Here’s another reason why Bend is such a great beer community: Worthy Brewing today is releasing a special beer, named “Machine Gun Maggie Imperial IPA”, that they brewed in collaboration with the homebrewers from Aspen Ridge Retirement. You may have heard about those homebrewers, as they have been getting some … Continue reading
There are a couple of fun beery and cidery happenings going on this weekend that you might want to brave the cold and snow to check out. First, McMenamins Old St. Francis School is celebrating their 10 year anniversary tomorrow (Saturday) starting at 4pm, featuring live music, a special beer (their … Continue reading
It’s the first Friday of November which means tonight is the First Friday Art Walk taking place in downtown Bend, taking place from 5 to 9pm: dozens of businesses will be open the later hours, featuring special art exhibits, and many will have refreshments and live music. (Refreshments often include … Continue reading
Surprising news released this morning: 10 Barrel Brewing has been acquired by Anheuser-Busch! The news was first released on a video from the founders on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/111005605 And then I saw the full story/press release on Brewbound, which I’m reprinting here: Anheuser-Busch today announced it has agreed to purchase 10 … Continue reading
It’s finally come to fruition and is officially released today: my first book, Bend Beer: A History of Brewing in Central Oregon! Published by the History Press, it covers the history of Bend and Central Oregon from a beery perspective from the frontier era of the 1880 and ’90s through … Continue reading
If you’re familiar at all with Seattle’s Elysian Brewing Company, then you probably know one of the types of beer they are well-known for are pumpkin ales. So much so, in fact, that every year they host their Great Pumpkin Beer Festival in Seattle—a terrific brewfest that I’ve been to … Continue reading
As you probably know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Cascade Lakes Brewing is helping to raise awareness and money by holding “Breast Fest” at their Lodge on the westside this Friday, October 24, in support of Sara’s Project here in Bend. This is a great project to support and … Continue reading
There is a great and really unique beer event coming up this Wednesday, October 15 at Broken Top Bottle Shop—Beers Made By Walking. What makes this program unique is that the beers are inspired by plants found on the nature trail. (Deschutes Brewery’s award-winning Sagefight IPA, I believe, started with … Continue reading
This coming Saturday, October 18, Columbia Distributing is holding the first of an annual series of charity rummage sales at their location in northeast Bend, with proceeds benefiting Brightside Animal Center and Mark Shatka, Jr. Columbia Distributing is perhaps best known as a beer distributor but they also manage wine, … Continue reading
Even though one week ago was the first official day of autumn, this first weekend of October can be said to mark the real start of the fall season in Bend, with several events going on that should help kick off the season—starting with the Bend Fall Festival. The annual Bend … Continue reading