Brian Yaeger

In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Sydney, Australia’s famed Bondi Beach that claimed 15 lives and injured 40 more during a Hanukkah celebration — making it the second deadliest massacre in the country’s history — local Sunriver Brewing Company realized its popular Bondi Beach Party IPA could be associated with the slaughter because […]

There are two kinds of gifts: things and experiences. The beauty of gifting someone a mug club membership is that you’re giving them both (tangible or, rather, drinkable beer plus the mug itself and perhaps some swag, as well as the community and comradery that is baked into the membership. It was when I’d run […]

Five medals from the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) were awarded to Bend’s new UPP Liquids en route to being named Best Brewery of the Year in the 251-500 barrel class. But locals are the real winners. Some 8,315 brews were submitted to GABF, America’s most auspicious beer competition, where 250 of the world’s most […]

While blackberries, salmon and hazelnuts are overtly Pacific Northwest, they’re not as uniquely PNW as hops, given that over 99 percent are grown in the region. What’s more, several hop farms in Washington’s Yakima Valley and Oregon’s Willamette Valley are in the soil-scented hands of fifth generation farmers. And now, yes, right now, is the only […]

Tea is the most popular soft drink in the world while beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage on Earth. Given how many adjuncts — non-traditional ingredients beyond malt and hops — are used in craft brewing, it’s almost puzzling how uncommon tea-infused beers are. Wild Ride Brew’s head brewer, Matt Katakura, tastefully bucks that […]