This Saturday, July 21, Three Creeks Brewing is throwing its tenth anniversary party at the production brewery in Sisters. Join us for a carnival-like atmosphere with dunk tanks, bounce house obstacle courses, and more! We will have games, live music by Larry and His Flask, food trucks, and of course, … Continue reading
You may have noticed the new addition downtown that opened somewhat quietly this week: Worthy Taps & Tacos, the downtown outpost of Worthy Brewing in the former Mazza Bistro location. Worthy is planning the grand opening this Saturday, June 30. There are eight taps of Worthy beer along with, yes, … Continue reading
30 years ago this week, Deschutes Brewery opened its doors in downtown Bend, making an indelible mark on Bend and the world of craft beer in general. This week, Deschutes is celebrating its 30th birthday with a week full of events, starting today (Monday, June 26) and capping the week … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company is hosting its first-ever Bend Sour Fest today, Saturday, May 12, featuring over a dozen breweries near and far pouring sours. I imagine they’ll be set up in the parking lot and patio area like at last fall’s Fresh Hops fest that BBC hosted. Here’s the event … Continue reading
Returning for your pub crawling pleasure, here’s the 2018 St. Patrick’s Day pub guide! With St. Paddy’s falling on Saturday this year, you have a full weekend of frolicking (particularly at McMenamins). As always, this isn’t meant to be a definitive guide to all the bars, pubs, taverns, and watering … Continue reading
Today, Saturday the 24th, marks the 10th annual Zwickelmania for Central Oregon, the statewide brewery open house/backstage tour that sees breweries open their doors to special brewery tours, tastings, and more. (The Portland metro area did this last weekened, now it’s the rest of the state’s turn.) Are you planning … Continue reading
On Wednesday, January 31, Tetherow Resort‘s Brewery Smackdown series of beer and food pairing events returns for its third year. Not only food and beer pairing, but a people’s choise-style competition where two breweries from Portland, Ecliptic Brewing and Ancestry Brewing, square off against the reigning champions, Crux Fermentation Project … Continue reading
Shameless self-promotion time! This Saturday, January 27 (today!), I will be at the Deschutes Brewery Bend Tasting Room to present “Uncovering Bend Beer: A History of Beer in Central Oregon” — a book and history talk based on my book Bend Beer (of course). My plan is to talk both about the history of … Continue reading
On Saturday, January 13, McMenamins Old St. Francis School hosts their 5th annual High Gravity Brewfest, their winter celebration of big, bold, and strong beers and ciders. They’ll feature over two dozen beers and ciders pouring from a host of guest breweries, a mix of our local Central Oregon ones … Continue reading
The Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival is coming up in a couple of days and the organizers are still looking for additional volunteers to help pour beer. The event is taking place at GoodLife Brewing from 2 to 9pm, and there are two shifts available for pouring. Anyone interesting in … Continue reading