Latest print article: Touching base on Funky Fauna Artisan Ales

Latest print article: Touching base on Funky Fauna Artisan Ales

My latest article for The Bulletin revisits Funky Fauna Artisan Ales of Sisters, with some news about the announced opening of a new Bend taproom, The Doom Lounge, as well as reviews of two of the more recent beers: Forestlike and Gathering of Ghouls. Both are wild saisons conditioned on … Continue reading

GoodLife Brewing is expanding to Nevada

GoodLife Brewing is expanding to Nevada

Big news for Bend’s GoodLife Brewing this week, as the company announced that it is expanding into Nevada, with both a statewide distribution deal and a partnership to open a new GoodLife location in Henderson (outside of Las Vegas). The company is taking over the location of Street Burger, rebranding … Continue reading

Latest print article: GABF winners featuring Immersion Brewing

Latest print article: GABF winners featuring Immersion Brewing

My latest article for The Bulletin, out a week and half ago, covered the local Great American Beer Festival winning beers and breweries, with a focus on Immersion Brewing, a first-time GABF winner this year with its Poggers fruited sour ale. Immersion has previously won awards at other competitions, including … Continue reading

Deluxe Brewing celebrates 10 years this week

Deluxe Brewing celebrates 10 years this week

Deluxe Brewing of Albany, Oregon opened its doors in 2013, with a primary focus on brewing lagers. it was also the city’s first brewstillery—brewery and distillery combined in the same building—with the concurrent launch of Sinister Distilling. This week, from September 18 through 24, the company is celebrating its tenth … Continue reading

Latest print article: Oblivion Brewing at 10 years

Latest print article: Oblivion Brewing at 10 years

My latest article for The Bulletin takes a look at one of Bend’s more under-the-radar breweries that is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year—Oblivion Brewing. I cover a bit of the brewery’s background and its beers, including reviewing the summer seasonal Cultus Sunset India Session Ale, canned for the first … Continue reading

Cascade Lakes Brewing’s new east side pub opening July 19

Cascade Lakes Brewing’s new east side pub opening July 19

Cascade Lakes Brewing of Redmond, Oregon, has been building out a new pub on Bend’s east side, and recently the brewery was finally able to give a limited opening date for the new location—July 19. Located at the corner of 27th Street and Reed Market Road, the buildout was originally … Continue reading

Latest print article: Cask ale with Porter Brewing Company

Latest print article: Cask ale with Porter Brewing Company

My latest article for The Bulletin, published last week, considers that rare form of beer in America—cask ale, and highlights Central Oregon’s own purveyor of English-style cask-conditioned ales, Porter Brewing. Contemporary cask ale derives almost entirely from British pub traditions, and the best examples naturally are to be found in … Continue reading