1988 founder jack joyce rob strasser bob woodell headquarters newport oregon u.s. area served u.s. and international key people brett joyce president products beer spirits cider soda hop salt website rogue.com rogue ales is a brewery founded in 1988 in ashland oregon united states . the following year the company opened their second brewpub in newport oregon where they are now headquartered . they operate brewpubs in oregon washington and california . rogue exports throughout the us and internationally . rogue ales have been described as invariably fun and full flavored . 1 2 the company has also expanded into distilling as well with micro distilleries in newport and portland . contents 1 history and manifesto 2 controversy 3 brewing philosophy 4 notable brews 5 references 6 external links history and manifesto edit rogue ales was founded in ashland oregon in 1988 by three nike inc. executives jack joyce rob strasser and bob woodell . 3 the company relocated to newport in 1989 and opened its flagship brew pub on the town s waterfront . 3 rogue came to be headquartered in newport an oregon coastal fishing town after jack joyce one of the company s founders visited the area at the suggestion of a partner . 3 he met mo niemi owner of mo s restaurant chain . mo was well known for being generous as well as for her clam chowder . 4 niemi was interested in operating a brewpub on the newport waterfont in a property her family owned . although joyce was initially skeptical about running a full fledged brewery niemi convinced him to take on the venture . niemi insisted that the company would give back to the local community saying ... if you re lucky enough not to go broke feed the fishermen . 5 now deceased niemi s legacy lives on at rogue her image is featured on the half e weizen bottle originally mo s ale and now mom ale . joyce has described the company s goals as ... keep making great product keep trying to make our packaging great keep trying to integrate ourselves in our communities and keep creating unique thunder in promotions ... . rogue maintains a company manifesto that expands on their values . 6 the company gives back to its community in a variety of ways for example helping the city of newport celebrate its 125th anniversary with the issue of a limited edition newport anniversary ale whose historical label pays tribute to the yaquina brewery newport s first . rogue also donates ongoing proceeds of a specialty brew series to the oregon coast aquarium past beers have included spiny lumpsucker ale wolf eel ale shark tooth ale and sea otter amber . one whale ale was even crafted in honor of keiko the orca the aquarium s most celebrated resident and star of the movie free willy before his release into open waters . in addition there are ongoing sponsored activities like the annual surfing event the gathering longboard classic on newport s south beach . 7 8 controversy edit rogue has repeatedly come under fire for union busting tactics at their newport brewery and are well known throughout the region for paying their employees low wages . 9 rogue s eugene public house and track town brewery was shut down in 2014 with a similar reputation . the atmosphere combined with rogue s cheapskate management tactics to finally wear away the glossy veneer of rebellion that enchanted locals tourists and brewers alike . 10 oregon brewing company parent corporation of rogue ales filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in 2013 against rogue 24 a molecular gastronomy restaurant in washington dc which opened in 2011 . oregon brewing company is also asking the restaurant to transfer their domain name of www.rogue24.com . chef owner r.j. cooper of rogue24 stated we never have sold any rogue brewery products nor spirits in the restaurant . 11 rogue also sued a local frame shop in 2011 claiming that they had lost a photograph of a naked woman in a bathtub the brewery wanted framed copies of . the lawsuit was eventually settled out of court . 12 a sizable portion of the american craft beer community has been very vocal about problems with the rogue brewery s business culture . complaints have surfaced regarding the company s hiring notices and there was also an unverified story that surfaced on reddit several years ago about from a disgruntled former employee . brett joyce addressed the issues recently in an interview in marketwatch . 13 14 15 brewing philosophy edit rogue ales distillery & public house in portland john c. maier current brewmaster joined the company in 1989 after a chance encounter with joyce at an airport . 5 maier is a 1986 graduate of the siebel institute of technology . he describes rogue ales practice of crafting a wide range of ales regular seasonal and specialty as being due to rogue s philosophy that variety is the spice of life . rogue to date has produced more than 60 different ales using a non pasteurized process with no preservatives all natural ingredients many from the pacific northwest which includes all of their malts and hops and a special proprietary yeast known as pacman . 