Cascade Lakes Brewing is celebrating Pride Month with a special edition of its flagship Blonde Bombshell that will raise money for Queer Creators’ Collective in Central Oregon. Pride Blonde Bombshell features Pride flag colors, and the release party is taking place June 7 at the company’s west Bend pub (the … Continue reading
Bend’s Avid Cider Company is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, and has a lineup of 10 cider releases along with a slate of events for the month of June. It all culminates on June 30 with the “Cheers to 10 Years” concert and celebration, with all 10 ciders on … Continue reading
Boston’s Harpoon Brewery recently released two new beers, American-style pale lagers whose sales will benefit military families with $1 per case sold: American Flyer Lager and American Flyer Light. The brewery sent me samples of each beer to review as well. Press release: $1 of each case sold will benefit … Continue reading
The Bend edition of the Baker’s Dozen Coffee Beer and Doughnut Fest is back, returning on Saturday, May 20 for its second annual edition hosted by Silver Moon Brewing. Like the Portland counterpart, this fest features 13 coffee beers paired with doughnuts and coffee and takes place from 10:00 a.m … Continue reading
Go Ask Talus is the latest single hop IPA from Double Mountain Brewery, featuring (as you might expect) the Talus hop, a relatively new variety formerly known as HBC 692 that is a daughter of Sabro. I received a bottle of this new beer last week in conjunction with the … Continue reading
For most of its existence, Bell’s Brewery had not distributed its beers to Oregon (or the rest of the Pacific Northwest), so for those of us living in the PNW, having the opportunity to drink any of its acclaimed and highly-rated beers meant jumping over a number of hurdles. But … Continue reading
Earlier this month, the 9th annual Best of Craft Beer Awards took place here in Central Oregon, and the winners were announced shortly thereafter. Best of Craft Beer has grown quite a bit over the years, and for 2023 more than 2500 entries were submitted and judged. The full results … Continue reading
Deluxe Brewing of Albany, Oregon released a new specialty beer this month, a collaboration with the Pink Boots Society as part of the Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day that took place in March. The new brew is April Showers Shandy, a wheat ale with the Pink Boots Blend of hops … Continue reading
The latest beers from Public Coast Brewing are out for spring, and they feature a brand new fruited double IPA as well as two returning ales. The new beer is a collaboration with Big Dog’s Brewing of Las Vegas, Violent Violet Blueberry Hazy DIPA, joining with Uncle Fred’s German Wheat … Continue reading
Avid Cider of Bend, Oregon recently announced a brand refresh, starting with its flagship Blackberry Cider, as well as its newest release—Royal Apricot Imperial Cider. Both ciders are available in six-packs of 12-ounce cans. Royal Apricot joins the company’s Imperial Series which includes Golden Delish; these ciders are 8.5% alcohol … Continue reading