – Halestorm

MEJOR RAP PERFORMANCE Cardi B Drake Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake Anderson .Paak Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk & Swae Lee

MEJOR RAP ÁLBUM “Invasion of Privacy”  – Cardi B “Swiming” – Mac Miller “Victory Lap” –  Nipsey Hussle “Daytona” – Pusha T “Astroworld” – Travis Scott

MEJOR ÁLBUM ALTERNATIVO LATINO  “Claroscura”  – Aterciopelados “Coastcity” –  COASTCITY “Encanto Tropical”  –  Monsieur Periné “Gourmet” –  Orishas “Aztlán” – Zoé

MEJOR CANCIÓN ESCRITA PARA PELÍCULA  “All The Stars” – Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA) Para: “Black Panther” “Mystery of Lover”  – Sufjan Stevens, songwriter (Sufjan Stevens) Para: “Call Me By Your Name” “Remember me” – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel Featuring Natalia Lafourcade) Para: “Coco”  “Shallow” – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper) Para: A Star Is Born “This is me” – Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble) Para: The Greatest Showman

MEJOR DOCUMENTAL O PELÍCULA DE MÚSICA “LIFE IN 12 BARS” – Eric Clapton Lili Fini Zanuck, director de video; John Battsek, Scooter Weintraub, Larry Yelen & Lili Fini Zanuck, productores.

“WHITNEY” – Whitney Houston Kevin Macdonald, director de video; Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn & Lisa Erspamer, productores.

“QUINCY” – Quincy Jones Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones, director de video; Paula DuPré Pesmen,  productora.

“ITZHAK” – Itzhak Perlman Alison Chernick, director de video; Alison Chernick, productora.

“THE KING” – Elvis Presley” Eugene Jarecki, director de video; Christopher Frierson, Georgina Hill, David Kuhn & Christopher St. John, productores.

MEJOR PRODUCTOR DEL AÑO, NO CLÁSICO: Boi-1da Larry Klein Linda Perry Kanye West Pharrell Williams

MEJOR ÁLBUM REGIONAL MEXICANA “Primero soy mexicana”, Ángela Aguilar “Mitad y mitad”, Calibre 50 “Totalmente Juan Gabriel Vol. II” Aida Cuevas; “Cruzando Borders” Los Texmaniacs; “Leyendas de mi pueblo” Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández “¡México por siempre!”, Luis Miguel

Los premios Grammy son una distinción otorgada por la Academia Nacional de Artes y Ciencias de la Grabación de Estados Unidos para dar reconocimiento a un logro especialmente destacado de la industria musical a un artista específico. La ceremonia de entrega anual cuenta con las actuaciones de artistas prominentes y con la presentación de aquellos premios que despiertan un mayor interés popular. Comparten el reconocimiento de la industria de la música, tal como el de las otras artes escénicas, gozando de un prestigio análogo a los premios Emmy (televisión), los premios Tony (teatro y arte escénico), y los premios Óscar (cine).

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Oregon’s Craft Brewers Got a Christmas Gift From President Trump: Lower Taxes

Art Larrance, owner of Cascade Brewing in Beaverton and co-founder of the Oregon Small Brewers Coalition, a lobbying group for craft brewers, … years attempting to pass this legislation," Larrance tells WW, "but it has taken President Trump to recognize the importance of small business to Americans.

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Cascade Brewing debuts new branding with release of Sang Du Chêne

February 4, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore – On Feb. 14, Cascade Brewing will launch Sang Du Chêne, its first bottle release to feature a newly redesigned label and logo. Meaning “blood of the oak,” Sang du Chêne features sour strong blond and triple ales aged in three large format oak vessels: foudres, puncheons and hogsheads. The oak influences provide flavors of toasted sugars, vanilla and spice, complemented by the bright acidity and fruity character of the beer.

Cascade has unveiled three distinct label formats, one for each of the three tiers of products it produces. The three tiers are based on the ingredients used in the beer, the time the beer is aged in the barrel, and the type of barrel used – all of which establish the pricing tier of the project.

The new graphics will be on all subsequent releases throughout the year; each beer within the tier will have its own color to delineate between brands. Sang du Chêne will be the first Tier 2 to be released, while Kentucky Peach (set to release in early March) will be the first Tier 3, followed by Apricot in April, which will be the first Tier 1.   

