The first-ever Central Oregon Beer Week kicks off on Monday next week (from May 21 through 27) and the events are filling out with a nice lineup of things going on all week. I’m not covering all of them here—go check out the page for the full listing—but here are some highlights: BREWS & BANDS at the Broken Top Bottle Shop all week: BTBS is a major contributor to COBW, and they’ve lined up a … Continue reading →
Yesterday I posted my thoughts and notes about the Brewer’s Tasting Dinner for the Oregon Garden Brewfest, so today is the rest of it: my review of the Brewfest (from attending on Friday). Interestingly the press release just came out yesterday highlighting the record attendance for this year’s Brewfest (6000 vs. 3200 last year which seems pretty respectable for Silverton) and the People’s Choice beer of the Fest—more on that in a bit. First off, … Continue reading →
On Thursday night, the Oregon Garden Resort hosted the Brewer’s Tasting Dinner precursor to the weekend’s Oregon Garden Brewfest: the first year they’ve done a beer-pairing dinner I believe. I’d been invited to attend (along with a number of other regional bloggers), both the Dinner and the OGBF the next day (see my disclosure at the bottom of this post), so naturally doing what I do I took a number of pictures and wrote down notes. … Continue reading →
There will longer posts coming (of course) but I thought I’d run a few pictures from last night’s Brewer’s Dinner at the Oregon Garden Brewfest.
Big news for Central Oregon next month as we roll out the inaugural Central Oregon Beer Week, taking place the last full week in May from the 21st through the 27th! This is a project I’ve been working on for a little while now and we recently made it official, and decided to go for it. Here’s the official press release that’s out: CELEBRATE CENTRAL OREGON BEER WEEK MAY 21-27 Bend and Central Oregon has … Continue reading →
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