In the early days of craft beer, when the number of breweries in the country numbered in the hundreds, not thousands, naming beers was easy. With over 7,000 breweries in the country today and each one producing dozens of new beers a year, finding the right name has become increasingly harder. The old idiom, don’t judge […]
Black Butte Porter
Best Dark Beer
1st Place: Black Butte Porter, Deschutes Brewery 2nd Place: Crux Stout, Crux Fermentation Project Crux Fermentation Project 50 SW Division St., Bend 541-385-3333
Beer-lesque
“A night of sensory overload,” states Naughty Pierre, the emcee for Beer Week’s Beerlesque. Pierre continues, “A lively blend of brand new craft beers, old-fashioned burlesque dancing, and off-the-wall comedy.” Beer-lesque will showcase five Deschutes Brewery beers, each with an accompanying performance created to thematically match that beer. To whet your whistle for the show, […]

