Portland's Occidental Brewing Company selects Baerlic Brewing for their first NW-style Pilsner of 2020.
For the brewers of Portland’s Occidental Brewing Company, collaboration isn’t an afterthought while sitting around the table discussing the next beer to brew, It’s also a philosophy they practice, every few months with a unique brewery. The end result is a beer style unique to the region, simply called the Northwest-style Pilsner.
Starting with a base recipe designed for a golden lager, the brewers from both businesses collaborate with a mind towards experimentation which requires using unique brewing methods, ingredients, and yes hops. The result of course is a beer that is as uniquely Cascadian as the brewery who make it. So it is with little surprise that Occidental Brewing selected nearby Baerlic Brewing Company, to brew the first Northwest-style Pilsner in 2020.
image courtesy Baerlic Brewing Company
Brewed with a plethora of international hops, including German Perle hops for bittering, Czech Saaz hops during its journey from the kettle to the fermenter, and dry hopped with hops Vic Secret from Australia as it rested in the kettle. Consider this an education in old world meets new, as you sip and ponder the first Occidental Northwest-style Pilsner of 2020.
Available in on draft or sixteen-ounce cans, you are invited to stop into Occidental Brewing Company’s taproom or seek it out, wherever you find their other offerings throughout Oregon and parts of Washington state.
Occidental Brewing Company is located at 6635 N Baltimore Avenue in Portland’s Cathedral Park neighborhood. For more information visit https://www.occidentalbrewing.com/.
Baerlic Brewing Company has two locations at 2235 SE 11th Avenue and 6035 NE Halsey in Rose City Park. For more information beers, hours, and events, visit http://baerlicbrewing.com/.
About Occidental Brewing Company
Occidental Brewing Co. was founded in 2011 by Ben and Dan Engler with the goal of making well-balanced continental-style beers in the land of IPAs: Portland, Oregon. Finding a niche with beer drinkers who had grown tired of the hops arms race, we quickly grew (but not too much) with our lineup of approachable, sessionable, and award-winning ales and lagers. We began canning our core beers in 2013 and now bottle multiple seasonal offerings as well. Over the years we expanded our distribution from our Portland brewery to much of Oregon, Western Washington, British Columbia, Idaho, and the occasional shipment to Japan. In 2016 we expanded our retail offerings by opening the Occidental Wursthaus across the way from the brewery in Portland. With a full menu of traditional German fare, the Wursthaus offers a cozy brauhaus atmosphere to enjoy our beer with a beautiful view. In 2018 we opened our second brewery in Sparks, Nevada where we produce the same lineup of Occidental beers for the Nevada market. Look for Occidental beer in your local supermarket, bottle shop, bar or restaurant. Prost!
About Baerlic Brewing Company
Say bear-lick…like a bear licking the foam off a frosty mug. Etymologically, it’s an old-english adjective meaning “of barley.” As in there’s beer and then there’s baerlic beer! But feel free to use it whenever you want to describe something that you can’t get enough of. As in: “These waffles are baerlic!”
