Oregon beer in 2020: Stress, tanked sales and adaptability define a COVID-cursed year
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Jarek and Sara Szymanski were among the first brewery owners to adapt to new realities post-COVID shutdown. They quickly began home delivery of their Threshold Brewing & Blending beer and built a covered seating area in front of their taproom.Courtesy of Threshold Brewing & Blending
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April brought a grim outlook for the craft brewing industry.
About a month into the COVID-19 shutdown, a national survey showed three in five breweries said they wouldn’t survive if the pandemic persisted for three more months.
Oregon bars, restaurants begin serving cocktails to-go kptv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kptv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(Update: Gov. Brown signs bills; statement from Distilled Spirits Council)
Drinks to go must be paired with prepared food deliveries
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) Gov. Kate Brown late Wednesday signed into law Senate Bill 1801, allowing many Oregon bars and restaurants to sell alcoholic “drinks to go.” The Oregon Liquor Control Commission adopted the rules for the new offering the day after the bill s passage.
Gov. Brown has signed all four bills stemming from the one-day special session on Monday, an aide confirmed.
The OLCC held a special commission meeting Tuesday to enact temporary rules that align with the drinks-to-go legislation the Legislature approved during Monday s special session as part of a package of COVID-19 economic relief measures.
Dec 24, 2020
Governor Kate Brown is planning to sign into law Oregon Senate Bill 1801 which will allow many Oregon bars and restaurants to sell alcohol “drinks-to-go.” On Tuesday, December 22, 2020 the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) held a special commission meeting in order to enact temporary rules that align with the drinks-to-go legislation.
The legislature approved SB 1801 as part of a package of economic relief measures it took up during a one-day special legislative session on Monday, December 21, 2020. Under the new law, OLCC licensees with full on-premises sales licenses (F-COM) will be allowed to sell and deliver mixed alcohol drinks or individual servings of wine in sealed containers for off-premises consumption.