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The annual Best of Craft Beer Awards took place recently here in Bend; this was its fifth year taking place, and it has grown into an impressive size, becoming (according to the description) the third-largest pro brewing competition in the U.S. Over 2000 entries were amassed, and judges were selected … Continue reading
Bend’s GoodLife Brewing jumps on the hazy train, and announced yesterday the latest (and final) beer in their Secret Stash Experimental IPA series, Secret Stash Hazy IPA. It’s the culmination of the brewery’s year-long experimental project, where they had released a new IPA every couple of months through 2017. Here is … Continue reading
I reported in my beer news post on Monday that Deschutes Brewery is now official with canned beer, as word rolled out through their social media channels that Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Fresh Squeezed IPA, and Pacific Wonderland Lager are all now available in 12-ounce cans. Deschutes issued the official … Continue reading
Bend, Oregon’s GoodLife Brewing announced last week the release of Secret Stash #005, the latest IPA in their experimental series and the final Secret Stash release of the year. This one is a single hop Mosaic IPA, and if you’re a fan of this hop variety, then you’ll want to … Continue reading
Bend’s Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery teamed up once again for the second release of Black Butte Whiskey, their American whiskey made with a wash of Deschutes’ Black Butte Porter. (A “wash” is basically the fermented, unhopped wort that gets distilled.) Bottles will be released next week and available exclusively at … Continue reading
The folks over at GoodLife Brewing here in Bend first told me about this collaboration probably two years ago when they were just getting started with it: Brett Lager, a collaboration with The Ale Apothecary (who at the time was building out their barrel and tasting room next door to … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery this morning issued the press release announcing this year’s release of their winter ale, Jubelale—and this year happens to be the 30th release of this beer. First released in 1988, “Jubel-Ale” was hand-bottled in 750ml champagne bottles, and it has returned every year since. (Check out below for … Continue reading
Cascade Lakes Brewing out of Redmond, Oregon brewed two fresh hop beers this year, and on Friday they sent out a press release detailing them: Sizzle Juice Fresh Hop IPA and Frog Water Fresh Hop IPA. Both beers are available both in bottles and on draft, and they were pouring … Continue reading
The World Beer Awards judging for 2017 just wrapped up and results have been posted online, and Bend’s own Deschutes Brewery brought home a number of medals that they are (rightfully) pretty pleased about. The brewery issued a press release today summarizing their results: Deschutes Brewery beers took center stage at … Continue reading
Bend, Oregon’s GoodLife Brewing has been seeing some interesting changes for 2017. Earlier in the month they announced a distribution change in southwest Washington, transferring distribution rights from Craig Stein Beverages to Kendall’s Pioneer / Corwin Beverages. Roughly concurrent with that, news came out that a new head brewer was coming on board—Tyler West, … Continue reading