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Happy Monday! I hope you were able to beat the heat this weekend, and are geared up for another hot week ahead. Here’s the Oregon beer news for this Monday, July 16, to help kick off the week; as usual I’ll be periodically updating this post throughout the day with … Continue reading
Jon and I attended the 2018 Homebrew Con a few weeks ago. What a fabulous event to have to bring together beer geeks with industry professionals and other fellow enthusiasts for three days of fun, demonstrations, sessions, parties and of course homemade fermented beverages. After a longer than normal vetting … Continue reading
TGIF — even if that “F” is Friday the 13th! I hope everyone’s ready for a hot weekend (it’s approaching triple digit temps here in Bend) and have ways to beat the heat. For beer ideas here’s the Oregon news roundup for this weekend; I’ll be periodically updating this post … Continue reading
One of the most anticipated beer openings in Bend in recent days/months/years is Boneyard Beer‘s long-awaited pub. Located at 1955 NE Division Street in Bend, the location was formerly a Chinese restaurant as well as a Texas Hold’em poker room and a short-lived taqueria, and was purchased by Boneyard owner … Continue reading
One of the fixtures of the Oregon beer scene is the annual Oregon Brewers Festival in Portland during the last full weekend in July. This year’s OBF kicks off in two weeks, and there are some (big) changes taking place. First, the OBF has been scaled back to four days, … Continue reading
The heat is moving in on this 12th of July, so make sure to find things to do to keep cool. Perhaps today’s Oregon beer news for this hot Thursday can help out. I will be periodically updating this post throughout the day, so check back occasionally to find out … Continue reading
Happy Wednesday! Here is the news in beer from around Oregon for this hump day, July 11. As usual I’ll periodically update this post throughout the day with any additional news as I find it; check back from time to time for the latest. Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland) is hosting … Continue reading
I’ve always had an affinity for Cream Ale, that oddly-named light American ale style with nineteenth century roots. All too often it seems to be nudged out of the way by the more prosaically-named Blonde or Golden Ale in many a brewery’s lineup however. Admittedly, digging into the style reveals there … Continue reading
Here is the Oregon beer news for this Tuesday, July 10. As usual, I’ll be periodically updating this post throughout the day with the latest news and events as I find them, so check back from time to time. And feel free to contact me to send any news my … Continue reading
This latest edition of The Session for July 2018 is hosted by Roger’s Beer… and Other Drinks and covers an interesting topic: German Wheat Beers. I would like to clarify for myself the similarities and dissimilarities of weissbeers, kristall weizen, weizen, hefeweizen, etc. I’d love to read about the distinctions … Continue reading