In addition to the labels, Cascade has unveiled a restyled logo, already seen by many on its social media channels. According to Tim Larrance, vice president of sales and marketing, “The new logo was incorporated to represent who we are and what we do at Cascade. The C logo is shaped with barrel staves to pay homage to our barrel aging process (no kettle sours here). The crossed hammer and spigot represents the tools used for the tapping of the barrels, while the dropped line in the A in Cascade reflects the snowcapped Cascade Range where our name comes from. In addition to adding the year we were founded (1998), we have also included PDX and ORE because we are incredibly proud to be from this city that is home to some of the best beers and breweries anywhere in the world.” 

The new label and logos were developed by the team from Murmur Creative of Portland, as well as Kirsten Karkanen (granddaughter of the Cascade’s owner Art Larrance), who helped with the initial designs. 

“We are very happy with what the creative teams have come up with during this six-month process and extremely excited to show our wholesaler partners, retailer and consumers the new look,” explained Larrance. “However, please know that we have only changed the outside; the wonderful barrel aged sour beer inside the bottle will remain just as good as ever.”

About Cascade Brewing Cascade Brewing has been a pioneer in the sour beer renaissance since 2006 and the proud innovator of the Northwest Sour Ale. Its distinctive sour beer blends feature fruit forward, barrel-aged ales with an emphasis on project year-to-year variation. These beers offer a complex array of flavors derived from the acid, the fruit and the residual flavors present in the barrels in which they age. The resulting beers offer a complex array of flavors and aromas derived from with each project year release capturing the unique subtleties of that year’s growing season. Cascade’s sour ales are brewed and blended in Portland, Oregon.

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The “craft adjacent”: education, organizations, festivals, and words.

This is the final installment of the “brewing-in-oregon-series,” which has taken all the words I wrote for the first draft of my Brewing Industry in Oregon article and put them out into the world!

A maturing industry needed skilled brewers. Food science and studies on fermentation have long been a part of research at Oregon State University, but since the establishment of the Fermentation Science program in the Food Science and Technology department in 1995, OSU has been a leader in its education and training of the new brewers who opened small and independent breweries in local neighborhood communities and those at large-scale corporate breweries. 

There are other avenues for brewers and consumers in Oregon to learn and build communities. Headquartered in Portland and founded in 1979, the Oregon Brew Crew is one of the oldest and largest home brewing clubs in the United States. The Oregon Brewers Guild was founded in 1992 as a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for and promoting the state's brewing industry; it is one of the nation's oldest craft brewer associations. Two other important organizations were founded in Oregon and now have members worldwide: The Pink Boots Society was founded in 2007 by Teri Fahrendorf as a professional organization to support women in the brewing industries. In 2011, Pink Boots Society members created Barley’s Angels, a branch of the organization that served as an educational and social community for female beer enthusiasts; Barley’s Angels split off in 2012.

In addition to more breweries to choose from, consumers had other ways to engage with beer. The Oregon Brewers Festival has been held annually since July 1988 at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland. Art Larrance, co-founder of Portland Brewing, approached Widmer Brothers, McMenamins, and BridgePort Brewing about starting a "Portland Brewers Festival Association of Oregon." McMenamins agreed to participate, but declined being an organizer, and the remaining three organized the first festival. Today, the Oregon Brewers Festival is one of the nation’s longest running and largest craft beer festivals. Other festivals Portland Craft Beer Festival, Festival of Dark Arts, Holiday Ale Festival, Bend Brewfest, various fresh hop festivals, and Mt. Angel's Oktoberfest.

The increasing popularity of homebrewing and accessibility of imported beers certainly had an impact on the preferences and palates of consumers, as did writing about beer in the public press. Fred Eckhardt was a well-known advocate, critic, educator, mentor, and historian, and his written work on beer and brewing encouraged generations of people to think about beer in new ways. Inspired by a 1972 visit to Anchor Steam Brewery, Eckhardt became an avid proponent of tasteful, complex craft brews. He urged people to focus on flavor, style, and experience in the Oregonian, and also wrote regular articles in national industry publications like Celebrator Beer News and All About Beer. He rose to prominence with his 1970 A Treatise on Lager Beers, a guide to homebrewing and the evolution of lager beer, and 1989 The Essentials of Beer Style. In more recent years, blogs, podcasts, and news aggregate sites have dominated Oregon beer news and information.

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