1st Place: Greg’s Grill 395 SW Powerhouse Dr., Bend 541-382-2200 2nd Place: Bend Brewing Company 1019 NW Brooks St., Bend 541-383-1599
Bend Brewing Company
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Best Locals’ Night (Discounts)
Bend Brewing Company
1st Place: Bend Brewing Company 1019 NW Brooks St., Bend 541-383-1599 2nd Place: On Tap 1424 NE Cushing Dr., Bend
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Best IPA
RPM IPA – Boneyard Beer
1st Place: RPM IPA – Boneyard Beer 2nd Place: Tropic Pines – Bend Brewing Company Bend Brewing Company 1019 NW Brooks St., Bend 541-383-1599
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Best Local’s Night (place offering discounts for locals)
Bend Brewing Company
1st Place: Bend Brewing Company 1019 NW Brooks St., Bend 541-383-1599 2nd Place:
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Regaining Balance
Pale Ale in the age of IPA
If Helen of Troy’s was the face that launched a thousand ships, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was the beer that launched a thousand (or 7,000, by today’s count!) breweries. First released by the pioneering Chico, California brewery in 1980, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale introduced the world to the grapefruit punch of Northwest-grown Cascade hops, and […]
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Festival Season Begins with Central Oregon Beer Week
Back for its seventh year, Central Oregon Beer Week begins with a kickoff party Friday night at Kobold Brewing‘s The Vault Taphouse. The festival, now under the direction of the Central Oregon Brewer’s Guild, runs from Friday May 17 to Sunday May 26. The “Beer Week” phenomenon began in 2007 with Philadelphia Beer Week. It […]
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It Ain’t Easy Brewing Green
Cannabis beers continue to evolve and gain popularity, despite challenges
Beer and cannabis have been informally linked for generations. With the growing legalization movement and general mainstreaming of cannabis culture, the relationship has become formalized. From early hemp beers to modern CBD- and terpene-laden IPAs, cannabis and beer together has become more than a novelty and is poised to be a trend. It comes as […]
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Where to Get Your St. Paddy’s Day On
From beer, food and running, there’s lots to do in C.O.
McMenamains Old St. Francis school Fri., March 15 to Sun., March 17 All day As part of St. Patrick’s Day Across the Land, McMenamins is hosting its weekend-long party with food and drinks specials and live music. Tony Smiley kicks off the weekend at Father Luke’s Room from 7 to 10pm on Friday. Live music, […]
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Beer and Girl Scout Cookies
An unlikely pairing
It’s a match made in heaven for lovers of sweets and beer. On March 2, Bend Brewing Company held a Girl Scout Cookie and Beer pairing, donating a portion of the proceeds to the Girl Scouts of America and pairing six cookies with six beers. The first pairing: The classic Thin Mint cookie with a […]
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Dortmunder Export
The Next Trendy Lager
Introducing Craft: New brews, industry news and takes on other drinks of note. Starting in the late ’80s and through the early 2000s, “micro” and “microbrew” were the terms du jour in the beer industry. Deschutes Brewery and Widmer Brothers were the upstarts in an industry long dominated by macro-breweries. In a little more than […]