thursday 22 Racial Justice Book Club READING—According to Gallup, Americans are more concerned about race now than they’ve been since the Rodney King beating almost 25 years ago. Locally, groups are forming to discuss Derald Wing Sue’s book “Overcoming Our Racism: Journey to Liberation” at sites across the region. The OSU-Cascades group kicks off today, […]
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From a Strip Mall, a Craft Revolution
Mekong Restaurant the unlikely standard-bearer of beer in the South
One of the neatest things about craft beer is the way it forms spontaneous new communities wherever it goes, often in completely unexpected places. Case in point: In Richmond, the capital of Virginia, Ground Zero for the entire region’s beer scene is…a strip-mall Vietnamese restaurant. Mekong Restaurant was founded in the ’90s by a family […]
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Budweiser is Over: 7 Beers Americans Have Stopped Drinking
Beer sales are down. Sales of particular variety of beer, that is. According to KGW, the big name brands are those experiencing the biggest dip. It’s no surprise, then, that Anheuser-Busch/InBev jumped at the opportunity to purchase 10 Barrel. Here are the top seven brands with plummeting sales. (Read the full analysis here.) 1. Budweiser […]
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Idaho Distributors Question 10 Barrel Brewpub License in Boise
More consequences of the 10 Barrel buy out by Anheuser-Busch… The Idaho Statesman is reporting a challenge to 10 Barrel’s Idaho brewpub license by the Idaho Beer and Wine Distributors Association. If the state declares 10 Barrel no longer a small brewery (defined as producing under 30,000 barrels of beer per year), the brewpub in downtown Boise […]
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Crux Hires Cam O’Connor as New Head Brewer
Crux Fermentation Project announced this week that they have hired a new head brewer, Cam O’Connor, former Deschutes Brewery brewmaster who sports an impressive resume. After completing the Master Brewer Program at University of California–Davis and stating his carer at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, he spent a decade brewing for Deschutes Brewery. He’s the man […]
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Beer News: The Ascendency of Craft Beer, Personal Kegs and Turkey Day Pairings
All Hail King Craft Once upon a time, Budweiser was (literally) the King of Beers. But while Anheuser-Busch brewed an impressive 30 million barrels in 2003, it dropped down by nearly half over the next decade—to 16 million barrels in 2013. For the first time, craft beers eked out a victory over the macro brew […]
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Another Trip Down the Abyss
Deschutes’ 2014 imperial stout release strikes gold again
As the days grow shorter and Third Street grows icier and more pockmarked by the hour, the sophisticated Pacific Northwest drinker’s thoughts naturally turn toward The Abyss. Deschutes Brewery’s intensely flavorful Russian imperial stout has the power to get beer nerds lining up at liquor stores from L.A. to Philadelphia, but we in Bend don’t […]
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BEERPOCALYPSE
Understanding the visceral reaction to the sale of 10 Barrel
“Disgusting.” “Greed.” “Sellout.” “Californians.” These are the terms disappointed former fans of 10 Barrel Brewing posted on Facebook to describe their reaction to the acquisition of the popular Bend brewery by Anheuser-Busch/InBev, the largest beer company on the planet. “It was exactly like a death; like someone I knew and loved was in excellent health […]
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IPA Wars: Oregon Versus…Cleveland?
Fat Head’s brings competition to Bend beer’s Portland invasion
Since the original announcement in April, Portlanders have been salivating with excitement for the new 10 Barrel location coming to the Pearl District, only a few minutes’ walk from Deschutes Brewery’s own Portland mega-pub. They will have to continue salivating. 10 Barrel’s still busily renovating the old Mellow Mushroom pizzeria at NW 14th and Flanders; […]
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Anheuser-Busch Acquires 10 Barrel Brewing
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the largest beer manufacturer in the world, announced today that it will purchase Bend craft brewery 10 Barrel Brewing. It’s the company’s second craft brewery purchase this year, following the February sale of New York’s Blue Point Brewing. 10 Barrel, which expects to sell 40,000 barrels of beer this year, found itself in […]
