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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, OR
2. San Francisco
3. San Diego
4. Boston
5. Denver
6. Philadelphia
7. Bend
8. Asheville, NC

CNN cites our “fat” beer ranks with newcomers Crux, Worthy and the “steampunk” brewery, Ale Apothecary for the ranking along with The Ale Trail, Dawg Grogg and our long list of beer festivals.

Read the full list here.

This article appears in May 2-8, 2013.

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Here we Go Again, Bend=Beer City, USA

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 6, 2013

<h1>Here we Go Again, Bend=Beer City, USA</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 6, 2013</p> <p>CNN has just released its top <strong>8 best beer towns in America</strong> and, guess what, Bend is #7!</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/cnn-calls-deschutes-the-god-father-of-local-craft-brewing/u/original/2233267/1367896922-img_4569_crop_size_edit_.jpg" alt="CNN calls Deschutes the god father of local craft brewing." title="CNN calls Deschutes the god father of local craft brewing. " width="500" height="171" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650" target="_blank"></a></li> <li>CNN calls Deschutes the god father of local craft brewing.</li> </ul> </div> <p>Here is the list:<br />1. Portland, OR<br />2. San Francisco<br />3. San Diego<br />4. Boston<br />5. Denver<br />6. Philadelphia<br /><strong>7. Bend</strong><br />8. Asheville, NC</p> <p>CNN cites our "fat" beer ranks with newcomers Crux, Worthy and the "steampunk" brewery, Ale Apothecary for the ranking along with The Ale Trail, Dawg Grogg and our long list of beer festivals.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/06/travel/usa-beer-towns/index.html" target="_blank">Read the full list here. </a></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/here-we-go-again-bend-beer-city-usa-2233266/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=20767&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/here-we-go-again-bend-beer-city-usa-2233266/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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