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Flush with Fresh Hops Festivals

Three breweries, three hopportunities to celebrate peak freshness
Avatar photo by Brian Yaeger

There are those who’ve equated Oregon’s fresh hops beers with Beaujolais Nouveau wines in Beaujolais, France, where Gamay grapes are grown. But whereas Beaujolais Nouveau is a wine celebration that honors the harvest by eschewing the mantra, “no wine before its time,” fresh hop beers represent the apex of tasting this year’s hop harvest at […]

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Save The Music Saturdays

High Desert Music Collective and Silver Moon Brewing team up to safely keep live music alive in Central Oregon
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

Live music isn’t dead. It’s more like it’s in hibernation, so we’re seeing it less frequently, because we, too, have also been in a form of hibernation the last few months. But when you do get a chance to step out of your cave you might be lucky enough to see some live tunes. Especially […]

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Cans-To-Go: Sippy Cup Hazy Pale Ale

A warm afternoon and a few hazy pales, right from Bend
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

Hazy beers are huge right now, and I’m just as guilty as the next hazy-lover in indulging the trend. There are plenty of good ones brewed right here in Bend and Central Oregon, so why not fully embrace it? One of my favorites from the area is GoodLife Brewing’s Sippy Cup. I had it on […]

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Cans-To-Go: Box Car Rapids Red Ale

Better late than never!
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

Having lived in Bend for almost two years now, I discovered that I still hadn’t tried Riverbend Brewing’s Box Car Rapids, a year-round, award-winning fixture from the local brewery. I’m happy to announce that today, that all changed. Looking for something with a lighter percentage but still packed with flavor, this red ale jumped right […]

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Cans-To-Go: Norwegian Cowboy Hazy IPA

Boss Rambler Beer Club dropped three new beers, so I tried the one with a cowboy on the can
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

Raise your hand if you miss going to breweries. Right now we have prime-time weather to kick back at a favorite watering hole—but with lockdown, that’s still out of the question. Still, many of the places you go to get your thirst quenched are making things easier by either delivering to your doorstep or letting […]

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She Can Brew It

10 Barrel’s Brewmaster of Research and Development gives a look inside her relationship with beer
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

The craft beer industry has evolved over the years, and imagining it as a male-only trade would be silly. Plenty of women brew beer, and Central Oregon is lucky to host a lot of that talent right here. Tonya Cornett, 10 Barrel’s brewmaster of research and development, has been a part of Bend’s brewing scene […]

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C.O. Breweries Win Big at Oregon Beer Awards

Immersion takes Best Small Brewery; Boss Rambler earns Best New Brewery
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Central Oregon brewers took home a host of awards at last week’s Oregon Beer Awards. Best New Brewery went to Boss Rambler Beer Club of Bend, while Sunriver Brewing got a nod for its Excellence in Brewing Operations, representing Oregon’s Central region. Small Brewery of the Year went to Bend’s Immersion Brewing. And 23 Central […]

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Out in the “Woods”

Sipping beer at Shade Tree Brewing
Heidi Howard

F or my second piece of 2020, I stuck with my promise to review more beers outside of Bend. This time I ventured all the way to…. Deschutes River Woods!!! OK, OK… so yeah… it’s technically still Bend, but please keep reading. It was a fun visit and is completely unique to Central Oregon. I […]

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Chill Axe

Drinking in the New Year at Three Creeks Brewing
Heidi Howard

This year, I resolve to broaden my search for review-worthy beers. I’ll be striving to bring more regional beer reviews from outside of Bend. To start the new year and the beginning of winter, I took a trip to Three Creeks Brewing. I hadn’t been to the brewery in probably three or four years, and […]

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