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Craft Beer’s Not-So-Micro Future

Looking back at four years of writing about beer at the Source

This week marks my final beer column for the Source. After just over four years, I move out of Central Oregon and move on in my career. (I could keep on writing this section, but it would start talking a lot more about Japan and Vermont than Bend, and my editor would likely complain.) Since […]

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Best New Brews of 2016

New styles, old standbys

The year 2016 will go down as a year where the far-out varieties of the past are now indispensable. Wild fermentation and sour farmhouse ales used to be the domain of just a few outfits; now most craft joints will have at least some kind of kettle sour. When it comes to picking the best […]

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Ales by the Sea

Breweries a weekend trip away

There are many world-class beer experiences in Oregon, from the enormous Deschutes taproom in Portland to the forbiddingly large taster tray at the Bend Brewing Company, or the sublime sour beers from De Garde Brewing in Tillamook. (Tickets for De Garde’s anniversary party in April sold out within days). However, there’s nothing quite like going […]

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The Wild Wizards at de Garde

Or why Tillamook really should be your next weekend roadie

When de Garde Brewing held its first public event at a bottle shop in Portland nearly two years ago, they had just a few beers on hand; the bubbly, sparkly, 2 percent-ABV Bu Weisse serving as its flagship. Time, it cannot be denied, has rewarded de Garde well. That much was plain at de Garde’s […]

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