My latest article for The Bulletin came out yesterday, in the paper’s GO! Magazine, in which I tackle the subject on everyone’s mind: Beer in the time of the coronavirus.

With social distancing and self-isolation the rule of the day, that means drinking beer at home. If you’re a beer enthusiast like me, you likely have a well-stocked beer cellar (or closet) you can dip into, or you may need to stock up for the coming weeks.

Breweries have adapted by offering steep discounts on their beers, particularly the draft options (growler, crowlers and kegs). Most of Central Oregon’s breweries are open to purchasing beer to go, and several are even delivering beer, including Deschutes Brewery, Boneyard Beer, 10 Barrel Brewing Company, Craft Kitchen and Brewery and Bevel Craft Brewing Company. [See my updated list here.]

Beer is a social drink and is often best consumed with friends, in a pub, over good conversation. So drinking at home might seem like a lonely endeavor—but it doesn’t have to be!

I offer up some ideas for drinking “socially” including connecting on Untappd. And I round up some of the beers I’d been drinking at the time I wrote the article, including Deschutes Brewery’s seasonal Luna Jo, which I will post a review about soon.