Redmond’s homebrew shop, Redmond Craft Brewing Supply, changed locations recently, moving three doors down from their old location into a much larger space, and tonight, Saturday the 24th from 6 to 10pm, they are celebrating with a Grand Re-opening Halloween Bash! There will be beer (of course), food, live music, and … Continue reading
All across Oregon today, McMenamins pubs and breweries are donating $1 of every pint of beer sold to UCC Strong to benefit the victims and families of the shooting tragedy in Roseburg earlier this month. This of course is going on at our own Old St. Francis School as well, … Continue reading
This Friday is a busy one—not only is the seasonal Bend Fall Festival starting off Friday at 5pm for the weekend, it’s also First Friday Art Walk downtown, and of course other First Friday-esque events help to kick off the rest of the weekend. The Fall Festival of course takes over downtown … Continue reading
Yesterday’s Pine Tavern beer event, their PT80 Beerfest Challenge, was a lot of fun and (I think) a successful first-time event! The goal was not only to invite Central Oregon’s local breweries to pour beer and help support the Humane Society of Central Oregon but also to help pick the … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again, a favorite for beer lovers, when the most fleeting of beer styles appear for a very narrow window: fresh hop beer season! “Fresh hop” beers are those brewed with hops that were picked that very day, that have not yet been dried, which exhibit … Continue reading
The Pine Tavern in downtown Bend has been open since 1936, making it (I believe) the oldest continually-operating restaurant in the area (the D&D Club has been open for a similar amount of time), and next year they are celebrating their 80th anniversary. They wanted to do something big to commemorate … Continue reading
Have you ever been to the Mount Angel Oktoberfest over in the valley? Would you be interested in going? It’s taking place this weekend, and this Saturday the 19th, the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization has chartered a bus to head over for the day—and there are still some open seats … Continue reading
Every third Friday of the month, downtown Redmond hosts a “stroll” in the evening with participating businesses open late and offering special events, refreshments, and music—think Bend’s First Friday Art Walk. It’s their Third Friday Stroll and it takes place from 5 to 8pm. This Friday, September 18, the Third … Continue reading
For the second year in a row Sisters’ Three Creeks Brewing is holding their annual Homebrew Invitational, a brewing competition for which the winning homebrewer will get to be an “honorary Three Creeks brewer” and have their winning beer commercially brewed on the Brewery’s 10-barrel pub system. And, the entry deadline … Continue reading
Have you recovered from last month’s Bend Brewfest yet? I hope so, because this weekend comes Bend’s next big beer festival, The Little Woody Barrel Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Fest, taking place Friday and Saturday at the Des Chutes Historical Museum as it does every year! This year is … Continue reading