Bridge 99 Brewery
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Midwest Italian that Hits the G-Spot

A new food truck finds a permanent home at 9th St. Village
Lisa Sipe

I grabbed a ravioli—golden brown, cheese-filled and deep-fried to crispy perfection, using the corner to scoop it into the accompanying marinara sauce. As soon as the flavors touched my tongue, I was transported back to the humid Midwest during a weekend at the Taste of Chicago, eating until my jeans were too tight. Toasted ravioli originated […]

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Boots and Brews

Pink Boots Society makes special brew for International Women’s Day
Avatar photo Keely Damara

The morning following International Women’s Day, a small group of women gathered in a garage at Bridge 99 Brewery in Bend. I was expecting more pink, but I only spied a single pair of pink rubber boots on a tiny blonde lugging around 50-pound bags of malt. “We grow the barley—we plant it, we grow […]

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A Bridge, Not Far

Bridge 99 Brewery quietly impresses in northeast Bend
Kevin Gifford

It’s heady times for beer around here, with Central Oregon Beer Week breathing down our necks, the new edition of the Bend Ale Trail Atlas due up shortly, and summer—as everyone knows, the most important outdoor-beverage season—seemingly around the corner. It’s a good time to take stock and visit some of the smaller Bend beer […]

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Bridge 99 is on the Road Forward

A new tasting room is a big step in the right direction
Delano Lavigne

Tucked away in a commercial section of Bend’s east side, natural-colored juniper siding frames an otherwise bland commercial building, and hints at a keen craftsmanship that spills (yes, pun intended) over into the beer and characters of Bridge 99 Brewery. A little more than a year ago, co-owners Trever Hawman and Rob Kramer, who work […]

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