CNN has just released its top 8 best beer towns in America and, guess what, Bend is #7! CNN calls Deschutes the god father of local craft brewing. Here is the list:1. Portland, OR2. San Francisco3. San Diego4. Boston5. Denver6. Philadelphia7. Bend8. Asheville, NC CNN cites our “fat” beer ranks with newcomers Crux, Worthy and […]
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Beer of the Week: Barley Wine Ale
stats: 10.2% ABV|70 IBUsIn celebration of the “Class of ’88″—those breweries, which, in 1988 launched craft beer into the mainstream, Deschutes has released Barley Wine Ale on what’s the 25th anniversary of that magical year. The brew was made in collaboration with “classmates” Rogue and North Coast Brewing. Brewers from all three PNW breweries got […]
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PSU Creates “The Business of Craft Brewing” program
This could be your beer! Still think you can sneak another brewery in before Bend’s beer bubble bursts? Might want to take a quick timeout for a new certificate program at Portland State University—it’s the state’s latest acknowledgement that beer industry is here to stay. “No place in the US has the concentration of quality, […]
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Yeah, Yeah…We Get It—Bend Beers in Cans
Yesterday’s news. Dear local media,Thanks fur (hiccup) jumpin on the canned craft beer (hiccup) story that we ran in NOVEMBER. We’re glad GoodLife started (hiccup) canning as planned. These thangs is (hiccup) delicious.luv,the Source
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FRIDAY: White House Beer Party at GoodLife! Come!
White House Beer Party with Wilderness$3 pints! 5 p.m. Friday, March 8GoodLife Brewing Co., 70 SW Century Dr. Tomorrow we get try the White House Honey Porter, a presidential brew made especially for us by GoodLife Brewing Company. We got a hold of the White House’s original recipe and passed it on to GoodLife—kind of […]
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Beer(s) of the Week: Light and Dark
Light: Deschutes River Ale Easy drinkin’. Deschutes needed this beer. At 4% and 28 IBUs, this is clearly a light session ale—a “cool-down beer,” if you will. Normally Pabst, Hamm’s, Rainier, Olympia et al. fills this role, but, man, they don’t have Oly on tap at Deschutes. And if you’re there sucking down My Abey […]
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This is What GoodLife’s Beer Cans Look Like
While we were at GoodLife checking up on our White House Beer, we saw the ad photos for their new cans. They’ll start canning in early March—check back then for more photos of the process. In the mean time…here are the mock-ups. Sweet As Descender IPA
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White House Beer in Bend
Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy After last night’s State of the Union Address, where Obama confronted, among other topics, gun violence, immigration reform, climate change, arms reduction, manufacturing and inflation, we thought it was time to reveal a truth, dear readers. We’ve been planning a party. And GoodLife Brewing Co. is helping. In […]
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Beer of the Week: Sunrise OPA
Oats in a can. Yep. OPA. As in Oatmeal Pale Ale. As in made with generous quantities of oats. The Fort George Brewery beer is a mellow 5.2% session ale, that was more hoppy than I would have thought. Actually, in a blind taste test, I doubt I’d be able to tell you anything about […]
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Get Your Growler Filled at Ray’s
Just one more reason for the beer lovers of Bend to rejoice, today, Ray’s Food Place is introducing a new growler fill station. Take your pick. The grocer on Century Drive has added the growler room in the area that was formally a liquor store at the back of the market. Currently there are 15 […]
