The Brew Site
This will probably be surprising but of the dozens of breweries I’ve visited I’ve never once taken the opportunity to tour the facility. I’m uncertain whether it was reluctance or an obsession in reaching the tasting room/bar quicker but that all came to a screeching halt with a recent tour … Continue reading
Several weeks ago my wife and I finally made the trek out to Prineville in the heart of Central Oregon (true story; Prineville was the region’s “metropolis” over a century ago) to check out Solstice Brewing, Prineville’s one-and-only brewpub. Though open for a about a year and a half now, … Continue reading
This Saturday the 16th Three Creeks Brewing in Sisters is hosting their first “March Maltness” event, featuring a throwdown of “malt bombs” they’ve gathered from breweries around Oregon that people will be able to sample and vote for their favorites. The event starts at 4pm and will cost $10 for … Continue reading
San Francisco Beer Week is an amazing extravaganza of beer and community that resonates throughout the Bay Area and this year’s ran from February 8-17. For the launch of this incredible event… I thought it would be fun to instead pay visit my old home of San Diego for the … Continue reading
Three Creeks Brewing over in Sisters has recently added a great feature to their pub: the Outlaw Taps! These are three special taps at the end of the bar (jutting out of a re-purposed barrel top), and brewer Zach Beckwith tells me that “they’ll continually pour barrel aged, vintage and big … Continue reading
The month of February marks 18 years of brewing beer for Bend Brewing Company, and all month long they’ve been offering up all of their award-winning beers (both on tap and in bottles). Today, Saturday the 23rd, they are celebrating with live music, giveaways, great beer prizes, and more (Facebook … Continue reading
This Saturday, February 16th, is Oregon’s fifth annual statewide Zwickelmania event: organized by the Oregon Brewers Guild, breweries across the state hold special open houses from 11am to 4pm, offering up tours, tastings, and often special extras just for the one day. As OBG’s blurb says, “Your once-a-year backstage pass … Continue reading
This blog is all about Oregon; every now and again I pop my head up and try to highlight various beer-related things and news elsewhere too. One such tidbit that’s been catching my eye is coming out of Asheville, NC (of course!): Twin Leaf Brewery. I’ve been particularly interested in … Continue reading
We first heard about potential new Bend brewery Rat Hole Brewing way back in September 2011—and then almost nothing since. (I blogged about it, after the Bend Bulletin ran an article.) I was wondering if it was fated to be one of those announced-but-never-got-off-the-ground businesses, particularly for a small rural brewery … Continue reading
It’s been a fair amount of time since I got a chance to visit a brewery solely for a beer release party so when I got a postcard announcing the coming of the Hopocalypse at Drake’s Brewing I knew I had to taste the end of days. The Barrel House, … Continue reading