My latest article for The Bulletin is out today: Two Words: Beer Delivery. There are two approaches I took with this article: first, trying out the local beer delivery options with everything under COVID-19 lockdown; and, I wanted to highlight the fact that breweries such as Boneyard Beer and Barley Brown’s in Baker City that have heretofore been draft-only are now putting beer in cans for the first time.

Boneyard has long been primarily a draft-only company, though owner Tony Lawrence always planned to can the beer. “Twelve years ago to can was my plan, way before it was cool,” he wrote via email. The brewery even purchased a canning line that it eventually sold to GoodLife Brewing Company. “This was only because as fast as we could grow Boneyard by capacity, we remained sold out. We were very happy with things and didn’t feel the need to continue to push so hard.”

Boneyard announced its move into cans the first week of April, with Hop-A-Wheelie IPA, Incredible Pulp Blood Orange Pale Ale and Diablo Rojo the first to be packaged. Since then, RPM IPA and Hop Venom Imperial IPA have been added, and according to Lawrence, the brewery sold more than 5,000 cases (120,000 cans) during the first few weeks available.

I decided to try the delivery option to see how the process worked, and get some of these new cans. The brewery is selling crowlers of its draft beer and food from its pub. On a Friday night, I called in an order for dinner for the family from the Boneyard Pub along with a six-pack of Diablo Rojo, and a crowler of Hop Venom.

Read on for the full report, and a cameo quote from Tyler Brown of Barley Brown’s!

And here’s a bonus! Not only did Tony Lawrence always plan to can the beer, and sent me photos of the original 16-ounce can design from around 2011 or 2012: