Oregon Beer News, 10/10/2013

Oregon Beer News, 10/10/2013

Oregon Beer News for Thursday, October 10, 2013. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Received: Deschutes fresh hop beers

Received: Deschutes fresh hop beers

These came for me from Deschutes Brewery the other day: Hop Trip and Chasin’ Freshies, the two bottled fresh hop offerings they have each year. (There are a ton more fresh hop beers that are pub-only, of course!) I’ll post some writeups on these, to see how they’ve changed this … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 10/09/2013

Oregon Beer News, 10/09/2013

Oregon Beer News for Wednesday, October 9, 2013. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Bridge 99 Brewery, Bend’s newest

Bridge 99 Brewery, Bend’s newest

About two weeks ago I got a chance to meet the owner and sample the beers of Bend, Oregon’s brand-spanking-newest brewery, Bridge 99 Brewery—Central Oregon’s 22nd brewery. Beer writer Brian Yaeger was in town, doing a final sweep of breweries for his forthcoming guidebook, and we joined him to meet … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 10/08/2013

Oregon Beer News, 10/08/2013

Oregon Beer News for Tuesday, October 8, 2013. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Great Pumpkin Beer Festival wrap-up

Great Pumpkin Beer Festival wrap-up

Looking back in retrospect on the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival we attended in Seattle this past weekend, there’s really not much more I can add to my day 1 and day 2 summaries except for the beers I sampled (for day 2) and any final notes. I also have quite … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 10/07/2013

Oregon Beer News, 10/07/2013

Oregon Beer News for Monday, October 7, 2013. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Elysian GPBF, day 2

Elysian GPBF, day 2

On Friday we were able to enter Elysian’s Great Pumpkin Beer Festival an hour early thanks to the media passes that Elysian provided, and yesterday we lined up with the crowd to enter at noon (the media passes being only for the one day). And when I write “crowd” I’m … Continue reading

Visiting the Great Pumpkin Beer Fest (day 1)

Visiting the Great Pumpkin Beer Fest (day 1)

Elysian Brewing’s Great Pumpkin Beer Festival has been on my “bucket list” of beer events to attend for a while now (since I love pumpkin beers, as long-time followers know), and this year was finally it. I’ll have more to write about the Festival after this weekend, for now some … Continue reading

The Session #80: Is Craft Beer a Bubble?

The Session #80: Is Craft Beer a Bubble?

It’s the first Friday of the month and that means it’s time to kick off another round of The Session! This month Derek Harrison of It’s Not Just the Alcohol Talking is our host, and he’s asking a provocative question: Is craft beer a bubble? It’s a good time to be in the … Continue reading