pFriem Family Brewers Archives - The Source

Redefining the Coffee Experience

New Riff taproom explores coffee in new ways—and offers much more

Lisa SipeJanuary 30, 2019May 30, 2025

Twist open a bottle of Riff Cold Brewed Coffee and you’re welcomed to flavor-forward coffee with notes often found in wine—such as cherry, golden raisin and dark chocolate. Without the heat, the process is milder on the beans and creates a less-acidic cup. When I heard that Paul Evers—who’s worked with craft beverage brands including […]

Food & Drink

Beer Vegas

Fine craft in the city that never sleeps

Kevin GiffordOctober 3, 2018June 21, 2023

Craft beer is now so mainstream that even in downtown Las Vegas, the entertainment capital of the world, there is a barrel house. “This city consumes more alcohol per capita than anywhere else in the world,” says Corey White, general manager of Banger Brewing off of Vegas’s Fremont Street Experience. “But in the past few […]

Food & Drink

Oregon Cleans Up at GABF

The most medals ever at American beer’s biggest event

Kevin GiffordSeptember 26, 2018March 15, 2023

The advertising slogan for the 2018 Great American Beer Festival sums it up better than anyone else could: “4000+ Beers. 800+ Breweries. Mind Blown.” Held by the Brewers Association in Denver last weekend, GABF is a beer fest like nothing one’s seen in Central Oregon. Instead of paying for tokens that are exchanged for beer […]

News

Hood River Bike Stop

A grippy network of trails, awesome eats and other reasons to love our neighbors to the north

Nicole VulcanJune 27, 2018December 10, 2024

So you live in Bend, alias, “Mountain Bike Mecca.” Props to you, big shooter—yet maybe you’re finding yourself craving a trail you haven’t ridden before, and maybe one a bit less dusty this time of year. If your recreational budget affords you a few extra hours to kill, heading to Hood River to ride Post […]

Food & Drink

A Very Pfriem-y Christmas

The Hood River brewery grows and grows

Kevin GiffordDecember 9, 2015January 26, 2023

The Halyard Building, a ruddy turquoise warehouse facing the Oregon-Washington border in the town of Hood River, is now fully occupied by Pfriem Family Brewers—reflecting the massive growth the Belgian-influenced brewery has seen since it was founded three years ago. “When I started this brewery,” co-founder Josh Pfriem told the Source, “I thought it’d be […]

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