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We sit down with Sunriver Brewing’s director, Brett Thomas, to discuss Sunriver’s impressive tenure of quality and consistency that’s led to numerous awards locally (Oregon Beer Awards), nationally (Great American Beer Festival including being the reigning Brewery of the Year) and even globally (World Beer Cup). 

As Sunriver prepares to open its fifth tasting room in Redmond, we also tackle how great its pub burger is and you can ignore the discussion about ditching their incredible fried avocado app because it’s back, baby!

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This article appears in Source Weekly May 1st, 2025.

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LISTEN: Grand Craft Bend: Brett Thomas

by Brian Yaeger, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 7, 2025

<h1>LISTEN: Grand Craft Bend: Brett Thomas</h1> <p class="byline">by Brian Yaeger, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 7, 2025</p> <p>We sit down with Sunriver Brewing's director, Brett Thomas, to discuss Sunriver's impressive tenure of quality and consistency that's led to numerous awards locally (Oregon Beer Awards), nationally (Great American Beer Festival including being the reigning Brewery of the Year) and even globally (World Beer Cup).&nbsp;</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/grand_craft_bend_-_brett_thomas_digital_digital-06.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/grand_craft_bend_-_brett_thomas_digital_digital-06.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-4408" /></a></figure> <p> As Sunriver prepares to open its fifth tasting room in Redmond, we also tackle how great its pub burger is and you can ignore the discussion about ditching their incredible fried avocado app because it's back, baby!</p> <p> LISTEN NOW</p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-grand-craft-bend-brett-thomas-23120577/&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=4407&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/listen-grand-craft-bend-brett-thomas-23120577/&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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