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Happy Hump Day! I hope the week has been going well for you so far. Here’s the Oregon beer news for this Wednesday, September 26, pulling in the news and happenings from around the state. As usual I’ll be updating this post throughout the day, so keep revisiting for the … Continue reading
Last Friday, I got an invite by 10 Barrel Brewing to come early to the “Last Blockbuster” block party the brewery was throwing with, well, the last Blockbuster video store located here in Bend. 10 Barrel teamed up with the store and released a special beer for the occasion, The … Continue reading
The fall seasonals from Deschutes Brewery arrived at the house today: Hopzeit Autumn IPA and Chasin’ Freshies Fresh Hop IPA. Both excellent beers I’ve enjoyed in recent years, and I’m quite sure I’ll enjoy this year. (I’ve already had Hopzeit on tap at the Bend Pub—it’s good.) Chasin’ Freshies is … Continue reading
For the first time since its inception, the Sisters Fresh Hop Festival will not take place in Village Green Park near downtown Sisters. Instead, it moves this year to the production facility of Three Creeks Brewing, located on the north side of town. This will allow for “a more brewery-like atmosphere,” … Continue reading
Here is the Tuesday news in the world of Oregon beer for this September 25; Tuesdays are great days for brewery fundraising events so watch for the ones local to you. As usual I’ll be updating this post throughout the day so check back often. Widmer Brothers Brewing (Portland) hosts … Continue reading
The first Oktoberfest beer I drank to kick off the season is the one sent to me from Two Brothers Artisan Brewing: Atom Smasher Oak Aged Oktoberfest Style Lager. It’s a Marzen-style lager aged on oak chips, added during the fermentation process and which (I’m pretty sure) are un-spirited. The … Continue reading
Here is the Oregon beer news for the start of the final week of September, and the first week of autumn. I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with the news as I find it, so check back in from time to time, and as always feel free to … Continue reading
The Great American Beer Festival wrapped up on Saturday, the highlight of the day being the annual awards ceremony for the competition. Everyone is of course posting the results, and a complete list of all of the winners is here. I live-tweeted the Oregon winning results during the livestream of … Continue reading
Happy Friday! This is weekend is not only the start of fall (the equinox is Saturday the 22nd) but it’s also the official start of Oktoberfest in Munich (also Saturday the 22nd) so there are quite a number of such celebrations going on across the state, this weekend and beyond. … Continue reading
This weekend the Bend Oktoberfest returns to downtown to bring a little bit of Bavaria to Central Oregon. The annual event is put on by the Downtown Bend Business Association as a fundraiser for the beautification of the downtown district, and part of downtown will be closed for the festivities. … Continue reading