"Your Fruit, Your Cider" at WildCraft

We start with a cider. Autumn is all about apple orchards, u-picks, cider presses and more fruit than you know what to do with... so we are grateful for WildCraft Cider Work's community apple drive. Don't let nature's abundance waste away on the ground! From July through November, local residents donate their extra apples, pears, and plums to WildCraft Cider Works, and the fruit is pressed into future hard ciders.

Sip a pint of “Your Fruit, Your Cider” from the previous Community Apple Drive, and make plans to taste this year's community cider after fall's fermenting is finished.

Elk Horn Brewery at Detering Orchards

This innovative brewery known for their extensive cider concoctions has partnered with Detering Orchards — known for their U-pick apple orchards and "Apple Daze" farm festival days — to pour Elk Horn hard ciders alongside Detering Orchards fresh pressed ciders right at the farm. Pull up a seat in the outdoor saloon by the farm stand, and sip delicious, local ciders while seated amongst abundant displays of pumpkins, apples, squashes and preserves. The cider selection offered in the saloon may vary, but visit Elk Horn Brewery for the full range from this season's "Carrot Cake" cider to a traditional dry apple cider "Apfelwein".

"Stonefruit Symphony" from Alesong Brewing & Blending

Before you fully turn your attention to fall beers, pause and savor the last tastes of summer at Alesong Brewing & Blending. Their “Stonefruit Symphony”, a sour ale aged in French oak barrels and packed with peaches and nectarines, was the only Eugene area beer to win a medal at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival. Alesong brought home the Gold Medal in the Belgian Fruit Beer category for that release — so make sure you grab a bottle before they are gone! With this award, Alesong has medaled at the Great American Beer Fest for six years in a row, putting them in the top ten longest winning streaks in the country. 

"Pomme" from Alesong Brewing & Blending

Another Detering Orchards partnership is manifest in "Pomme", a summation of fall with apple and spice aromas. Described as a "rustic autumn farmhouse ale", this delightful hybrid beer was aged in oak and then refermented on a blend of three different cider apples from Detering Orchards.

The "Terroir Project: King Estate" from Alesong Brewing & Blending

Collaborating with Eugene's largest local winery, Alesong Brewing & Blending has produced a wine/beer hybrid using King Estate Pinot Gris grapes — foot stomped in the cellar and fermented naturally with the microflora on the skins. The result is an orange-hued, wine-inspired beer with a fruity profile. Alesong partnered with several additional local vineyards to produce a collection of four other hybrids which will be poured at the Terroir Festival on September 24. If you are fortunate, these special releases will be still be available after the celebration at Alesong's Territorial Highway location or Market District tasting room.

Oktoberfest Brews

September and October are the time for celebrating craft beer. Lift a frothy mug to the season with these tributes. Many of the pubs get into the spirit too, like the Bier Stein Bottleshop and Pub.

"Achtung Lager” at Ninkasi

“Achtung Lager” is Ninkasi's Oktoberfest style beer. It is a collaboration with Reuben’s Brews, based out of Seattle. 

Fresh Hops

With almost half of the world's hops grown right here in the Pacific Northwest, fresh local hops are a celebrated ingredient. Local brewers are proud of their small batch, locally-sourced hop-forward beer.