Today on the podcast, I'm talking with Ryan Pappe, head brewer at Portland Brewing. Portland Brewing is one of the oldest breweries in the city, and they will be hosting our first run in the spring 2018 season. Join us April 21 at the "Hoppy Earth Day Brewfest. Use promo code PortlandBrewing5, all one word, and save $5 when you register.

In this episode, we’re learning more about this venerable old brewery. About the people who inspire their beers with passion, a little about their history, and a few things that make their beer passionate, solid, and delicious. You’ll also get to hear a bit of Ryan’s journey from a theater major to head brewer and more.

The Oregon Brewery Running Series is about inspiring Oregonians to Get Active, Have Fun, and Give Back. We host family-friendly, 5K fun runs that start and end at some of Oregon’s best breweries. Register for our next run here! If you’d like to join us at one of our upcoming runs, register with promo code PortlandBrewing5, all one word, and you’ll get $5 off your entry. Our theme music, the Oregon Song, is written and performed by James Hoffman.

Today on the podcast, we’re doing something a little different. As you know, we’re about helping people get active. Of course we want you to show up and do that at our events, but we also want to encourage you to get active outside of our events.

So in the podcast today, I sat down with Matt Rasmussen, administrator at the Run Oregon Blog. He and I grabbed a beer at Lompoc Brewing, on north Williams ave, where we have a run on April 28, by the way, and chatted about a dozen or so other races you may want to look into this spring. There’s all sorts of distances, from the 5k to full marathon, and everything in between.

On today’s show, I talk with Lisa Morrison, co-owner of Belmont Station and "beer goddess." She and I are talking about the six things all people need to know about beer. We will define what beer is, describe what gives it its color, talk about the right way to taste it, explain the fundamental difference between the two core styles of beer (ales and lagers), share some food pairing ideas, and more. Lisa will also share her number one hope for beer drinkers around the world. I’ll also share some promo codes, so keep listening and register for our next run!

The Oregon Brewery Running Series is about inspiring Oregonians to Get Active, Have Fun, and Give Back. We host family-friendly, 5K fun runs that start and end at some of Oregon’s best breweries. Register for our next run here! Register with promo code BelmontStation5, and you’ll get $5 off your entry. Our theme music, the Oregon Song, is written and performed by James Hoffman.

In today's show, I'm talking with one of the co-owners of StormBreaker Brewing, Dan Malech. StormBreaker Brewing is located on Mississippi Ave in North Portland, and soon, will be opening a second location in the spring of 2018 in St. John’s. In my interview with Dan, you’ll get to learn a little bit about how he got into the word of craft beer, the origins of StormBreaker, how he became a runner (and the year he ran too many half marathons), a few of his favorite beers, as well as the low down on their new location and a few other new things their team is looking forward to in 2018.

In today’s show, Nathan talks with Cobi Brothers, the head-brewer at Stickmen Brewing. Stickmen has two locations, one on Lake Oswego, and a beer hall in Tualatin. The Tualatin location is where we’ll be running in February of 2018. So If you want to join us, use promo code Stickmen5 to save $5 off your registration.

Nathan met up with Cobi at the Tualatin location on a busy Monday morning at the end of 2017. There was all kinds of work being done there, so the noise you hear in the background is what an active brewery sounds like, even though they aren’t actually brewing there yet!

In this episode, Cobi and I talk about;

• How he went from a philosophy student, to a third grade teacher, to the head brewer at Stickmen
• How he got into the craft beer world
• The inspiration behind his gold medal winning beer, "The Irony is Delicious"
• What you can expect from the Stickmen beer, the locations, and the people
• A few new things coming up for Stickmen in 2018

And more!

Welcome back to another installment of the Oregon Brewery Running Series Podcast; Inspiring Oregonians to Get Active, Have Fun, and Give Back. We host family-friendly, 5K fun runs that start and end at some of Oregon’s best breweries.

In today’s show, Nathan talks with the co-founder and head cider maker at Portland Cider Company, Jeff Parrish. They met up at the Portland Cider House on Hawthorne Blvd in south-east Portland to talk all things cider. That location is best described as a pub and has a rustic farmhouse vibe to it, with lots of unfinished wood, and interesting art on the walls. They discuss Jeff's cidery journey, what he's learned along the way, new stuff they have coming out, our run on February 10, and more! Also, listen carefully for a unique promo code!

