I probably should keep this to myself in order to score more beer, but Bend Brewing Company‘s website has a notice posted that their HopHead Imperial IPA is going to be available in 22-ounce bottles starting November 28th (this Friday). This is a pretty limited beer, and remember, it won … Continue reading
I saw this in Deschutes Brewery‘s email newsletter, and thought it was interesting: Come down to the Deschutes Brewery & Public House in downtown Bend on Tuesday, November 4th to watch the Presidential election and enjoy Monday night pricing ($3.00) on select pints all day long. Whether you are a … Continue reading
Congratulations go out to our three biggest local breweries: Deschutes Brewery, Bend Brewing Company, and Cascade Lakes Brewing, for winning medals at this year’s Great American Beer Festival! Kudos to Cascade Lakes especially, since this is their first win: they brought home the Bronze medal for their Blonde Bombshell in … Continue reading
Next Saturday, October 18th, Deschutes Brewery is having a Fresh Hop Beer Tasting dinner at their Mountain Room. (I’m going.) Fresh (or wet) hop beers are a relatively new thing and Deschutes is taking to it in a big way; they plan to have seven fresh hop beers on tap. … Continue reading
We visited the new Three Creeks Brewing Company over in Sisters on Saturday, and I wrote up a long-ish review (with photos) over on my beer blog here. The verdict: good food, decent beer. Overall, we all agreed the beer is decent and drinkable, and I think they’re doing some … Continue reading
Tuesday, September 23rd (that’s tomorrow!), Deschutes Brewery is celebrating 21 years of Jubelale with a launch party for the seasonal beer at their downtown Pub. The toast is at 5pm and there will three variations of Jubelale on tap: regular, cask conditioned, and nitro. Here’s the special menu for the … Continue reading
Everyone should know by now that when I mention beer, I’m almost always talking craft beer and/or microbrew. This weekend we had family in town and spent a good portion of it introducing them to the various breweries here, some of which they knew, some they didn’t. So I can … Continue reading
This is news I’d expect to have shown up locally first, but instead it showed up on the NewWest site (out of Montana): Bend’s Wildfire Brewery Forced To Change Name. Wildfire restaurants – a chain of eateries with locations in Illinois, Minnesota, Virginia and Georgia – sent a letter earlier … Continue reading
Posted on the Blacksmith’s blog today, their Wednesday beer tasting lineup: IPAs. If any style embodies the "West Coast", it’s the hoppy India Pale Ale. For our final Beer Tasting this month we will focus on India Pale Ales or IPAs. Please join us to sample 5 great beers. Mikkeller … Continue reading
I received a couple of emails today regarding Central Oregon’s newest microbrewery, Three Creeks Brewing Company, located in Sisters. The first was from Wade Underwood, the owner, letting me know that they are officially open for business (a few weeks early). The other was from Geoffrey of AllAroundBend.com, with a … Continue reading