My article on Hop Press is up today, and the topic is the Bend Ale Trail:

Starting on June 1st, you can use the Bend Ale Trail Map and Passport available in the latest Discovery Map of Central Oregon to discover Bend’s 7 breweries – and for extra credit, head to our neighboring brewery in Sisters to visit the 8th! Be sure to get your passport stamped at each location. When you get all 7 stamps, stop by or send your completed passport to the Visit Bend Welcome Center and receive a commemorative Bend Silipint made especially for beer drinkers on the go! And, if you do your extra credit and visit Sisters, you’ll receive a special surprise. [From the official website]

The work is underway to make Bend a Beer Destination (in addition to the other Destinations it’s accused of). Perhaps a Bend Beer Week will be next?