Over on my Hop Press blog this weekend, I wrote about the up-and-coming Noble Brewing here in Bend. Slated to open (probably) in early January 2011, Noble will up Bend’s brewery count to seven (nine for the area total). Incidentally, that’s about 1 brewery for every 11,500 people, more per capita than Portland with about 1 in 16,600.

• Noble Brewing, address 1355 SW Commerce, Bend, OR 97702
• Opening the beginning of January 2011
• Planning at least a Pale Ale, IPA, Northwest Wheat