I’d be interested to see how many weekend festivals per year are held in Bend, because it feels like there’s always SOMETHING closing a street in this town. Seems like we have a higher than usual concentration of beer-centric events than anywhere. I’m not complaining, though. Who’s excited for Oktoberfest? For the … Continue reading
The Bulletin ran an article on the front page of their Business section today about Old Mill Brew Werks, the newest brewery to be opening in Bend (right after Noble Brewing). Unfortunately, I can’t link you to the article because it’s behind their paywall; but I had a copy of … Continue reading
Over on Bend Oregon Restaurants today, BOR posted the beer list for this weekend’s Little Woody barrel-aged beer fest (totally scooped me on this one); coincidentally, the breweries page on the Little Woody site is also now updated with a (slightly different) beer list. The list BOR ran was from … Continue reading
Last week I was invited along with a host of other local media folks to Deschutes Brewery for a VIP tour and special tasting. I wrote up an account of the event over at one of my other blogs here; it’s pretty beer-specific but if you’re interested in some of … Continue reading
McMenamins Old St. Francis School has a couple of cool things going on this week—one free, one a little spendy (but not too much). Wednesday the 25th, starting at 5, is their monthly limited-edition beer tasting: Once a month, on Last Wednesdays, stop by to try a limited-edition, special release … Continue reading
The Bend Brewfest is back this year, kicking off in just under two weeks. It’s taking place on Friday, August 20th and Saturday the 21st from 4 to 11pm and noon to 11pm, respectively, down at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. Admission is free, but to drink beer you’ll need to … Continue reading
This week is American Craft Beer Week, and this note from Deschutes Brewery was posted to the local homebrew club mailing list to get the word out: To support American Craft Beer week, the Deschutes Brewery is putting on a Bbq and Brew event on Saturday May 22nd from 11am-5pm. … Continue reading
“Founders of 10 Barrel beer to be in TV pilot.” A California-based production company will film 10 Barrel partners Garrett Wales, Chris Cox and Jeremy Cox Monday through Wednesday to produce the pilot of a reality television show about a group of young beer brewers, which the company hopes to … Continue reading
Last week the Bulletin ran a story about the “Bend Ale Trail,” but I completely missed it because a) it’s behind the paywall and therefore unavailable to read online and b) I didn’t see it in their RSS feed anyway because of late they have cluttered up their feed with … Continue reading
Back from spring break—since Friday, actually (yes, we actually went out of town)—and found this backlogged in my email from a few days before we left. Sounds pretty cool, and taking place out at the Terrebonne Depot. Join us for a special evening of great food and beer! On Tuesday … Continue reading