It may occasionally be forgotten here in mid-2018—when breweries worldwide are falling over themselves to release opaque IPAs of every shape and flavor—that sour beers are still A Big Thing in Bend. Just take a look at the menus of the city’s two 10 Barrel locations. Brewers Tonya Cornett and Bryon Pyka have been keeping […]
Kevin Gifford
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Northern Japan Meets Oregon Beer
Many familiar sights on the bottle shelves of Sapporo, Bend’s sister city
There are several excellent places to get a Sapporo lager in Bend; Spork, Kanpai and 5 Fusion & Sushi Bar immediately come to mind. Now, in the Japanese city of Sapporo—the sister city of Portland—there’s a good place or two to grab a Bend beer. The history of beer in Japan itself began here, in […]
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From Japan to Industrial Way
Oregon’s beer-fest season kicks into gear
The calendar claims that it’s well into spring now—which, in Central Oregon, means that maybe the temperature will start to think about staying above freezing consistently. That’s stupendous news for anyone who wants to engage in either of the Beaver State’s most popular pastimes: hanging outdoors or having some local brew. The opportunities to do […]
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New Beer in the Pearl
Von Ebert not just “yet another Portland brewery”
It can be difficult to stand out as a beer destination in Portland, which has literally hundreds. It can be even harder when opening up a new spot in the Pearl District, where one can currently spit and hit a corner bar with 12 local drafts (or at least one Boneyard tap). But a scant […]
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Beer Here, There, and Beyond
Belgium, Colorado, and Bend breweries all rocking April
One of the greatest things about being a beer connoisseur in Bend: the fact that traveling to other cities to check out the best of elsewhere is fun, but all the best will eventually make its way to Bend. Take a look at what’s happening around town this month, and it’s obvious beer fans have […]
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Easter Fool’s Beer
Serious pairing ideas…and not-so-serious ones
April 1 is Easter Sunday. It’s also April Fool’s Day, the first time the two holidays have shared the date since 1956. Why not celebrate both at once with beer? “The Brewmaster’s Table,” originally published in 2003, is one of the first cookbooks to take a serious approach to correctly pairing beer with food to […]
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The Center of It All
Crux’s taproom expands and delivers
One would have to be living under a rock (or in another county) not to notice that the Old Mill District is undergoing a massive amount of redevelopment. New restaurants, new supermarkets, new hotels and oh-so-many new condo buildings—and the end’s nowhere near close, what with all the bare land along Industrial Way that used […]
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Welcome to the Empire
Openings, closings, awards and a shift in the nexus of Bend beer over the past year
Yet again, it’s been a busy year for beer in Bend—one of the industries that makes the region an international destination, right alongside skiing, stand up paddle boarding and real estate speculation. Sunriver Brewing Company and Monkless Belgian Ales are the latest locals to achieve big-name awards, the former cleaning up at last fall’s Great […]
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Beer Crawling 101
Sampling Bend’s best on your own two feet
As anyone who’s been to college (or just has some ribald co-workers) knows, the only thing more exciting than going out to a bar for some beers is going out to several bars at once for some beers. The idea of a pub crawl is nothing new. People have been doing them around New York […]
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A River of IPA
Taking Riverbend’s seven-beer haze challenge
Riverbend Brewing Company, located a bit north of downtown along the parkway, made its first batch of beer back in September 2013. By Bend standards, that means it’s been around practically forever. And now, thanks to one of Central Oregon’s most expansive pale-ale and IPA programs, the brewery’s sports pub is now far more than […]
