Not to alarm you, but in addition to everything else taking place over Memorial Day weekend, Central Oregon Beer Week kicks off on Friday and proceeds for the next week-plus. A 10-day beer week? Well, why not? (And, if you actually attempt to hit up all the events taking place across the region’s breweries and […]
It’s heady times for beer around here, with Central Oregon Beer Week breathing down our necks, the new edition of the Bend Ale Trail Atlas due up shortly, and summer—as everyone knows, the most important outdoor-beverage season—seemingly around the corner. It’s a good time to take stock and visit some of the smaller Bend beer […]
The old saw makes the rounds every time we hear some piece of good news about Bend beer: Surely, surely, there’s no way this region can support yet another brewery. But, despite a couple of closings in recent years—and let’s face it, the beer they were producing has not been missed—Central Oregon’s breweries never seem […]
There are now officially too many great beer spots around Bend’s downtown and nearby west side to visit in one go-around—at least if you want to keep your liver and headspace fresh. Over the past year or so alone, the area around Galveston Avenue—home of the already-popular 10 Barrel and Brother Jon’s Public House—has become […]
For hopheads, the highlight of the group is undoubtedly Alpine Beer Company. Based in the foothills east of San Diego, Alpine started in 1999 as a tiny brewery that quickly won the hearts and minds of Californian beer fanatics. Green Flash purchased them last year, and it’s now expanded to the point where you can […]
Tourists visit Oregon all the time to try out the local beer. This weekend, all the brewers are too. Portland is the host city this year for the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC), an industry-only event attended by over 10,000 brewers, bar owners, and industry suppliers. It’s not open to the public, but you can still […]
When 10 Barrel Brewing’s brewpub location in Portland’s Pearl District opened on March 16, the question wasn’t whether it would attract a crowd; it was more like how long it’d be until the wait for tables extended past an hour. A recent visit to 10 Barrel’s third brewpub location found the place—a smidge bigger than […]
One rule of thumb for all beer fans: A craft brewery where everyone knows your name is truly a comforting, gratifying experience. A McDonald’s where everyone knows your name, meanwhile, might be an indication that you need to adjust your eating habits. Sisters resident Don McKay, along those lines, is particularly blessed. For the past […]
Following in the footsteps of places like Boneyard, 10 Barrel, Sunriver and Three Creeks, Silver Moon Brewing; which, just a couple years back, was much more known for its disco ball, pool table, and flimsy ’50s soda-fountain stools than its beer—is the latest Central Oregon brewery to rapidly expand. According to co-owner James Watts, work […]
As reported in last week’s beer issue, Sunriver Brewing has been growing by leaps and bounds over the past year. Bottles of Vicious Mosquito IPA and Shred Head Winter Ale can be found more-or-less statewide now, and taps are making appearances in Bend’s bars with far more regularity than before. And, really, it couldn’t have […]
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