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We sit down with Silver Moon Brewing co-owner James Watts to discuss Bend’s third oldest brewery’s upcoming 25th anniversary and how the brewery, and the industry, have grown including how beer itself is no longer the sole thirst-slaker at such pubs. Of course, Silver Moon, being a central hub for events and entertainment, has plenty of both up its sleeve to commemorate the quarter-century-mark kicking off with sponsoring Bend Brews & Beyond this Memorial Day.

Plus, Watts explains why Silver Moon’s new Cross Joint IPA smells like it would be served not at a brewpub but at a dispensary.

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March 28, 2025

<h1>LISTEN: Grand Craft Bend, James Watts 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 28, 2025</p> <p>We sit down with Silver Moon Brewing co-owner James Watts to discuss Bend’s third oldest brewery’s upcoming 25th anniversary and how the brewery, and the industry, have grown including how beer itself is no longer the sole thirst-slaker at such pubs. Of course, Silver Moon, being a central hub for events and entertainment, has plenty of both up its sleeve to commemorate the quarter-century-mark kicking off with sponsoring Bend Brews &amp; Beyond this Memorial Day.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/grand_craft_bend_-_james_watts_digital.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/grand_craft_bend_-_james_watts_digital.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-3924" /></a></figure> <p> Plus, Watts explains why Silver Moon’s new Cross Joint IPA smells like it would be served not at a brewpub but at a dispensary.</p> <p><div> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Qim1vUHmltbs0GWJ5Fxzv?si=9uYDqVMFSkWFSXxU_rhEag" target="_blank">--&gt; LISTEN NOW &lt;--</a> </div> </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/grand-craft-bend-james-watts" title="Grand Craft Bend: James Watts" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Grand Craft Bend: James Watts</a></div> </p></div> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-grand-craft-bend-james-watts-22910618/&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=3923&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-james-watts-22910618/&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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