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Deschutes Brewery

  • Regional Brewery
  • Bend, Oregon
  • Founded 1988
  • Independent
  • 3 Year Medal Streak

WebsiteOpen in the Breweries Dashboard

Medals in View
7
Gold, Silver, Bronze
First Medal in View
2021
Categories Medaled
6
5 in special categories
Estimated Barrels per Year
51K

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for its brewery type (regional Brewery): 50,000 barrels. Each location after the first adds 600 barrels, and this brewery has 1 more. Estimated total: 50,600 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 50,600 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Regional Brewery; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

Estimate (E)
Estimated ARR
$30.5M

50,600 barrels times $602 per barrel, the benchmark price for its brewery type (regional Brewery), gives $30,461,200 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 50,600 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Regional Brewery; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

EBITDA $1.8M at 6% (E)
Medals by YearDeschutes Brewery, 2018 to 2026
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Medals by Year
Name201820192020202120222023202420252026
Gold000000112
Silver000110000
Bronze000010000

Ten Year Trend

Each year says whether the brewery medaled. When it did not, the status says why there is nothing to count, including years before the brewery opened.

Medals and status of Deschutes Brewery in the last ten years.
YearStatusMedalsGold / Silver / Bronze
2026Medaled2
2025Medaled1
2024Medaled1
2023No Medal0
2022Medaled2
2021Medaled1
2020Results Not LoadedNot FoundNot Found
2019Partial Year0
2018Partial Year0
Medals by Style Family
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Medals by Style Family
Style FamilyMedals
Gluten-Free and Nonalcoholic3
British and Irish1
Fruit, Spice, and Specialty1
Other1
Smoke and Wood1
Medals by Category
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Medals by Category
CategoryMedals
Classic Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager2
English Ale1
Fresh Hop Beer1
Other Strong Beer1
Specialty Non-Alcohol Beer1
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer1
Medals by Location CreditedAs Printed in the Winners List
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Medals by Location Credited
Location CreditedMedals
Bend4
Bend Brewery & Public House1
Bend Public House1
Portland Brewery & Public House1

Hops in These Medal Beers

Each variety links to its page, with the farms that grow it.

Hops in the medal beers of Deschutes Brewery.
Callista1

Hop Farms Reached Through These Hops

A farm the brewery named is a direct statement in a beer profile. A farm that grows one of these hops is published as growing it, and it does not mean the beer used hops from that farm.

Brewery Named This Farm

No beer profile of this brewery names a farm.

Grown by

No farm is published as growing a hop this brewery uses.

Medal History

Field is the number of entries in the category that year. Entries per medal divides the field by the medals awarded.

Every Great American Beer Festival medal of Deschutes Brewery in view.. Select a column header to sort.
Beer Profile
2026GoldSuper StokedNot Found20Classic Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager3913.0BendFull Profile
2026GoldFresh Hop King CrispyNot FoundNot FoundFresh Hop Beer7224.0BendFull Profile
2025GoldSuper StokedNot Found20Classic Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager3511.7BendNot Found
2024GoldPatagonia Provisions Non-Alcoholic Kernza Golden BrewNot FoundNot FoundSpecialty Non-Alcohol Beer3712.3BendNot Found
2022SilverSensationatorNot FoundNot FoundWood- and Barrel-Aged Beer5919.7Portland Brewery & Public HouseNot Found
2022BronzeOtter EncounterNot FoundNot FoundEnglish Ale4715.7Bend Brewery & Public HouseNot Found
2021SilverDee Wright Imperial BrownNot FoundNot FoundOther Strong Beer6822.7Bend Public HouseNot Found

2026 Medal Beers

Gold in Fresh Hop Beer

Fresh Hop King Crispy

Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Category
Fresh Hop Beer
Entries
72
ABV
Not Found
IBU
Not Found
Style
Fresh Hop Beer
Malts
Not Found
Yeast
Not Found
Adjuncts
Not Found

Hops

Not Found

Not Found

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Gold in Classic Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager

Super Stoked

Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Category
Classic Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager
Entries
39
ABV
Not Found
IBU
20
Style
Lager
Malts
Caramel malt, Pilsen malt, Rice flakes
Yeast
Not Found
Adjuncts
Rice flakes

Hops

Tasting Notes

Sweet malt, light bready notes, delicate floral and fruity hop

Source: deschutesbrewery.com

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Profile

Type
Regional Brewery
Headquarters
Bend, Oregon
Founded
1988
Employees
Not Found
Kitchen
Not Found
Website
www.deschutesbrewery.comSource: website resolved; Instagram linked from the brewery website; Untappd brewery page name and city match
Links
InstagramUntappdChecked 2026-10-14Source: website resolved; Instagram linked from the brewery website; Untappd brewery page name and city match
Locations
  • Deschutes Brewery: 901 SW Simpson Ave, Bend, Oregon, 97702-3118 Map
  • Deschutes Brewery & Public House: 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, Oregon, 97703-2002 Map
  • Deschutes Brewery & Public House: 210 NW 11th Ave, Portland, Oregon, 97209-2929 Map
Known for
Gluten-Free and Nonalcoholic, Fruit, Spice, and Specialty, Smoke and Wood

Current Beers

Not Found

Ownership and Investors

Ownership
Independent
Investors
Family and partial employee ownership
Stake
family majority, 2013
Independent (Brewers Association Definition)
Yes
Status
active
Source
Partial ESOP 2013Curated from public announcements; not checked against a primary source.

Distribution

Not Found

Estimated Scale

Barrels per Year
50,600

No production figure is published, so this uses the typical volume for its brewery type (regional Brewery): 50,000 barrels. Each location after the first adds 600 barrels, and this brewery has 1 more. Estimated total: 50,600 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 50,600 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Regional Brewery; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(Estimated from Brewery Type (E), Low Confidence)
Equivalent
1,568,600 gallons, or 697,156 cases of 24 twelve ounce cans. About 10,039,040 sixteen ounce cans packaged (assuming 80% packaged) and 2,509,760 pints on draft.
Revenue (ARR)
$30.5M

50,600 barrels times $602 per barrel, the benchmark price for its brewery type (regional Brewery), gives $30,461,200 a year. The range shown is 0.7 to 1.35 times that. Inputs: Barrels: 50,600 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Regional Brewery; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range $21.3M to $41.1M, E)
Gross Margin
42%

Annual revenue ($30,461,200) times a 42% gross margin, typical for its brewery type (regional Brewery), gives $12,793,704 of gross profit. Inputs: Barrels: 50,600 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Regional Brewery; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(gross profit $12.8M, E)
EBITDA
$1.8M at 6%

Annual revenue ($30,461,200) times a 6% EBITDA margin, typical for its brewery type (regional Brewery), gives $1,827,672. The range uses 5% to 11%, typical for self distributed breweries. Inputs: Barrels: 50,600 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Regional Brewery; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(range 5% to 11%, $1.5M to $3.4M, E)
Revenue per Barrel
$602

Annual revenue ($30,461,200) divided by 50,600 barrels. Inputs: Barrels: 50,600 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Regional Brewery; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

(cost of goods assumed at $500 per barrel, E)
Revenue per Location
$15.2M

Annual revenue ($30,461,200) divided by the number of locations (2). Inputs: Barrels: 50,600 (estimated from Brewery Type (E)); Brewery Type: Regional Brewery; Locations: 2; Kitchen: Not Found, So No Food Revenue Is Added; Distribution: Not Found; Employees: Not Found.

How These Estimates Are Made

across 2 locations, E

How These Estimates Are Made

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