founded in 1988 as a brew pub in bend oregon usa . the brewery is known for brewing beers including the black butte porter and mirror pond pale ale . in 2008 the brewery opened a second pub in portland s pearl district . deschutes brewery now ships beer to 28 states the district of columbia and around the world from its main brewing facility located on the banks of the deschutes river . 1 as of 2013 deschutes was the sixth largest craft brewery and twelfth largest overall brewery in the united states 2 producing 250 000 us beer barrels 290 000 hl of beer in 2012 . 3 contents 1 history 2 products 3 yeast strain 4 community 5 sustainability 6 references 7 external links history edit gary fish established the deschutes brewery & public house as small brew pub in 1988 in downtown bend oregon and named it after the deschutes river . 4 fish emphasized a community based approach to his business stating we want people to feel like this is in a lot of ways theirs . 4 the brewery sold 310 barrels of beer in its first year and by 1992 sales were up to 3 954 barrels . 4 unable to keep up with demand in its original facility the brewery expanded to a 16 000 square foot 1 500 m2 production brewery in 1993 with the ability to brew in 50 barrel batches . 4 deschutes now has a brewing facility with two brew houses distributing its beer in twenty eight states . a deschutes brew pub opened in the pearl district of portland oregon in may 2008 . in 2012 the brewery expanded its brewing facility by 6 750 square feet 627 m2 adding 105 000 barrels of production capacity . new equipment installed will contain a water reuse system saving the company thousands of gallons of water per year as well as a carbon dioxide capture system from the fermentation process which will decrease waste to the city sewer system . 5 the first stage in the expansion which included five new fermentation tanks was completed in 2012 and the second stage with another five tanks was completed in spring of 2013 . 6 in june 2013 ernst & young recognized gary fish as a pacific northwest entrepreneur of the year award recipient . 7 in march 2016 deschutes announced that they would build an east coast production facility in roanoke va. 8 products edit the company produces a range of beers including black butte porter mirror pond pale ale chainbreaker white ipa deschutes river ale obsidian stout red chair nwpa twilight summer ale jubelale hop henge experimental ipa fresh squeezed ipa hop trip chasin freshies the dissident mirror mirror and the abyss . in april 2006 the deschutes brewery replaced its quail springs ipa an english style india pale ale with inversion ipa an american northwest style india pale ale as its year round ipa . to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2013 deschutes brewery developed a series of collaborative beers dubbed class of 88 teaming up with other breweries around the country also founded in 1988 . 9 the first in the series was a barley wine with rogue ales and north coast brewing company 10 the second a smoked porter with great lakes brewing company and the third a belgian style strong ale with goose island beer company . mirror pond has won awards in the pale ale category at various brewing competitions including the gold medal at the 2010 great american beer festival 11 and the world s best premium pale ale in 2010 . 12 black butte is the best selling craft porter in the united states . 11 the company s spring seasonal red chair northwest pale ale was named the world s best beer in 2010 & 2012 . 13 yeast strain edit deschutes uses an in house proprietary yeast strain resembling wyeast laboratories inc. 1187 ringwood ale yeast . 14 community edit deschutes brewery donates 1 per barrel sold to local and national charities and participating fundraisers through its cross departmental community involvement committee . 15 company giving ranges from environmental causes all the way to assisting kids in need through local service organizations . 16 sustainability edit deschutes brewery received the 2012 sustainability award from the central oregon environmental center 17 and was named in 2011 as a green power partner by the u.s. environmental protection agency . 18 starting in 2012 deschutes brewery pledged to put one billion gallons of water back into the deschutes river annually through the deschutes river conservancy drc water leasing program the program s largest donation ever . 19 the company purchases or offsets 100 percent of electrical power usage from renewable sources and is a champion level member of pacific power s blue sky renewable energy program . 20 references edit weiner brittany . may 8 2013 . bend s pioneer brewery has more expansion on tap . ktvz . ktvz.com . retrieved 2013 08 23 . top craft breweries in america brewers association names 50 best selling companies pdf . deschutes brewery giving back to the community a b c d deschutes brewery inc. . international directory of company histories . st. james press . 57 . 2004 . retrieved 2011 05 20 . deschutes brewery set to expand . seattle beer news . 18 march 2011 . double the tanks . . the bend bulletin . june 19 2013 . retrieved 2013 08 23 . pacific northwest entrepreneur of the year 2013 honorees deschutes to build brewery in roanoke deschutes brewery to collaborate with great lakes brewing and others for class of 88 series . brewpublic.com . 12 12 2012 . body steve . deschutes class of 88 pat and john and cam make a porno . hearst seattle media llc . retrieved 29 april 2013 . a b deschutes brewery expands . oregon brewers guild . march 15 2011 . retrieved 2011 05 20 . world beer awards mirror pond pale ale world beer awards . red chair northwest pale ale . krsak greg may 27 2012 . what yeast does deschutes use . kswbeer.com beer blog . retrieved 2012 05 29 . orman sasha . deschutes brewery turns twenty five . businessreview.com . 2013 . oregon business founder receives award . oregon business . october 31 2012 . sustainability awards revealed . the bend bulletin . october 27 2012 . partners list . u.s. environmental protection agency . this is no drop in the beer barrel . source weekly . march 21 2012 . pacific power http www.pacificpower.net env bsre pb.html external links edit deschutes brewery website coordinates 44 02 49 n 121 19 19 w 44.047 n 121.322 w 44.047 ; 121.322 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title deschutes brewery & oldid 742049143 categories companies based in bend oregonbeer brewing companies based in oregonprivately held companies based in oregon1988 establishments in oregonbeer in oregonamerican companies established in 1988food and drink companies established in 1988hidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store 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