Oblivion Brewing Co.

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The story of Oblivion Brewing begins in Walnut Creek, CA. Darin Butschy started homebrewing in high school, and like most brewers, was immediately hooked. In 1987, at the age of 17, he was washing kegs at Devil Mountain Brewing Company. There, he apprenticed under Brewmaster Jim DeBoer (now at Samuel Adams), learning the craft of production brewing. In 1989 Darin became the head brewer at SLO Brew in San Louis Obispo, CA, under the tutelage of Dr. Michael Hoffman. Wanting to know more, Darin started attending California Polytechnic State University to study chemistry while working at the brewery. Eventually, SLO Brew evolved into Firestone Walker, and Darin worked at Firestone for another year and half. He completed his degree in chemistry in 1994, packed his bags, and moved to Bend, OR.

Upon arriving in Bend, Darin decided he wanted to brew for himself and not another brewery. He returned to his roots of homebrewing, worked several jobs, started a family— always keeping his dream of operating his own commercial brewery in the back of his mind. In 2010, he began planning for a 10-barrel commercial brewery. Oblivion Brewing Company was established in 2012, and began brewing in 2013 on a half-barrel system. The first keg of beer was sold on August 24, 2013 to the Broken Top Bottle Shop.