This Friday, May 17, the 2019 Central Oregon Beer Week returns for ten days of celebrating our local beer culture, running through Sunday, May 26. There’s a full slate of events and ancillary happenings lined up for the week, but there’s one in particular I want to highlight because I had a hand it (through the homebrew club): the COBW/COHO Pro-Am Tap Takeover being hosted at Boneyard Pub this Saturday, May 18!

Here are the details from a press release I sent out:

Imagine getting to brew your very own homebrew recipe on a local brewery’s commercial system and your beer being served at locations around town! Central Oregon Beer Week (COBW) and the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) teamed up and did just that, holding a homebrew competition to select winning beers to pair up with Central Oregon breweries for a special COBW Pro-Am event. On Saturday, May 18, Bend’s Boneyard Beer will host the COBW Pro-Am Tap Takeover, featuring six winning homebrew recipes brewed with local breweries.

The Boneyard Pub will have all six beers on tap all day long, and will host a Meet the Brewers event from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. All proceeds from sales of these Pro-Am beers during this event will benefit the Central Oregon Brewers Guild and COHO.

The styles of beer range from Australian Sparkling Ale to IPA to Vanilla Stout so there will be a variety to tease your tastebuds! Here are the participating homebrewers and breweries:

* Kevin Tucker of COHO with Kobold Brewing
* David Feldman of COHO with Immersion Brewing
* Dan Schlegal & Frank Hammack of Portland’s Oregon Brew Crew with Deschutes Brewery
* John Weinsheim of COHO with Geist Beerworks
* Jim Brooks of COHO with Boneyard Beer
* Jon Abernathy & Mark Lindner of COHO with Shade Tree Brewing

It’s going to a fun event, with some interesting beers on tap, and a great opportunity to come down and meet both the pro brewers and homebrewers to chat about beer. No cost to attend, and the beers will be regular pint prices (I think you could do taster trays too) served in taster trays of all six so you can vote on a People’s Choice favorite beer! (Updated)

And don’t forget to check out the other Beer Week events, like Broken Top Bottle Shop‘s beer tastings or the official kick-off party with Kobold Brewing who also brewed this year’s official COBW beer. Cheers!