My latest article for The Bulletin covers Bend’s newest brewery, Van Henion Brewing, and its first two beers on the market, Helles Lager and India Pale Ale. It’s not the first article you’ve probably seen on the new company, and certainly won’t be the last, but what makes Van Henion particularly notable is that these are experienced brewers brewing on a well-established system so their beers are already fairly widely available.

Van Henion Brewing Co. is Bend’s newest brewery, which began selling beer just last month. It was founded by three former brewers from Boneyard Beer Co., Mark and Dana Henion and John Van Duzer, who plan to “specialize in making the types of beers that brewers love to drink: clean lagers and bright IPAs,” according to the website.

After the sale of Boneyard to Deschutes Brewery, announced in March of last year, Boneyard’s brewing operations migrated to Deschutes, which left its production brewery on Plateau Drive sitting empty. The Henions and Van Duzer were able to purchase the facility, effectively a turn-key brewery, and hit the market in January with two beers, Helles Lager and India Pale Ale.

Read the full article to get my take on the beers (hint: they are good!).