Bend Brewing Company has announced its 2022 canned beer calendar, outlining the package releases slated for the new year. Many of the standards and favorites are returning, and there are some notable new additions appearing in cans this year, including a porter, a Cascadian dark ale, and new sours.

Details from the attached press release:

Bend Brewing Company is excited to unveil their 2022 can release calendar featuring the return of the High Desert Hop Series, an expanded Pub Series and a brand new Sour Series.

Returning in 2022 the High Desert Hop Series features seven different hop forward beers throughout the year ranging from the delightfully dank Devil’s Cabbage to the annual fresh hop favorite Fresh Trop to the balanced winter IPA Sno’d In. Each High Desert Hop Series release is slated for a 2 month availability window to ensure optimum freshness. Available now through February is Urgent Fury IRA featuring Cascade, Simcoe, Amarillo and Citra hops.

2022 will also see an expansion of the brewery’s Pub Series allowing more of the favorites from our Bend brewpub to reach the rest of the state. New additions to the Pub Series include the GABF winning Old Normal Porter, Primal Dream Cascadian Dark Ale, and the all Mecca Grade Estate Malt brewed Oregon Summer Ale. The new Pub Series beers will be joined by returning favorites Black Diamond Dark Lager, Killer Stashe NW Pale, Camp Beer Lager, Alpha Blonde, Fresh Hop Grove Pale, Mocha Porter and Waist Deep Winter Ale. Available now is Black Diamond Dark Lager, a GABF and World Beer Cup winning dark lager that utilizes German Munich and Pilsner malts along with midnight wheat and Caraffa malt to create a clean dark chestnut hued lager with underlying notes of dark chocolate.

Finally, in an effort to embrace the brewery’s history of innovation with kettle souring, BBC is proud to announce the creation of a new Sour Series in cans. The Sour Series will feature extended availability of the fan favorite raspberry and lemon tinged Razztafari alongside new creations like the Thai inspired Chone Gaow.

Razztafari Sour, Black Diamond Dark Lager and Urgent Fury IRA are all available now through BBC’s distribution partners at Point Blank Distribution and Bigfoot Beverages and at BBC’s historic downtown Bend brewpub.

About Bend Brewing Company:

Founded in 1995 as Bend, Oregon’s second oldest brewery, Bend Brewing Company has won numerous awards at national and international beer competitions for its Northwest style ales and pioneering sour beers over the last 25+ years. Bend Brewing Company’s landmark downtown Bend brewpub features family friendly casual dining with an expansive waterfront lawn known as Bend’s backyard. Learn more at www.bendbrewingco.com and follow us on instagram @bendbrewingco

It’ll be interesting to see what the two “TBD” sour ales will be, and the expanded Pub Series lineup looks solid. I’d love to see more lagers make the cut but there’s a good variety overall.