Central Oregon Beer Week events, Friday, May 25

Central Oregon Beer Week events, Friday, May 25

Central Oregon Beer Week continues, with more great events lined up for today, Friday the 25th. TGIF! Specials Bend Ale Trail special all week long Anyone who completes the Bend Ale Trail during the Week will get a special, limited edition Bend Ale Trail koozie! Specials at Cascade West Cascade West will … Continue reading

Central Oregon Beer Week events, Thursday, May 24

Central Oregon Beer Week events, Thursday, May 24

Central Oregon Beer Week continues, with more great events lined up for today, Thursday the 24th. And in addition to the events below, the GETIT Shuttle will be running a special service from 4 to 9pm tonight between breweries and venues for a fantastic deal: To help keep the party groove moving … Continue reading

Central Oregon Beer Week events, Wednesday, May 23

Central Oregon Beer Week events, Wednesday, May 23

Central Oregon Beer Week continues, with more great events lined up for today, Wednesday the 23rd. Unfortunately though, the Wanderlust Backstage Beer Tour didn’t get enough numbers to make it a go, so they were not able to do that tour this time around, which is a shame because that sounded really … Continue reading

Central Oregon Beer Week in the media

Since getting this whole Central Oregon Beer Week started, there’s been good attention paid from various media sources, which is awesome. Here’s a roundup of what I know about (so far): Cascade Business News: They published a good article about both the Beer Week and the Central Oregon Brewers Guild … Continue reading

Central Oregon Beer Week events, Tuesday, May 22

Central Oregon Beer Week events, Tuesday, May 22

Central Oregon Beer Week continues, with more great events lined up for today: Specials Bend Ale Trail special all week long Anyone who completes the Bend Ale Trail during the Week will get a special, limited edition Bend Ale Trail koozie! Specials at Cascade West Cascade West will have 12 of their … Continue reading

Central Oregon Beer Week events, Monday, May 21

Central Oregon Beer Week events, Monday, May 21

Today is the first day of the first-ever Central Oregon Beer Week! All this week I’ll be posting daily about the events for the day, starting with today’s: Specials Bend Ale Trail special all week long Anyone who completes the Bend Ale Trail during the Week will get a special, … Continue reading

Promoting Central Oregon Beer Week on Beer O’Clock radio

I was on Lisa Morrison’s Beer O’Clock radio show yesterday to talk about Central Oregon Beer Week (which starts tomorrow!), the Central Oregon Brewers Guild, and beer in Central Oregon generally. You can listen on the embedded player on that page, and between all my “uhs” and “ums” you might … Continue reading

Central Oregon Beer Week: The Events

Central Oregon Beer Week: The Events

The first-ever Central Oregon Beer Week kicks off on Monday next week (from May 21 through 27) and the events are filling out with a nice lineup of things going on all week. I’m not covering all of them here—go check out the page for the full listing—but here are … Continue reading

Oregon Garden Brewfest wrap-up review

Oregon Garden Brewfest wrap-up review

Yesterday I posted my thoughts and notes about the Brewer’s Tasting Dinner for the Oregon Garden Brewfest, so today is the rest of it: my review of the Brewfest (from attending on Friday). Interestingly the press release just came out yesterday highlighting the record attendance for this year’s Brewfest (6000 … Continue reading

Oregon Garden Brewfest: Brewer’s Tasting Dinner

Oregon Garden Brewfest: Brewer’s Tasting Dinner

On Thursday night, the Oregon Garden Resort hosted the Brewer’s Tasting Dinner precursor to the weekend’s Oregon Garden Brewfest: the first year they’ve done a beer-pairing dinner I believe. I’d been invited to attend (along with a number of other regional bloggers), both the Dinner and the OGBF the next … Continue reading