The Brew Site
Hop heads rejoice: McMenamins Cedar Hills Pub in Beaverton is set to host its first brewfest this Saturday, February 8, with its inaugural Cedar Hills Pub IPA Festival. This joins the family of McMenamins festivals with a hoppy focus, and will feature variations on IPAs from 22 McMenamins breweries. (Future … Continue reading
Last weekend the Suttle Lodge hosted its first-ever beer festival with its Winter Brew Fest, featuring a number of regional breweries pouring beers from the Lodge resorts rustic cabins in an outdoor campground setting. The Lodge and resort is located on the shore of Suttle Lake, a popular recreation and … Continue reading
The annual KLCC Brewfest in Eugene returns on February 7 and 8, taking place once again at the Lane Events Center. It’s one of the area’s biggest and longest-running beer festivals, and serves as a fundraiser for Eugene’s public radio station KLCC 89.7 FM. This year’s event looks to be … Continue reading
First things first: the 12th annual Zwickelmania returns this February! It’s one of my favorite beer events of the year (though to be fair, most of them are my “favorite”) and provides a fun glimpse behind the scenes of the Oregon beer industry. I’ll be working to update my Zwickelmania … Continue reading
This past Saturday, McMenamins Old St. Francis School hosted its 7th annual High Gravity Brewfest, celebrating strong, high gravity beers of all stripes. This continues to be one of my favorite Bend beer festivals, and this year proved to be another good one. Here are some notes about the fest … Continue reading
The High Gravity Brewfest at Bend’s McMenamins Old St. Francis School takes place this Saturday, and when I wrote about the event previously, the beer list had not yet been finalized and posted. There are over two dozen beers and breweries represented, with ciders as well, which means plenty of … Continue reading
The Suttle Lodge is a rustic resort on the shore of Suttle Lake in the mountains of the Deschutes National Forest near Sisters, Oregon, about 45 minutes northwest of Bend. At the end of this month, from Thursday, January 30 through Saturday, February 1, the Lodge will be hosting its … Continue reading
On Saturday, January 18, McMenamins Old St. Francis School in Bend once against hosts its annual High Gravity Brewfest, featuring over two dozen strong and intense beers from around the region. I really like this festival; not only are beers pouring from other McMenamins locations as well as local and … Continue reading
I believe this is a first for Bend: Boneyard Beer is hosting 3 Floyds Brewing for a tap takeover at the Boneyard Pub this Friday, December 13! 3 Floyds is located in Munster, Indiana and is well known for its beers such as Alpha King, Zombie Dust, and the Dark … Continue reading
The 7th annual Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival takes place on Saturday, December 14, hosted once again by GoodLife Brewing. This event is a good showcase of the region’s winter beer offerings and is always a fun time. Of course, it’s a mostly-outdoor beerfest (there’s a heated tent) so you’ll … Continue reading