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“Bend Beer: A History of Brewing in Central Oregon” is not a travel guide. Which is good—you can already learn about our 26 breweries from a million other sources. Instead, what Jon Abernathy has written is a free-wheeling overview of the region’s history, with the emphasis placed squarely on beer. Published by the History Press […]
As John Gessner describes it, two major factors drove him to establish Far Afield Cider, which is due to become Bend’s third cidermaker when it opens for business. One was a chance encounter with a couple in Wisconsin running an apple orchard. “My family and I traveled across the U.S. and I got to sample […]
As has been widely documented by now, Bend is a fairly marvelous place to grab a pint. What may not be so obvious to the casual visitor is that Central Oregon is fertile breeding ground for homebrewers, hardy men and women willing to spend hundreds of dollars on equipment and endless weekends of their time […]
The local brewery known all around Oregon for its FivePine Chocolate Porter (and locally for being the one place you really can’t walk to when marathoning the Bend Ale Trail) is about to make its presence far more known. Since its founding in 2008, Three Creeks Brewing Company has produced solid beer and pub food […]
Astoria, home to overcast skies, pretty old houses and cheap Goonies memorabilia, is getting as beer-mad as Bend. The similarities in the two scenes are striking. Bend has Deschutes; Astoria has Fort George, the big kid in town, distributing amazing IPAs and stouts in cans statewide. We have a McMenamins; they have a Rogue location. […]
The history of Deschutes Brewery’s Jubelale, the “festive winter ale” that hits shops and bars every September, is as long as that of the company making it. It is Deschutes’ oldest seasonal beer, launched just a few months after the brewery’s opening in 1988, and it was also the first beer Deschutes ever bottled, with […]
When Brian and Todd McMenamin opened their first brewpub in southwest Portland 29 years ago, the beer scene was still pretty sleepy in Oregon. “There was no such thing as plants inside a tavern,” Brian recently recalled. “It was dark; it was smoky. We carried every beer brewed in state on tap, and that was […]
Just as Halloween gear now lines supermarket shelves beginning early September and novelty antlers for your dog will likely be available at PetSmart before Columbus Day, beer fans have seen pumpkin beers hit stores earlier and earlier every year. Why the “holiday” creep? Because, much like with good Oktoberfest beer, ales with lots of fall […]
By the time you read this, the first fresh-hop beers of the season will start to arrive in the bars and tasting rooms of Bend. But there’s something new this year—not only is the beer brewed locally, but some of it features hops grown from a suddenly bustling scene of nearby farms, none more than […]
Tiring of the same old flavors in your beer? The sight of 10 different IPAs on tap at the local growler joint filling you with ennui? Well, the world of barrel aging has your back—and if you’re unfamiliar with it, prepare for a rather intense crash course if you attend The Little Woody beer festival […]
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