The Brew Site
Bend’s Silver Moon Brewing closed their downtown pub back in May for much-needed renovations. The original plan was to be complete and open again in June, but as is often the case with big construction projects, it strung out through the summer. Then end is here now! They were hoping … Continue reading
Sorry for no news post today; I had the opportunity to ride over with someone from Deschutes Brewery to Goschie Farms to pick up 50 pounds of fresh hops for a specialty beer being released in a bit over a month. That necessitated leaving at 7am for the two-and-a-half hour … Continue reading
The World Beer Awards judging for 2017 just wrapped up and results have been posted online, and Bend’s own Deschutes Brewery brought home a number of medals that they are (rightfully) pretty pleased about. The brewery issued a press release today summarizing their results: Deschutes Brewery beers took center stage at … Continue reading
On Tuesday the 27th, the Brewers Association issued their press release announcing the launch of their new seal to designate independent brewers—the upside-down bottle graphic you’ve probably already seen—which has set off a number of reactions and have the beer folks talking. The BA is, of course, the trade organization … Continue reading
With over 5,300 breweries currently active in the United States (and I seem to recall seeing that number quoted as 5,700 recently), it’s unfortunate but a fact of business that not all of them will be successful. Official word came down this month that two of Oregon’s smaller breweries, Juniper … Continue reading
Over Memorial Day weekend we took a family trip down the southern Oregon Coast to Bandon, a small town of about 3,000 on the Coquille River 24 miles south of Coos Bay. It wasn’t ostensibly a beer trip, but naturally opportunities to explore a bit of the beer scene presented … Continue reading
On Saturday GoodLife Brewing held the memorial and celebration of life for co-owner and brewer Curt Plants, who passed away suddenly last month. It was largely volunteer-driven, and we went down and volunteered for the first half of the event. Many people came to pay their respects to Curt and … Continue reading
This is a tough one. A bit over a week ago, on April 28, GoodLife Brewing‘s co-founder and brewmaster Curt Plants passed away suddenly. This loss is a huge blow to the community, as Curt was a good brewer, an amazingly nice guy, well-liked by all, and truly generous. GoodLife posted an … Continue reading
I’ve run several Oregon craft brewery beer schedules recently, and the other day AC Golden Brewing Company (the subsidiary of Coors, who brews their Colorado Native line of beers) sent out their 2017 beer lineup in a press release. Yes, I’m posting this just like I’ve done the others. I … Continue reading
Widmer Brothers Brewing announced their spring beer lineup and their 2017 release schedule, which includes some new Hefe variants, a cider, and some re-releases. There’s a bit of an interesting evolution happening with Hefeweizen, prompted by the success(?) of Hefe Shandy and the upcoming release of the Hefe Hopfruit. Details … Continue reading