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Craft Beer and College Football

Bend’s newest brewery, RiverBend Brewing Company, fills sports pub niche
Avatar photo James Williams

These days, to make it in Bend as a new brewery, there needs to be a distinguishing characteristic that sets the joint apart. Not a shtick so much as an angle, attraction or emphasis. The simple truth is, brewing middle-of-the-road beers might not be enough anymore. Take Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing, for instance. The environmentally […]

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Pie in the Sky

Looking for a good slice
The Source Staff

On Monday, the Source hosts its Pie-Off. We have been collecting pie recipes from friends and readers, and on Monday evening will present the three winning recipes—and our judges, food critic Lisa Glickman and a surprise local chef, will determine the GREATEST (HOMEMADE) PIE IN CENTRAL OREGON. (7 pm, Broken Top Bottle Shop, free.) In […]

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Home of the Aluminum Bottle

One year old, Portland’s Base Camp Brewing puts down stakes in Bend for beer dinner
Avatar photo James Williams

Can or bottle? In the ongoing contest as to which brewery can produce the best-looking, most appropriate vessel for its beer, Portland’s Base Camp Brewing Company has made an interesting new entry. Neither a can nor a bottle, the now one-year-old, adventure-themed brewery offers its beers in 22-ounce aluminum cans that are shaped like bottles […]

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Platypus Pub Reopens

Same Great Beer, Same So-So Food
The Source Staff

The attraction to Platypus Pub is the beer, of course. Does anywhere else in town serve Russian River’s Pliny the Elder on tap? (Unfamiliar? It’s an imperial IPA that’s widely considered to be one of the best beers in the country and is one of the few to earn a perfect 100 score from beeradvocate.com.) […]

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Double Down

Imperial IPAs are big, boozy and appearing with increasing frequency
Avatar photo James Williams

A recent pour of Pliny the Elder (see this week’s CHOW story) reminded me just how impressive a well-made, big IPA can taste. A good India Pale Ale should be crisp, cold and hop-forward. A double IPA, sometimes called an Imperial IPA (a term borrowed from Russian Imperial stouts), is simply a bolder version of […]

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Open for Business

Wild Rose and Salud add to downtown dining
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

Two new restaurants are enhancing the smorgasbord of lunch and dinner options in downtown Bend. Wild Rose is a Northern Thai restaurant at 150 NW Oregon Ave., formerly Common Table. Open for lunch and dinner, the menu is a long list of unrecognizable Northern Thai dishes along with curries, soups and chili pastes (no Pad […]

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Chocolate Round Up

Willy Wonka would be proud
The Source Staff

Last week, we gave ourselves the onerous assignment to sample chocolate around Bend. It is a tough job, but someone needs to do it. Bend d’Vine Chocolate Café & Wine Bar David Kalov is a chocolate chemist. The unassuming Bend d’Vine owner makes all of the shop’s bold chocolates in house—as well as the other […]

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New Appalachia

Oregon’s craft distillers bring Kentucky bourbon west
Avatar photo Kayja Buhmann

Originating in Kentucky’s Appalachian Mountains in the mid-late 18th century, bourbon—still subject to time-honored distillation and quality standards—has (thankfully) in recent years been moving west. Keeping with the traditions of those before them, Oregon distilleries from Portland to Bend are now crafting, aging and bottling high-quality bourbons. Here are four bottles worth indulging in: CW […]

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Pie Season Has Arrived

Avatar photo Brianna Brey

Pumpkin pie, the iconic topper to a tummy full of Thanksgiving feast, and a true marker that the holiday season has arrived. In my years of attempting to create the prefect Turkey Day desert, I’ve learned that the keys are a handmade crust—light, flakey and especially buttery—and the perfect spice profile to balance the sweet […]

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