The Brew SiteA beer news post over on The New School yesterday talks about a new brewery slated for Eastern Oregon’s Baker City, the Bull Ridge Brewpub. A new 3-part business plan has just been recommended for approval by the OLCC in Baker City, OR (also home of Barley Browns). The Bull … Continue reading
Right on the heels of the news that Brewmaster Larry Sidor is leaving Deschutes Brewery at the end of this year, The Daily Pull today publishes some additional information: Just days after the announcement that brewmaster Larry Sidor will be leaving Deschutes Brewery, Portland Business Journal reports that “Sidor and … Continue reading
In my Oregon beer calendar for June post I forgot to mention that Medford Beer Week is taking place this month—in fact, it’s taking place this week! The first Beer Week for the Southern Oregon city kicked off yesterday, the 12th, and runs through the 18th (Saturday). There’s a nice-looking … Continue reading
Local(ish) beer blogs are buzzing with the news that broke today that Larry Sidor, the Brewmaster at Deschutes Brewery, will be leaving Deschutes at the end of this year. Both a press release and a Q&A session (conducted by Marie Melsheimer who does PR for the Brewery) were sent out … Continue reading
I and four other local beer folks are in the local news today, wherein we participated in a blind tasting of IPAs from all of Central Oregon’s nine breweries—the first such head-to-head comparison of our local brews that I’m aware of. The results were surprising, but more on that in … Continue reading
This week I received three beers plus a pint glass representing Canadian brewery Alexander Keith’s (Canadian webpage here) new push into the U.S. market. Keith’s was founded in Nova Scotia in 1820 and though it’s been available in Canada since that time, this is the first time that the Keith’s … Continue reading
The first Friday of the month means it’s time for The Session, the group beer blogging day open to anyone to write about a common theme. This month the hosting honors go to All Over Beer with an interesting topic: Beer Collectibles and Breweriana. As host of Session #52, I’ve … Continue reading
With the summertime months here (even if the weather has yet to catch up), we’re seeing an uptick in the number of beer events and festivals throughout Oregon—though most of what I’ve listed here are around Portland or Central Oregon so if you know more tell me about them. The … Continue reading
Each year Widmer releases a new, (possibly) experimental beer in their “W” Brewmasters Release series, and this year’s edition was based on a wildly popular beer that (until now) was only available on tap at their Gasthaus Pub: KGB Russian Imperial Stout. I’d never had the KGB, but I’d been … Continue reading
Two interesting pieces of brewery news from around Central Oregon for you today: First: The as-yet-to-open Noble Brewing is changing their name to “Good Life Brewing.” Word has it that they were sued—or perhaps only threatened with a lawsuit, I’m not sure—by a California brewery that already claims “Noble” for … Continue reading