The Brew Site
June is a big month for Bend brewery anniversaries, with GoodLife, Crux Fermentation Project, and Deschutes Brewery all celebrating within a couple weeks of each other. This year, Deschutes turns 31, and is celebrating with a 31st Anniversary Luau Party on Thursday the 27th, and two special beer releases. One … Continue reading
In 2012, Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project opened the doors to a renovated AAMCO Transmission shop, retrofitted with a ten hectoliter Japanese brewhouse and tasting room with lofty ambitions. In the intervening seven years, the original location exploded in popularity necessitating further expansion and Crux opened an additional production brewery on … Continue reading
The Portland International Cider Cup awards ceremony took place last night, the culmination of the annual competition held by the Northwest Cider Association that represents ciders across the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Unfortunately unlike the past two years, we weren’t able to attend in person last night (it’s a … Continue reading
The eighth annual Oregon Cider Week begins today, June 20, once again bringing cider to the forefront for 11 days of events around the state. Hosted by the Northwest Cider Association, it’s a great time to learn more cider in general and Oregon’s industry which has been growing. From Thursday, … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin dropped on Sunday, in which I visit the newish Boss Rambler Beer Club and try several of the beers (finally). Boss Rambler Beer Club quietly appeared on the scene last year, founded by alums of the Central Oregon brewing community. Matt Molletta and Jacob … Continue reading
At first glance that might read as a “black cider” but in fact, Double Mountain Brewery’s latest seasonal cider is made from Arkansas Black apples. And a bottle arrived today, and promises to be dry, and “savory and earthen.” Double Mountains ciders have been quite good, so this will an … Continue reading
Bend’s GoodLife Brewing is turning eight this year, and is gearing up to celebrate its eighth anniversary on Saturday, June 15 with a party in its biergarten featuring special beer releases, live music, and more. GoodLife was only Central Oregon’s ninth brewery when it opened in 2011, which might seem … Continue reading
My print article that came out in The Bulletin last week covered Redmond’s Cascade Lakes Brewing and its 25th anniversary taking place this year. I touch on a bit of the brewery’s history, and highlighted this year’s big news of new ownership and new brewmaster in Ryan Schmiege (formerly of … Continue reading
Happy Monday! Here’s a quick roundup of the Oregon beer news for this week of June 10, but also a note that it’ll be the last in the daily news posts for a while. Summer is getting busy, and I’ll be doing some traveling which keeps me off the keyboard. … Continue reading
A couple of beers arrived in time for the weekend: Deschutes Brewery‘s new Lil’ Squeezy Juice Ale, a gluten-reduced pale ale in the “Fresh Squeezed family,” and Double Mountain Brewery‘s Basic Rights IPA, in support of LGBTQ rights with Basic Rights Oregon. It’s graduation weekened, with family in town, so … Continue reading