Deschutes teams up with Lone Pine for a glass full of winBy Thom Pastor A downtown pub exclusive, Deschutes Brewery’s new collaboration with Lone Pine Coffee Roasters is a luxurious—and unfortunately limited—coffee stout, aptly named Brewers Alley Coffee Stout. Local roasters Lone Pine have a unique style and taste that set them apart from other […]
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Sick of Ridiculous Craft Beer Names? Watch This.
In Bend, silly beer names are abundant—Crux’s Off Leash NW Session Ale, BBC’s Ching Ching Sour, Deschutes Brewery’s Jubelale. Enter your afternoon entertainment, “Hipsters Love Beer,” a comedic short by Nacho Punch.
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Watch the Birth of a Ceramic Growler
Watch this behind the scenes video of the making of Portland Growler Company’s gorgeous hand-made ceramic growlers and consider buying one for every beer drinker on your Christmas list. Cheers to a lovely snow-filled weekend! Portland Growler Company from Cineastas on Vimeo.
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RiverBend Brewing Co. Now Open for Business (the Beer is Good)
Impressive. Yesterday evening, we stopped in and had a few pints at one of Bend’s newest brewery’s, RiverBend Brewing Company, formerly Rivals on NE Division St. The old poker/sports pub, which reopened as a brewery on Thursday, has remodeled and retooled and now, with a 12-barrel brewing capacity across the parking lot, is cranking out […]
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Government Shutdown Causes Local Taps to Dry Up
Don’t take this away from us. In its coverage of the government shutdown, mainstream media, so far, has focused on relateable concepts, like denied access to National Parks, for instance. And for good reason—park closures are tangible and something we can wrap our heads around. By now, we’re all well aware of the couple who, […]
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TONIGHT: 10 Barrel Collaboration Beer Special Release
Fans of rich, high-alcohol beers take note: 10 Barrel is releasing a doozy. It’s called Suede Imperial Porter, a 9.6% ABV brew made with jasmine, calendula flowers and avocado honey and it’s their first ever collaboration beer. 10 Barrel’s brewing genius Tonya Cornett teamed up with brewers from Bluejacket (Washington D.C.) and Stone (San Diego) […]
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Broken Top Bottle Shop: Raise a Pint at First Firkin Friday, it’s for a Good Cause
A firkin keg is one in which all the carbonation comes from the fermentation that takes occurs in the keg—no CO2 is added. Tonight, proceeds from pints sold in association with Broken Top Bottle Shop’s First Firkin Friday will go to The Bethlehem Inn, an area shelter. So drink up, friends, and be happy—your money […]
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Cycleboat..WHY DIDN’T WE THINK OF THAT.
Next summer’s peaceful days at the lake, silently taking in the serene natural surroundings are already ruined. A local company, Cascade Cycleboats, is manufacturing the latest in beer/foot-fueled technology, a water-based equivalent to the ever-annoying pedal pub. A press release to the Source explained, As riders pedal on individual cycle stations, together they propel a […]
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Little Woody Starts Tonight!
Bend’s Barrel-Aged Brew and Whiskey Festival kicks off tonight at 5 pm! Little Woody is not your average beer festival. With twenty breweries presenting specialty barrel aged brews, and eight different whiskeys available for sample inside the Des Chutes Historical Museum, this is one of our favorite events of the year. Read descriptions of all […]
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How to Drink at a Beer Festival
A Little Woody preview: Silver Moon’s Conquistador. In between Bend Brewfest and sampling beers for the upcoming Little Woody (this Friday and Saturday), it occurred to me that there’s probably a smart way, and a less smart way, to go about drinking at a beer festival (less smart ways can be fun, but don’t expect […]
