The Brew Site
The 10th annual Sisters Fresh Hop Festival returns Saturday, September 28, hosted by Three Creeks Brewing at its production facility. This is the second year that Three Creeks has hosted the event; previously, it took place in Sisters’ Village Green Park. There will be a large tent set up on … Continue reading
In what I believe is the first fresh hop event of the season, the inaugural Silverton Fresh Hop Fest begins today, September 6, hosted by Silver Falls Brewery in Silverton. This fest runs two days, Friday the 6th and Saturday the 7th, and will feature Silver Falls pouring a wide … Continue reading
It’s that time of year already, and this year’s first harvesting of fresh hops felt earlier than usual (but maybe that’s just because it felt like the summer flew by). As I’ve done the past several years, here is my ongoing attempt to track the various Central Oregon fresh hop … Continue reading
Updated: I updated the beer list below after attending Friday night. This Labor Day weekend marks the 10th anniversary of The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival here in Bend! This event, which highlights specialty wood-aged beers and ciders, began in 2009 as an all-local fest that has … Continue reading
The 2019 Bend Brewfest kicks off Thursday, April 15 and runs for three days, featuring over 200 different beers and ciders pouring at the Les Schwab Amphitheater adjacent to the Deschutes River. The Brewfest follows the standard format, with one token equaling a four-ounce pour of beer along with a … Continue reading
The 32nd annual Oregon Brewers Festival is in full swing this week, running Wednesday through Saturday, and if you’re planning to attend I thought it would be a good time to re-up my OBF Survival Guide post from a number of years back. Written in 2012(!) it’s a bit dated … Continue reading
McMenamins has been hosting a number of brewfests going back over two decades with the original Hillsdale Brewfest and these are fun events, taking place on the grounds of various properties with a wide selection of other McMenamins breweries as well as guest breweries. This Saturday, June 20, the latest … Continue reading
This Sunday, July 14, Phil Busse, author of the new Southern Oregon Beer: A Pioneering History (in the same History Press series as my own Bend Beer) will be in Bend at Broken Top Bottle Shop to promote his book—and Phil invited me to join him with my own book … Continue reading
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