Beer & Drink

Oregon’s 9th Annual Cider Week kicks off June 18, and allows Oregonians the opportunity to taste to their heart’s content, meet the makers, sample special releases and celebrate everything cider. The Northwest Cider Association, host of the event, has been busy making adaptations to its regular programming in light of COVID-19 restrictions. Still, the fermented […]

When tasting rooms, pubs and large outdoor events were shut down in response to COVID-19, Central Oregonians did not have to go without their beloved beer for long. Some breweries began offering curbside pickup; others began delivering. But what about the fate of the annual, highly-anticipated Bend Brewfest, Central Oregon’s premier beer festival and esteemed […]

In this strange and uncertain time, some local businesses are leading by example, with initiatives aimed at helping the community. Deschutes Brewery – Paying it Forward 6-Pack Style The Bend staple and Oregon’s leading craft brew producer has been hard hit by the pandemic, ultimately laying off close to 300 employees as a result of […]

When things shut down during the pandemic, many people missed the atmosphere of going to a brewery or bar and getting a beer poured for you. I took this as an opportunity to go out and buy four- or six-packs of beers I had never tried before—something I usually enjoy doing when going out to […]

Is the virtual beer festival a way of the future, or a way of right now? Who knows, but the Portland Beer Fest Virtual Edition was way more fun than I was expecting. For $30, they ship 10 beers to your house. I really wasn’t expecting much—maybe some type of virtual meeting with other festival […]