Received: Double Mountain Brewery Sweet Nothings Blonde Coffee Stout

Received: Double Mountain Brewery Sweet Nothings Blonde Coffee Stout

Earlier this month Double Mountain Brewery released its latest specialty/seasonal beer, Sweet Nothings, billed as a Blonde Coffee Stout. The brewery worked with 10-Speed Coffee Roasters and Ranger Chocolate (a collaborator on Chocolate Stout of the past few years), and sent me a bottle of the new beer to review. … Continue reading

GoodLife Brewing is expanding to Nevada

GoodLife Brewing is expanding to Nevada

Big news for Bend’s GoodLife Brewing this week, as the company announced that it is expanding into Nevada, with both a statewide distribution deal and a partnership to open a new GoodLife location in Henderson (outside of Las Vegas). The company is taking over the location of Street Burger, rebranding … Continue reading

Best of Craft Beer Awards fresh hop competition winners

Best of Craft Beer Awards fresh hop competition winners

Last week, the Best of Craft Beer Awards announced the results of its fresh hop competition, the judging for which took place over two different sessions in Oregon and Washington. Judges evaluated 219 fresh hop beers from 91 breweries, which is a lot of fresh hop beer to have in … Continue reading

Diff’rent Smokes: Smoke Beer & BBQ Fest returns this weekend (October 14)

Diff’rent Smokes: Smoke Beer & BBQ Fest returns this weekend (October 14)

The Diff’rent Smokes brewfest returns to Bend this Saturday, October 14, taking place this time around at GoodLife Brewing and featuring a variety of smoked beer styles. There will be 20 beers pouring at the fest, with proceeds benefitting the Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association; tickets are available online for $20 … Continue reading

Received: Bell’s Brewery Oberon and Oberon Eclipse

Received: Bell’s Brewery Oberon and Oberon Eclipse

Bell’s Brewery introduced a new beer recently, expanding upon its ultra popular Oberon Ale summer seasonal to include a new version—Oberon Eclipse, a citrus wheat beer introduced for the fall and winter months. It’s part of a push to keep the Oberon brand available year round. And I’ve got the … Continue reading

Cascade Lakes Brewing’s new east side pub opening July 19

Cascade Lakes Brewing’s new east side pub opening July 19

Cascade Lakes Brewing of Redmond, Oregon, has been building out a new pub on Bend’s east side, and recently the brewery was finally able to give a limited opening date for the new location—July 19. Located at the corner of 27th Street and Reed Market Road, the buildout was originally … Continue reading

Public Coast Brewing celebrates summer with a beer trio (received)

Public Coast Brewing celebrates summer with a beer trio (received)

This week I received several beers from Public Coast Brewing, representing a summertime trio with two seasonal specialties and a year-round standard. They were sent as part of the company’s summer marketing, and accompanied by the press release below. The beers are the year-round ’67 Blonde Ale, what I’d probably … Continue reading