The Brew Site
It’s been coming for awhile: the owner of the property here in Bend that houses The Brew Shop and the Platypus Pub is planning to raze the building to put in a drive-thru coffee stand and retail space. The Brew Shop is the region’s sole homebrew supply store, and unfortunately … Continue reading
News about new beer releases from four different Bend breweries came down the wire today, so I thought I’d round it all up into one aggregate post. There’s some great stuff coming out of Bend (as usual!) so you’re going to want to be here to check things out. Boneyard … Continue reading
Here is the official press release for the January 5 Bend Resilience Fest that I wrote about this past weekend (note the name change from “Central Oregon” as I originally had it): Breweries across Central and Eastern Oregon are coming together for a single beer and a single cause. The … Continue reading
Recently, my friend Paul told me he’d found a “beer channel” on Roku, which sounded like a neat idea. I don’t know what the ratio of original programming to “recycled” material it plays, but it got me thinking. There are a lot of beer-related videos on YouTube, of all sorts—travel, … Continue reading
It’s been awhile since Central Oregon has seen new breweries, but 2018 seems to be the year for them. In fact, three or maybe four on this list are already open, making this year the most active since 2013. And I’ll admit, until recently, many of these snuck in under … Continue reading
This month’s installment of The Session is hosted by Gareth of Barrel Aged Leeds, who is asking us to consider Hometown Glories: Take this and run with it how you wish, but when thinking about possible subjects I had in mind an imminent visit to the place I spent my … Continue reading
A couple of economic items from the last couple of weeks I hadn’t gotten to yet, related to charitable money-raising from Bend’s breweries and beer scene: Deschutes Brewery‘s Street Pub project has raised over $1 million over three years. Street Pub takes place at various cities around the country, and … Continue reading
The 15th annual Bend Brewfest returns to Bend, Oregon’s Les Schwab Amphitheater this week, running from Thursday the 10th through Saturday the 12th. Normally taking place the third week of August, this year the eclipse prompted the organizers to move it a week earlier. This is the region’s largest beer … Continue reading
Last week the Bend Brewfest announced the dates for this year’s festival, along with the call for participant brewery applications. This year marks the 15th annual Bend Brewfest, which has been taking place each year since 2004. (Except for 2009 that is—the Brewfest had been cancelled that year due to … Continue reading
On Tuesday, January 17, the 61st annual American Hop Convention comes to Bend, Oregon for the first time. The convention takes place at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes hotel and convention center and runs through Friday, January 20. Join us for the 2017 American Hop Convention as we journey across … Continue reading