Deschutes Brewery pub expansion

The other day Deschutes Brewery hinted on Twitter about big plans for 2011, and yesterday the press release hit the wires: they’re planning on expanding their downtown Bend pub into the empty lot next door. (This lot has been vacant for several years now.) Plans include a two-story layout with … Continue reading

Press Release: Deschutes Brewery & Public House Plans Expansion

Original downtown Bend, Oregon, brew pub announces makeover for 2012 Deschutes Brewery today announced that it is expanding its original brew pub in downtown Bend, Oregon.  The Deschutes Brewery and Public House has been a gathering place and a destination for local beer fans and visitors to Central Oregon for … Continue reading

Received: Raging Bitch

Received: Raging Bitch

This came today from Flying Dog Brewery: A bottle of their 20th anniversary Belgian-style IPA, Raging Bitch. (It’s going to be interesting to see what potential search results hits I get with that name. I think it was the last beer Neal Stewart named during his tenure as marketing manager … Continue reading

Received: Hop Henge and Red Chair NWPA

Received: Hop Henge and Red Chair NWPA

During the last week and a half before Christmas, Deschutes Brewery sent over a couple of packages which seemed a little bit like getting Christmas presents. In the first one: The 2011 edition of Hop Henge Experimental (nee Imperial) IPA. This year’s formulation is 9% ABV, and has been tweaked … Continue reading

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 24: Deschutes Jubelale

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 24: Deschutes Jubelale

It’s Christmas Eve and the final day of the Advent Beer Calendar! Today’s selection is Deschutes Brewery’s Jubelale, their annual Winter Warmer that is rich, malty, and spicy. In true holiday ale tradition, each year they tweak the recipe a bit and offer up a unique label commissioned by an … Continue reading

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 23: Figgy Pudding

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 23: Figgy Pudding

Today is my birthday, and as such the other tradition I’ve attached to this Advent Calendar (the first being the selection of Anchor Christmas Ale each year) is that I pick an entirely indulgent, not-necessarily-holiday beer for today’s selection—sort of a “vanity” pick for a big delicious beer that I … Continue reading

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 22: Anchor Christmas Ale

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 22: Anchor Christmas Ale

Every year for the Advent Beer Calendar I’ve made it a tradition to select Anchor Christmas Ale for one of the days, and this year is no exception. The revitalization of Anchor under Fritz Maytag is in many ways the start of the revitalization of the American craft beer movement, … Continue reading

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 21: Ommegang Adoration

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 21: Ommegang Adoration

Today I’ve selected the “first Strong Winter Ale” from Brewery Ommegang out of New York, Ommegang Adoration. (Is this really their first Winter Ale?) Their own description may well be my favorite of the month, something I couldn’t have come up with better myself: Ommegang Adoration, brewed in the authentic … Continue reading

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 20: Flying Fish Grand Cru Winter Reserve

Advent Beer Calendar 2010: Day 20: Flying Fish Grand Cru Winter Reserve

New Jersey-based Flying Fish Brewing Company is interesting because it was the first microbrewery founded “virtually” in 1995—literally starting life as a web page and an idea, with the actual brewery opening in 1996. Today’s beer is their Grand Cru Winter Reserve, a 7.2% Belgian Abbey-styled ale first released in … Continue reading