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Michigan’s New Holland Brewing released their 2018 beer schedule, the second brewery to have done so (or at least send me the press release). Looks like a nice overall lineup, including a new beer mentioned in the press release: Holland, Michigan based craft brewer and distiller, New Holland Brewing, announces … Continue reading
I hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving holiday, and (if you partake in it) a successful Black Friday shopping excursion as well. My latest print article takes inspiration from “Black” Friday as a beer theme: Try a Bend brewery’s black beer on Black Friday. Yes, it’s a bit gimmicky—the article … Continue reading
Some breweries are starting to release their beer lineup schedules for the new year, so even though it’s earlier than I was posting these at the beginning of this year, I’ll start publishing them now. First up is Florida’s Cigar City Brewing, who not only shared their 2018 beer lineup … Continue reading
A couple of economic items from the last couple of weeks I hadn’t gotten to yet, related to charitable money-raising from Bend’s breweries and beer scene: Deschutes Brewery‘s Street Pub project has raised over $1 million over three years. Street Pub takes place at various cities around the country, and … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving week! With the holiday landing this week, instead of the daily news posts I’m compiling the week’s news and events into this post that I’ll periodically update. I hope everyone enjoys the shortened week and long weekend, and as always feel free to contact me with any of … Continue reading
Surprising news from Lompoc Brewing on Sunday, announcing the closure of their Hedge House Pub on southeast Division Street in Portland. The last day will be Tuesday, November 28. Here’s the statement from owner Jerry Fechter from the press release: “We’d like to thank our staff, customers, friends, family, and … Continue reading
Burns, Oregon-based Steens Mountain Brewing Company, the only brewery in Harney County and whom I wrote about last year, has been working on opening a new taproom this fall. It had been something they’d been working on for awhile, and in October they announced where it would be: Drum roll … Continue reading
Oregon Beer News for Friday, November 17, 2017. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
This year McMenamins has been all about the cans; I’ve received seasonal samples from the company over the past few years in bottles and growlers, but it’s nice to see them embrace the cans as they have. For the impending holiday season, I received cans of Kris Kringle, of course: … Continue reading
Oregon Beer News for Thursday, November 16, 2017. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!