Beer & Drink

I got the idea for the coffee beer (and coffee itself) and doughnut festival called Baker’s Dozen back in 2015. The annual, migratory Craft Brewers Conference — a gathering for those in the craft beer industry to share ideas (and beers) — landed in Portland that year. Portland enjoys a reputation as a beer mecca, but […]

Elevators don’t go to the 13th floor, yet the number is good luck for Boneyard Beer founder Tony Lawrence, who’s certainly achieved great heights. The brewing industry veteran — who got his start in beer at Deschutes in 1988 — says of Boneyard’s baker’s dozen trips around the sun, “It’s aged me 26 years.” Born […]

Central Oregon offers plenty of beer fests, wine tastings and other drinks-related events to attend — and a lot of them center around one particular genre, such as beer or wine or spirits. Not so at the upcoming Bend Bev Fest hosted by Silver Moon Brewing, a first-of-its-kind event that invites people to try out […]

Finally, a new kind of beer festival! This is no ordinary festival, in a giant venue, drunk fest. No way. This is a unique celebration of Mother Earth and the spoils she so lovingly provides to us… so we can make BEER! Enter the first inaugural (hopefully) Tree Beer Fest, which will take place at […]

The Oregon Beer Awards, first of all, are a real thing. In the beer world, earning a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival is the equivalent of earning an Oscar, but medaling at the OBAs is a bit like winning an Independent Spirit Award: not the same level of prestige, a meaningful recognition […]