REGISTER NOW for our run with Portland Cider Co. on February 10, 2018.

The Full 2018 Brewery Running Series Calendar

Happy New Year! Today on the show, I’m talking with Matt Rasmussen from the Run Oregon Blog. Matt is an expert when it comes to finding races around Oregon and SW Washington. Part of our mission is helping people to Get Active, so our first show of 2018 is intended to help you better plan your year of running and racing. We’d love it if you participated in all of our 2018 brewery running series events, but that still leaves a whole bunch of free weekends. Today on the podcast, Matt and Nathan talk about which races are on their calendars, and a few others worth checking out.

Welcome back to another installment of the Oregon Brewery Running Series Podcast. Inspiring Oregonians to Get Active, Have Fun, and Give Back. We host family-friendly, 5K fun runs that start and end at some of Oregon’s best breweries.

In today’s show, Nathan reflects on our 2017 season, thank a bunch of people who made it happen and hear from a few of our participants. We'll also give you a sneak peek into the 2018 season!

In 2017, we had 2,061 participants, and based on our best guessitmation, nearly 1,300 different people ran at least one event, meaning, a whole bunch of you ran more than one. People like Kim C, Kim W, Mark (there are three of them, you know who you are), Robert, Chris, Bill, and Laura (to name a few), ran in 5 or more events, which is pretty impressive.

We also kept track of the number of pints of beer you all drank, or at least the ones we purchased. Between all participants, volunteers, partners and our musical guests, that number is, approximately, 2,466. You also ran 5,111 miles or 8225.4K. We raised just over $4,000 for the Oregon Brewshed Alliance, The Portland Parks Foundation, and Life Vest Inside.

Thank you for making our second season such a memorable one. The participants, you, are indeed an inspiration. Hearing some of your stories helped Drew and I realized the diverse backgrounds we all have. From those working in the medical profession to creative types, teachers, lawyers, insurance providers, entrepreneurs, active military personnel and so many more. We all share a deep love for running and beer.

But it’s not really about the beer and running for us. It’s about bringing people together as part of a community. Many of our participants ran their very first organized 5K this year, and we feel so honored they did so with us. Whether or not they run in a whole bunch more of our events, we hope that running and being active becomes a lifestyle for all of you. We also know that some of you are hardcore runners, doing other timed races in the area. We appreciate you too and love that you chose one of our events to take it easy for a day. We hope that bringing together these two different types of runners inspires everyone to stay active, have fun, and give back as we all discover and enjoy the intricacies of craft beer in this great state of ours.

After our last event of 2017 at Stickmen Brewing in Tualatin, Oregon on November 11, I walked around and interviewed some of our participants. I wanted to get a sense of why they decided to spend a Saturday morning with us. Here are a few of my favorite quotes:

We’re taking a break from the podcast this week. We’ve been hard at work getting all of our 2018 event registrations up, and combined with the Thanksgiving holiday, family gatherings and some travel; it seemed like a wise time to take a break to relax just a bit. We’ll be back next week, but we do have a quick announcement about something new we’re trying; Since it’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday and all of that, we thought we’d offer you the chance to get your holiday shopping done early. Rather than buying your beer and running loved ones one of those beer guzzling helmets, or another pair of running socks, we have a better idea. We now have gift cards to our upcoming season of beer run fun!

We also want to give a quick plug for our kickoff event on January 13. It’s nearly sold out, but we still have a few spots left. Our good friends at On Running are throwing a big party to help us launch the 2018 brewery running series season. It’s entirely free, and attendees will enjoy a taco bar, beer samples from participating breweries, goodie bags and massively discounted event registrations to all of our 2018 events. It’s a fun way for us to launch the year and reward you with some great deals.

So check back next week for new episodes. Over the next few weeks, we have a recap of the season, including interviews with some of you guys after our final event at Stickmen Brewing back in November. We’ve got an interview with Stephen Wright the president of the Oregon Road Runners Club, and you'll also get to hear my conversation with Jake Stout, a local PT and performance coach. And of course, more brewery owners and local runners.

Cheers to a truly happy holiday season, and don't forget to stay active, have fun, and give back.