Settle down, Hop Heads. Sometimes a simple beer is just what hits the spot. Sometimes it feels like brewers are constantly chasing trends. And, too often pale ales are ignored in this hyper-experimental climate. Wacky new recipes are fun and important, but so are the classics. Moreover, pale ales are great because they are about […]
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Happy Hours Are Here Again
Bend’s Fermentation Celebration is a locals’ night for the masses
For a town that needs little more than a clock striking five o’clock (or, really, the noon hour whistle) as a reason to raise pint glasses of craft brews with friends, Bend residents still scheme an awful lot to justify even more sipping—or chugging—of the town’s central export. The crowning jewel of these schemes is […]
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Awash in Beer Events
Thursday, June 19 Fermentation Celebration Imagine the joy of the first discovery that a long forgotten beverage actually can actually get better with age. Channel that thrill of discovery with hundreds of your closest friends (because who isn’t a friend once you’ve had a couple?) at the Fermentation Celebration. Give thanks for the abundance that […]
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Bikes, Beer and Big Bucks
Mountain bike race isn’t all about leg strength; there is arm wrestling as well
With the largest pro invitational award in the country—$20,000, enough for a down payment on a modest house—the annual (five years and counting) Blitz to the Barrel is becoming, if not one of the most important mountain bike races in the North America, then certainly the most eclectic and fun. The “barrel” in question is […]
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Free Beer!
If you didn’t spend your Memorial Day Weekend prepping your palate (and testing your tolerance) for Central Oregon’s Third Annual Beer Week, you may want to start now. The Ale Apothecary gets the beer literally free-flowing tomorrow night at Crow’s Feet Commons with samples of its hand-crafted, open fermentation brews including La Tache, Sahali and […]
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What in the World?
It’s Friday! And the world is still turning! Here is what’s happening… LA Times Forget the margarita tonight, the great lime shortage of 2014 continues. Even royal babies don’t meet outrageous 21st Century standards of beauty…Us Weekly is accused of photoshopping 9-month-old Prince George. In the most counterintuitive headline of the day…Bob Weir (of the […]
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What in the World?
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Lamb Studios Archive A lot happens while you’re not paying attention. So, just like Lewis Black, we catch what’s fallen through the cracks. Chemical Trespass: Curry County residents have complained about helicopters dropping pesticides on their properties while doing work on privately held land. The spraying continues. (via […]
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The Beer Issue
The evolution of beer, from cave to craft
Dave Berry, that eternal fountain of wit, once quipped, “Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.” We agree! For our first Beer Issue, we have pulled apart […]
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Brewing with Homies
Boneyard’s new collaboration promises a delicious double IPA
Boneyard is one of those breweries that, despite its exceptional beer, flies under the radar. Perhaps it’s because Boneyard doesn’t bottle its beer and doesn’t have the same marquee appearances in grocery store coolers or on bottle shop shelves. Or perhaps it is because the Boneyard brewers/owners refuse to toot their own horns, instead allowing […]
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Aged Beauty
10 Barrel’s outstanding new beer is pure gold
The latest creation from 10 Barrel Brewing Co., a beer called 16 barrels, is not actually a new beer. In fact, it is over one year old. Intended to be a one-off, a version of this beer was made last year for a St. Valentine’s Day dinner. But the maestros at 10 Barrel loved it […]