Funny name, fantastic beer.
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Suede Imperial Porter
10 Barrel’s new collaboration beer is a rich reminder that sharing is fun
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The Man With Two Brains Recommends: The Last Maltz
Three Creeks collaborates with Lompoc to create new German brew
Zach Beckwith, the head brewer at Three Creeks Brewing, is kind of like Dr. Hfuhruhurr from Steve Martin’s The Man with Two Brains. Beckwith wanted to create something (in this case a beer, not a woman) that represents the best of both worlds. Once a brewer at Portland’s Lompoc Brewery, Beckwith recently returned to his […]
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Jubelale Wins Again
An endorsement of this year’s artwork
The same year Deschutes was established, in 1988, the brewery released its first seasonal beer, Jubelale. The dark, malty strong ale (6.7% ABV, 60 IBUs) has won a laundry list of awards and earned a “world-class” ranking on the beer review site beeradvocate.com. Created each September, the specialty brew is one of the most highly […]
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Now (But Briefly) Serving: Fresh Hops
McMenamins rolls out easy-drinking, hyper-local fresh hop beer
Mike White, brewmaster at Old St. Francis School, McMenamins, knows taste buds. “Once people hear the words ‘fresh hop,’ they tend to go for it,” explained White (aka “Curly”). Astute readers may notice that this is our second fresh hop preview in as many weeks. We won’t apologize for redundancy. Fresh hop season is upon […]
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Crux Gets Fresh
A short trip from hop harvest to brewing kettle
The boys at Crux Fermentation Project didn’t travel far to collect their hop harvest this season. Sticky hop cones growing on tall green vines were climbing all over Crux’s chain link fence. On Labor Day, the owners and about 10 others picked bushels full of hops without ever leaving the property. “We already have a […]
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We don’t need no stinkin’ grapes
Central Oregon’s lack of vineyards doesn’t mean a lack of good wine
While earlier sunsets and colder nights signal the end of summer, they also mark the beginning of harvest season. Grapes may not be a high-yield crop for the high desert, but the rest of Oregon has blossomed into a major wine-producing region over the past decade. In fact, Oregon has grown to be the third-largest […]
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¡Olè!
At Little Woody, Silver Moon’s Conquistador is a beer worth exploring
Yes, we love the Little Woody. Beer events, in general, are a grand time. But when brewers bring not just their usual beers but one-off, high-gravity, barrel-aged concoctions—well, that’s something you don’t taste every day. And, yeah, that’s the Little Woody (which also boasts a well-curated whiskey tasting). In anticipation of the fifth annual two-day […]
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The Anti-Hops
A cider a day keeps the gluten away
Cider is totally trending right now. The Northwest Cider Association lists 14 cider makers in Oregon—a list that only includes one of two new additions to the cider brewing world right here in Bend. Last weekend, Pickathon music festival in Happy Valley had its own specialty cider—made by Wandering Aengus Ciderworks in Salem—by Sunday afternoon […]
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Consider Me Captured
Two Cats Kolsch is fun in a bottle
Captured by Porches is an inventive, if not odd name for a brewery—less so, however, after considering the fact that a porch is actually a pretty great place to be “captured.” Porches are for lazy conversations, sunset watching and beer sipping, which is exactly how the CbP brewers spent their early years—captured on each other’s […]
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Drink These Beers
A rundown of the Bend Brewfest all-stars
What’s particularly glorious about Brewfest is not only that new, special release and one-off brews are plentiful, but that they stand beside the tried and true—meaning, both adventurous sorts and the stick-in-the-mud don’t-try-anything-new types should be similarly pleased. With 63 vendors—including at least one winery and several cider companies—it is hard to know how to […]