Tag Archives: Bend Oregon
Today is Bend’s Fermentation Celebration, an Oregon Craft Beer Month event organized by the Bend’s Old Mill District with an incredibly cool premise: a “beer walk” featuring nearly all of Central Oregon’s many breweries, including a few that aren’t even open yet! (Looking over the list I see only McMenamins and the brand new Sunriver Brewing are not present.) The breweries will be stationed in various participating shops and restaurants, and be pouring samples of … Continue reading →
Another reason why Bend’s beer scene is awesome: our local Whole Foods Market is holding their 2nd Annual Brewfest this Saturday, June 7th! It’s taking place from 1 to 6pm in their east parking lot adjacent to the store, and costs $5 to enter. We’ll have 16+ breweries, tasty food, and the Humane Society of Central Oregon doing an adoption event! Proceeds from the event benefit the Humane Society – so come have a beer for a good … Continue reading →
I touched on this in today’s Oregon Beer News post but I wanted to highlight it in more detail: the European Beer Tasting Flight happening to day at McMenamins Old St. Francis School here in Bend. Brewer Mike “Curly” White has brewed up three variously European-styled summer beers (all using different strains of yeast of course) and is presenting them side-by-side to highlight the differences and complexities of the different styles and yeasts used. This … Continue reading →
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 →
There’s been a series of temporary names attached to former Deschutes Brewmaster Larry Sidor’s new brewery project—856 Brewing, Yet To Be Named Brewery, and now I see on Facebook “Soon to be named Brewery”—and this morning the official name is out: Crux Fermentation Project. Sidor sent me the press release last night, which talks about the new (and a bit unconventional) name: We’re really excited about how quickly the beer world is evolving. It wasn’t … Continue reading →
