Lisa Morrison “The Beer Goddess” inducted into Oregon Beer Awards Hall of Fame
Last night Lisa Morrison received the 2021 Oregon Beer Awards Hall of Fame award recognizing her illustrious career in the craft beer industry. A lifetime advocate for craft beer, Morrison followed in the footsteps of the legendary Fred Eckhardt while charting her own path as a pioneer and entrepreneur in the industry. Starting as a homebrewer in the Oregon Brew Crew, Morrison turned to her career working in the media with news organizations to leverage her experience into writing about, and promoting - craft beer. Pivoting from homebrewing and broadcasting, Morrison became a craft beer journalist writing for national publications from Celebrator and BeerAdvocate to Northwest Brewing News and All About Beer magazine. Morrison even hosted her own radio show called Beer O’ Clock where she interviewed some of the most prominent figures in the craft beer industry as she earned her nickname “The Beer Goddess.”
Lisa Morrison is a founding member of Fred Fest and Oregon Craft Beer Week (which later became craft beer month) and has never stopped promoting craft beer through events and advocacy. In 2011 she founded a consumer focused beer group called the Barley’s Angels which worked to bring more women into the craft beer fold and in the same year authored the book Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest. More recently in 2013 Morrison became the primary owner of Oregon’s most famous bottle shop and beer bar Belmont Station.
The Oregon Beer Awards is proud to honor Lisa Morrison “The Beer Goddess” with the 2021 lifetime achievement award and induct her into the beer Hall of Fame where she becomes the first female member to receive the award.