The holidays are here, and whether you’re hosting a party or cozying up by the tree, the right cocktail can make everything a little more festive. The holidays call for bold flavors and rich textures that wrap you in comfort and provide just the right amount of sparkle to make everything feel magical. These four […]
Beer & Drink
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What the Beer Lover in Your Life Wants from Sudsy Santa
Find holiday cheer at these five purveyors of Bend brews
Beer lovers are actually the easiest people to shop for, provided you don’t get them a suitcase of Michelob Ultra or an eighth pair of boxers with a bottle cap pattern. With so many local breweries, you can’t go wrong but here are a few sure-fire ways to gift right. Belgium is famous for inventing […]
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Batched Cocktails
Perfectly prepped recipes for stress-free holiday gatherings
I‘m all about batched cocktails—they keep me from getting stuck in the kitchen and let me enjoy the party just as much as everyone else. And what better holiday for a crowd-pleasing setup than Thanksgiving! With lots of guests to serve and plenty of side dishes and pies to keep an eye on, batched cocktails […]
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Bend Earns Reputation as Beer Mecca
More Great American Beer Fest medals return to Central Oregon than Portland
Each year, confident American craft brewers send their beers to Denver, Colorado, to be judged at the most prestigious competition in the country, if not the world: the Great American Beer Festival, produced by the Brewers Association. For this year’s 38th annual competition, 8,836 beers were submitted covering all 50 states. As always, California came […]
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The Beer Issue
Stories about local brews
Bend Earns Reputation as Beer Mecca: More Great American Beer Fest medals return to Central Oregon than Portland Bend, By Way of Belgium: Monkless Brasserie is a singular experience Homebrewers Team Up with Breweries for People’s Choice Event: Boneyard hosts tasting event for homebrewers to show off their goods ‘Cheers to the Land’ Beer Dinner […]
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Savoring the Season
Fall flavors and how to incorporate them into cocktails
As the air turns crisp and the leaves shift into warm hues of orange and gold, it’s time to celebrate the season by indulging in autumn’s rich flavors. Fall is known for its bounty of ingredients that evokes comfort and nostalgia, perfect for elevating cocktails with depth and warmth. This season, why not experiment with […]
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Hemp Beverages Reach New Summit
Pacific Hemp Beverage Summit Explores THC drinks Friday at Silver Moon
Just three months ago, I wrote about the three Bend beverage makers who noticed how the 2018 federal Farm Bill spelled out that products containing 0.3% dry-weight volume of THC are legal to produce, distribute and sell. It essentially translates to being able to consume drinks that boast a low-key 2 milligrams of hemp-derived (but […]
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Grand Craft Bend: Craft Kitchen & Brewery’s Funny Business
Come for the beer and BBQ, stay for the experimental comedy
G rand Craft Bend podcast talks to Courtney Stevens, co-owner of Bend’s Craft Kitchen & Brewery about launching the brewpub with her husband, Mark, and hosting tons of events including open-mic stand-up comedy, where Courtney sometimes performs her own material. Listen now: Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Grand Craft Bend: Craft Kitchen & Brewery
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Radlerfest Returns to Quench Late-Summer Thirst
Five breweries in NE Bend’s Boyd Acres welcome wheeled guests with $6 pints of eponymous beer cocktails
Summer doesn’t officially end until September 22, and with the current heat in Bend, that is patently obvious. For the second year in a row, five breweries in the so-called Brewers District — the Empire Avenue corridor east of Highway 97 — will have a radler on tap on Saturday, September 14 from 1-7 p.m. […]
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Terranaut Beer Sets Sail in Bend
New brewery moves into the tiny brewhouse that was 10 Barrel Brewing’s maiden voyage
Terranaut Brewing is Bend’s second new brewery in the last five years (including Van Henion). If it feels like Bend already has a bunch of breweries, that’s in part because in the five years prior, nine had opened. While Terranaut is most certainly new, it comes with a vaunted pedigree in brewer and co-owner Bryon […]
