Last October, Oakshire Brewing Co. celebrated 11 years of brewing beer in Eugene, Oregon. Founders Jeff and Chris Althouse were the only employees, brewing Original Amber on a four-barrel system under the moniker Willamette Brewery. The Althouses brewed 300 barrels that year, far short of the 9,000-plus barrels they and 23 employees brewed last year. In 2008, Willamette Brewery became Oakshire Brewing. In 2013, a canning line entered the picture. In 2016, Oakshire revamped and updated its branding. In 2017, Dan Russo became lead brewer managing Oakshire’s collaborative production team of seven and overseeing the Pilot, Vintage and Core Seasonal programs, including the development of a series of fruited Open-fermented American Farmhouse Ales and four different offerings from their “kettle-soured” Sun Made Berliner Weisse line up. Thursday, Feb. 8 2018, Oakshire will be the guest host at Peaks and Pints’ Lodge Meeting, releasing its Heart Shaped Box, a barrel-aged imperial stout aged on coffee, cocao nibs, vanilla beans and Bing cherries. In addition to the candy bar beer, Peaks and Pints will pour Oakshire’s Watershed IPA, Sun Made Blackberry Berliner Weisse and Schwarzbier.

OAKSHIRE BREWING LODGE MEETING, 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26^th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover