![]() ![]() The week will include new beers and merchandise at Great Notion’s locations. The next day, Great Notion will mark 4/20, the day cannabis is celebrated. With that connection, brewery owners Paul Reiter, James Dugan and Andy Miller are holding the brewery’s second annual Get on the Bus Week, dubbed GOTBW, starting on Wednesday, April 19, or “Bicycle Day,” the first recorded LSD "trip" by the inventor of the drug, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, in 1943. Great Notion Brewing’s name is inspired by Ken Kesey and his novel “Sometimes a Great Notion” and his Merry Band of Pranksters, who traveled the continent in 1964 in the psychedelically painted bus Further. ![]() The OBAs are the major awards ceremony in the state and carry great cachet for winners, with medals given in over 30 beer style categories as well as other “best” categories. Go here for the full list of award winners.Īnd the winners of the Oregon Beer Awards will be announced tonight. Widmer Brothers won Large-Size Brewery of the Year, Sunriver Brewing won Medium-Size Brewery of the Year and Humble Parlor Brewing of Philadelphia won Small-Size Brewery of the Year. Oregon won the most medals at the Bend-based awards, followed by Washington in second place. Judges awarded 165 medals to 128 breweries in 55 categories. It included 511 breweries from 62 states, provinces and countries, with 2,566 entries. The ninth-annual Best of Craft Beer Awards bills itself as “one of America’s fastest-growing beer competitions,” and it’s now open to international breweries as well. We have a confluence of beer awards right now, with the Best of Craft Beer Awards being held last weekend in Bend and the Oregon Beer Awards being held tonight at Revolution Hall in Southeast Portland.
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