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 […]
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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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Deschutes Shifts Gears with its Roanoke Brewery
CEO Lalonde shares details about the company’s latest moves
The Deschutes Brewery facility planned for construction in Roanoke, Va. isn’t off the table—but plans have changed a bit. Instead of striking a deal with the City of Roanoke to get its land for free, the Bend-based company is going to buy the land outright. In 2016, the craft brewer announced that it would build […]
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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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10 Barrel West Back Open
Stop holding your breath, west siders—your steak nacho dreams can come true again
If you’re one of those west siders who hasn’t been content to trek to the east side (gasp!!) to enjoy 10 Barrel’s full pub menu at their east side location over the past few months, you can now breathe a sigh of relief. No more need for you to cross the river and subject yourself […]
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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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Off the Radar Beers
Friar’s Festivus | Monkless Belgian Ales 10.2 percent ABV 52 IBU | Belgian Quad Won Gold in “Flavored Beers” at the 2018 Oregon Beer Awards Monkless is Bend’s best kept secret—but not for long! They were just added to the Bend Ale Trail in May and recently received a license to sell their ales in Washington state. Their […]