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Pod Lands at the Moon

Food cart lot at Silver Moon Brewing hosts its grand opening Memorial Day weekend
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

Bendites now have another food cart pod option in downtown Bend, with the opening of The Office on the Silver Moon Brewing property off Greenwood Avenue. The five carts on the property include Rush’s Squares, a Sicilian-style pizza cart; Chicken Strut, offering—you guessed it—chicken; The Bob, offering European-style kebabs, felafel and mezza; Luckey’s Woodsman, an […]

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New Brews

The brews must go on
by Heidi Howard

If you’re like me, you love it when breweries have new beer releases. While it’s slowed down a bit, there are still plenty of new brews and beer releases happening in Central Oregon. Portland has seen attrition in the beer industry amid this pandemic—Grixsen Brewing being one of them. BIG sad face. Meanwhile, Central Oregon […]

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Madras Wants Beer

One town’s plan to bring beer to Jefferson County
Kevin Gifford

Madras, a little under an hour from Bend, is a prospering town. Its population has grown to around 6,700 people, it’s cheap to live in, it’s conveniently nearby Indian Head Casino, and it hosted nearly 100,000 visitors during the solar eclipse in August. Despite that, to many Bendites, it’s known simply as some place to […]

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For New Beer, Head Northeast

Monkless joins a new corner of Bend’s beer scene
Kevin Gifford

It wasn’t terribly long ago that residents of Bend’s northeastern quadrant didn’t have much in the way of local beer. Folks nearby downtown or in the Old Mill are spoiled for choice, with 10 or so craft brewers and many more fine pubs within walking distance. Around the northeast, though, Bridge 99 Brewery and the […]

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Bend Brewsters

The scene stands out for its female D leaders
Kevin Gifford

It is no longer a great novelty to see women in professional brewing—especially in Oregon, where the sheer size of the scene dictates that at least a few must be involved, statistically speaking. Among Bend’s breweries, though, women still stand out, thanks to the roles they’ve taken as brewmasters focused on research and development. “I […]

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Some of That Sweet, Sweet Hop Bud

Lagunitas and its nod to the origin of “420”
Kevin Gifford

The Lagunitas Brewing Company of Petaluma, Calif., is such a massive brewery these days that—thanks to being half-owned by Heineken International—it no longer counts as a “craft brewer” the way the Brewers Association defines it. With a second large production facility in Chicago and a third opening soon in Azusa, Calif., Tony Magee’s brew operation […]

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Grounding the Flight

A case for enjoying a taproom visit without a billion little glasses
Kevin Gifford

It’s a typical Saturday afternoon at Crux Fermentation Project: families and dogs outside, diners and beer nerds inside, and what seem to be half a dozen taster trays underneath the taps, waiting to be filled. “They tend to come and go in waves,” the bartender comments. “It’s sort of the same deal as Bloody Marys. […]

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Drinking In the Spring

Go a little citrus-y, a bit red or a lot hoppy
Kevin Gifford

It’s a couple weeks into spring, and despite the fact that people could be skiing until the summer solstice this year, it’s finally starting to feel juuuust a bit like the season around town. To the season-aware beer connoisseur, warmer months always bring saisons to mind. Originally brewed during cooler times of the year in […]

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