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Deschutes Brewery Collection, 1986-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Deschutes Brewery
Title
Deschutes Brewery Collection
Dates
1986-2007 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.00 cubic feet, including 62.4 MB for 105 files, (3 boxes, including 2 cubic foot boxes and 23x31 oversize box)
Collection Number
MSS DeschutesBrewery
Summary
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.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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

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.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

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

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Administrative Information

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.

Acquisition Information

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.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series 1: Operational Records, 1987-2007

  • Series 2: Glasses and Mugs, 1986-1992

    • Description: Oregon Brewers Festival

      OBF Portland: 1988, 1989, 1992.

      Dates: 1988-1992
      Container: Box/Folder 2.01
      Location: Series 2: Glasses and Mugs, 1986-1992
    • Description: Miscellaneous Festival Glasses

      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.

      Dates: 1986-1988
      Container: Box/Folder 2.02
      Location: Series 2: Glasses and Mugs, 1986-1992
    • Description: Great American Beer Festival Glasses
      Dates: 1990-1992
      Container: Box/Folder 2.03
      Location: Series 2: Glasses and Mugs, 1986-1992

  • Series 3: Posters, 1986-2012

    • Description: Event Posters

      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.

      Dates: 1986-2012
      Container: Box/Folder 3.01
      Location: Series 3: Posters, 1986-2012

  • Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998

    7 print photographs and 57 digital photographs.

    • Description: Photographs

      7 photographs of 6-pack containers and delivery trucks.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1.04
      Location: Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998
    • Description: Photographs

      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.

      Dates: 1987-1988
      Location: Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998
    • Description: Photographs

      Photographs include the original bottling line from Coca Cola, Gary Fish with fermentation tanks, and brewery construction.

      Dates: 1992
      Location: Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998
    • Description: Photographs

      Photographs include people in the pub, the bottling line, the first Jubelale bottling with Sue Page, and installation of the Huppmann Brewhouse.

      Dates: 1993
      Location: Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998
    • Description: Photographs

      Photographs include a holiday staff party and Gary Fish at the Siebel Institute in Chicago, Great American Beer Festival, and with Tim Gossack.

      Dates: 1994
      Location: Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998
    • Description: Photographs

      Photograph of 1995 Highway clean-up project.

      Dates: 1995
      Location: Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998
    • Description: Photographs

      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.

      Dates: 1996
      Location: Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998
    • Description: Photographs

      Photographs include Mark Vickery at the pub and Jubelale packaging.

      Dates: 1997
      Location: Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998
    • Description: Photographs

      Photographs include Black Butte Porter packaging and Gary Fish with an award.

      Dates: 1998
      Location: Series 4: Photographs, 1987-1998

  • Series 5: Labels and Promotional Materials, circa 1988-2007

Finding Aid Authors: Tiah Edmunson-Morton.
2023

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