The Brew Site
Last month, the Bend Resilience Brew Fest took place here in Bend, featuring 18 (mostly) local breweries all pouring their versions of Resilience Butte County Proud IPA, the beer and recipe first brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company to raise money for the Camp Fire Relief Fund. For a quick … Continue reading
By any measure that I could see, the Bend Resilience Beer Fest that took place this past Saturday the 5th was a resounding success. The event was thrown together hastily, with about three and a half weeks of planning, and in all 18 breweries were present and pouring beer—all versions … Continue reading
My latest print article is out for the new year, and I wrote about Resilience IPA and this weekend’s upcoming Bend Resilience Beer Fest. I’ve written about Resilience a bit already but for this article I did get a chance to try several and reported my impressions. And don’t forget … Continue reading
The week is winding down and this is the second-to-last daily news post of the year! Tonight across the nation Sierra Nevada Brewing and other breweries who participated in brewing Resilience IPA for charity will be hosting a “Resilience Night” to continue fundraising efforts. I’ve got Oregon Resilience news below, … Continue reading
It’s now less than one week until Christmas! Finish your shopping and pick up your beer, and here is the news for all your good cheer! (Sorry, couldn’t resist the rhyme.) I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with the latest news, so check back in from time to … Continue reading
Here is the official press release for the January 5 Bend Resilience Fest that I wrote about this past weekend (note the name change from “Central Oregon” as I originally had it): Breweries across Central and Eastern Oregon are coming together for a single beer and a single cause. The … Continue reading
Here is the news in Oregon beer for this Tuesday, December 18. It’s a bit of a Resilience IPA day with several tappings taking place today, so make sure to seek it out and help with Camp Fire relief as 100% of the proceeds is donated towards that. As usual … Continue reading
On Saturday, January 5, Central Oregon breweries are banding together to put on the Central Oregon Resilience IPA Brewfest. This event, as you might imagine, will be a fundraiser for the Camp Fire Relief Fund set up by Sierra Nevada Brewing in response to the deadly Camp Fire that tore … Continue reading
Happy Friday (TGIF)! Today (Friday) is Roast Chestnuts Day, seasonally appropriate but I don’t know that I’ve seen too many street vendors roasting chestnuts around; perhaps find a nice nut brown ale to substitute? At any rate here is the news for this weekend of the 14th, which I’ll be … Continue reading
Today is Giving Tuesday, kicking off the charitable season to focus on holiday giving. Appropriately enough, Tuesdays seem to be the fundraising “pint night” type day of the week for many breweries, so if nothing else, try to stop by and have a few beers at one or more of … Continue reading