There’s no question about it—we’re squarely (and comfortably) plopped into soup season. Morning frosts, clear, cool days and everything pumpkin-spiced reaffirm the notion that soups, stews, bisques and chowders are an entirely appropriate meal choice. Also, the fact that approximately 71 percent of our staff had soup for lunch today—that was another obvious indicator. While […]
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Suede Imperial Porter
10 Barrel’s new collaboration beer is a rich reminder that sharing is fun
Funny name, fantastic beer.
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Snails?!
Navin R. Johnson explores Bend dining
The Jerk, considered one of Steve Martin’s funniest films (ranked the 48th greatest comedy film of all time by Total Film Magazine, and No. 20 on Bravo’s list of 100 Funniest Movies), follows the rags-to-riches-and-back-again life of misfit Navin R. Johnson. Raised from infancy by poor African-American sharecroppers, when Navin learns of his (obvious to […]
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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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Chilly on the outside, warm on the inside
Comfort food roundup
Admit it: Summer is over. Done. Finished. Put away the ice cubes and tall tumblers of ice tea. Walk away. But the end of one season means the beginning of another and this week’s brisk days and chilly evenings had our staff in a comfort food mindset, dishes to stoke the inner furnace. Grilled Cheese […]
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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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Hostile Takeover
Supervillain Sandwiches delivers downtown with a Bang! Pow! Boom!
We might not live in Gotham City, but Bend’s downtown is now occupied by a slew of Supervillains in the form of sandwiches. Supervillain Sandwiches, a new lunch spot and deli, took over for local favorite big, bready, East-Coast-style New York City Sub Shop last Tuesday, across Bond Street from Deschutes Brewery. The atmosphere is […]
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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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The Democracy of Smoothies
Sarah’s Raw & Vegan Café has something for everyone
As we sat on a collection of chairs lining the alley running parallel to Colorado Avenue, with moody weather blowing through streets, we witnessed a strange phenomenon: SUV after hulking white suburban pulled into the tight lot behind the row of Craftsman buildings and bulldozed into the few parking spaces there; a middle-aged woman would […]
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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 […]