My latest article for The Bulletin came out this week, on the 30th, and the topic is seeing what lies ahead for 2022—just in time for New Year’s Day! Of course, trying to predict the future and beer trends is always a fraught endeavor, so I started with new Central Oregon breweries to look forward to for the new year.

Until late this year, there hadn’t been a new brewery opening in Central Oregon since 2019, and 2022 is looking promising for at least two more. Earlier this month, Funky Fauna Artisan Ales officially opened its doors in Sisters and now offers three beers on tap. This new nanobrewery describes itself as, “A hyper small brewery in the Pacific Northwest focused on producing terroir driven beers through the use of local, sustainable and terroir driven ingredients.”

The next brewery opening I’m excited about is Van Henion Brewing Company, set to hopefully open its taproom in January. Van Henion was established by former Boneyard Beer brewers Mark Henion, Dana Henion and John Van Duzer, who left Boneyard after the company was acquired by Deschutes Brewery earlier this year.

After the brewery discussion, I did try to predict some upcoming trends—will I have been successful? Read the article to see what I wrote and judge for yourself this time next year.