5 16 17 maier says that all of their beers are meant to go with food . to that end the company has worked closely with celebrated chefs such as iron chef s masaharu morimoto 18 brewing industry experts like jack eckhardt 19 and restaurateurs in crafting signature beers produced in small scale for restaurants . 20 21 22 23 there is an emphasis on beer and cheese pairings . notable brews edit oregon ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita . 24 rogue has collaborated on brewing beers with the likes of rogue creamery portland state voodoo doughnut marvel comics 25 and others . the brewery released hot sriracha stout in 2013 made with the sauce of the same name . 26 the company s offerings are popular with critics and craft beer aficionados and have been major award winners in worldwide competitions . 27 28 29 30 31 32 examples of award winning and notable rogue ales 33 34 beer style 35 awards american amber amber ale 2008 great american beer festival bronze beard beer ale made with yeast scraped from the brewmaster s beard 36 chocolate stout chocolate stout 2009 great american beer festival silver 2001 great american beer festival silver 2000 great american beer festival silver dead guy ale 37 maibock inspired ale hazelnut brown nectar nut brown ale 2012 great american beer festival gold 2011 great american beer festival gold 2010 great american beer festival bronze 2008 great american beer festival silver mocha porter robust porter 2009 great american beer festival silver 2001 great american beer festival bronze 2000 world beer cup silver mogul madness winter warmer 1994 great american beer festival bronze morimoto black obi soba ale black ale 2008 world beer cup bronze 2006 world beer cup silver morimoto soba ale ale 2008 world beer cup gold 2004 great american beer festival silver old crustacean barley wine 2004 great american beer festival bronze 1993 great american beer festival gold 1992 great american beer festival silver rauch smoked beer 1990 great american beer festival gold the right hand of doom beer smoked ale 38 russian imperial stout imperial stout 2007 great american beer festival bronze 2002 world beer cup gold 2000 world beer cup gold shakespeare oatmeal stout 2010 great american beer festival bronze 2006 world beer cup gold 2005 great american beer festival gold smoke ale smoked ale 2011 great american beer festival gold 2010 world beer cup silver 2002 world beer cup gold 2000 great american beer festival silver 2000 world beer cup bronze 1998 world beer cup gold 1998 great american beer festival silver 1997 great american beer festival gold 1996 great american beer festival gold st. rogue red i red ale 2008 great american beer festival gold welkommen smoked ale 1993 great american beer festival silver 1992 great american beer festival silver 1991 great american beer festival silver previously known as dry hopped red references edit gianotti peter august 20 2007 . a tale of 2 coasts . newsday . retrieved september 17 2007 . half e weizen ... traces of coriander and ginger in an invigorating wheat beer . st rogue red maltiness roasted variety . . earthy the law of beer . law school news . university of oregon . november 10 2006 . retrieved september 17 2007 . a b c brettman allan brettman 2014 05 28 . jack joyce cut a path through nike during tough times before rogue ales . the oregonian . oregonlive.com . retrieved 2014 06 25 . http moschowder.com home.cfm dir cat 13832 reprint the oregonian a b c bryson lew 2005 . rogue is different . beverage business . new beverage publication inc. archived from the original on october 30 2007 . retrieved september 19 2007 . moen alan august 1 1999 . rogue warrior an interview with jack joyce . beer notes . retrieved september 19 2007 . a nb but why newport there must be a story about that . jj my partner was the director of the port of portland . his counterpart in the port of newport had a prominent citizen mo niemi mo s clam chowder and she wanted a bar downstairs and her kids were smarter than that . they didn t want to run it . so i came down to tell mo we were brewers not publicans ... joyce was then snowed in for 4 days ... so i said hell we can make a brewery out of this ... she was a very persuasive woman . bn mo really talked you into it then jj well yeah and she made it fair ... all we had to do was hang that godawful picture of her in her french bathtub naked . city of newport and rogue ales brewery announce commemorative bottle in celebration of newport s 125th anniversary . newport news times . august 27 2007 . retrieved september 19 2007 . dead link e we really wanted to get involved with the 125th celebration for newport and we felt that making a special label was our way of giving something back to newport . jack joyce ceo the historic photo from the oregon coast history center is a perfect fit for the rogue newport and the 125th anniversary 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