Oakshire Brewing will release their 10th annual vintage of Hellshire X and a new limited edition Free Your Soul experience package on October 30th. Pre-orders are now open for both, and pickups will take place in both Portland and Eugene, Oregon. Also releasing this month, Oakshire Brewing’s winter seasonal Ill-Tempered Gnome returns in a new format for 2020.

Ill-Tempered Gnome

Available 10.22.20

Ill Tempered Gnome American Brown Ale has been an Oakshire winter-staple since 2008, and this year will be found in 16oz. 4-packs across the Pacific Northwest and Colorado. A popular winter warmer treat, Ill Tempered Gnome is welcome respite from the less malty hop bombs that have come to dominate the year. Previously only in 22oz. bottles, this year’s new 16oz. cans feature a fresh and festive label design with Gnorm, the ill-tempered gnome, glaring at you, and daring you to drink this malty and roasty ale.

Deep amber brown in color with a bouquet of pine and caramel, this Ill-Tempered Gnome finishes at 6.8% ABV and is sure to warm the soul. Gnorm encourages you to escape your grumpy side with this comforting American Brown Ale that reveals layers upon layers of toasty malts and resinous hop flavors. Ill-Tempered Gnome will be available on draft and in package starting this Thursday, October 22nd at Oakshire’s Eugene Public House and Portland Beer Hall.

Hellshire X

Available 10.30.2020

15% ABV

Possibly Oakshire Brewing’s longest running series, and the beer that has inspired lines, black market trades and it’s own barrel-aged beer fest with breweries from across the country. Oakshire Hellshire X is a beefy barrel-aged blend that often tows the line between barleywine and imperial stout.

For the 10th annual release of Hellshire, the brewers have made a “Grand Cru” blend inspired by some of their favorite past vintages. Hellshire X is made up of three Imperial Stout recipes, paying homage to Hellshire VI, Hellshire VII, and our 2019 Hellshire Experience beers; all gracefully aged in Basil Hayden Bourbon barrels, Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon barrels, Rittenhouse Rye Whiskey barrels, and American Port Barrels, and carefully blended for depth and expressiveness. To be released only after being aged to perfection. A thank you to all the loyal fans who have taken our flagship barrel-aged series this far, and the opening of the next chapter of Hellshire.

THE FREE YOUR SOUL SERIES

Available 10.30.2020

The Free Your Soul series has served as the experimental outlet for Oakshire’s spirit barrel-aged beer program. Brewers use these beers and blends as experimentation and tools to push the boundaries of how to view these behemoth beers. Brewed in early 2019, Free Your Soul was brewed as an expression of how Oakshire could change the way they made extremely high-gravity beers. Consisting of three separate mashes that ran to kettle with no sparge so that they could retrieve only the first runnings – and then boiled that extra sugary wort for nearly 15 hours and fermented, before being transferred to Kentucky Bourbon barrels. Aged for nine months, the barrels were then transferred to secondary casks and allowed to continue aging for an additional 9 months. Some were treated with the brewers favorite adjuncts, and some left to their purest form. Packed in 500ml bottles, Oakshire is excited to share the Free Your Soul series with the release of Hellshire X.

FREE YOUR SOUL

EXPERIENCE PACKAGE

Limited Availability. The Free Your Soul Experience beers are only available as part of the Experience Package. Available for pick-up starting Friday, October 30th.

This Experience Package includes:

• 6 bottles total

• 1 – Hellshire X - 15.5% ABV

• 5 – Free Your Soul Double Barrel-aged beers:

• Peaches & Cream - 13.8% ABV

• Imperial Stout aged in a Kentucky Bourbon Barrel. Transferred to a Peach Brandy cask and finished on Tahitian and Bourbon Vanilla Beans.

• Apple Brandy Especial - 14.4% ABV

• Imperial Stout aged in a Kentucky Bourbon Barrel. Transferred to an Apple Brandy cask and finished on Cinnamon, Cocoa Nibs, Vanilla Beans, peppers and Manos de Mujer coffee from Farmers Union Coffee Roasters.

• Coconut & Coffee - 14.4% ABV

• Imperial Stout aged in a Kentucky Bourbon Barrel. Transferred to a Coconut Rum cask and finished with toasted and raw coconut and Ethiopian Yirgz coffee from Farmers Union Coffee Roasters.

• Brunch in Hell 2020 - 13.9% ABV

• Imperial Stout aged in a Kentucky Bourbon Barrel. Transferred to a Maple Syrup Bourbon cask. Finished with more maple syrup, Tahitian vanilla beans, cocoa nibs, cinnamon, and Geisha coffee from Farmers Union Coffee Roasters.

• Port - 13.9% ABV

• Imperial Stout aged in a Kentucky Bourbon Barrel. Finished in an American Port cask.

• Six-bottle tote bag, featuring Hellshire X artwork

• Two limited Hellshire X tasting glasses

• One tasting flight of Hellshire X & the Free Your Soul beers on draft from one of Oakshire’s taprooms, starting Friday, October 30th, through the month of November

• Plus – we wouldn’t forget about opening up exclusive discounted access to our Vintage Library to our most ferocious friends and fans – stay tuned!

PRE-ORDER HELLSHIRE X or the FREE YOUR SOUL PACKAGE

Choose your pickup location: Oakshire PDX Beer Hall or Oakshire Eugene Public House.