This Saturday, November 2, the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) is hosting Learn to Homebrew Day with a free-to-attend event in the Old Mill District. Here’s a snippet from the press release: The celebration, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Old Mill District’s … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
On November 3, Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) is hosting an American Homebrewers Association® (AHA) Learn to Homebrew Day event. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Monkless Belgian Ales. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Learn to Homebrew Day and the … Continue reading
Redmond’s homebrew shop, Redmond Craft Brewing Supply, changed locations recently, moving three doors down from their old location into a much larger space, and tonight, Saturday the 24th from 6 to 10pm, they are celebrating with a Grand Re-opening Halloween Bash! There will be beer (of course), food, live music, and … Continue reading
For the second year in a row Sisters’ Three Creeks Brewing is holding their annual Homebrew Invitational, a brewing competition for which the winning homebrewer will get to be an “honorary Three Creeks brewer” and have their winning beer commercially brewed on the Brewery’s 10-barrel pub system. And, the entry deadline … Continue reading
Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards over in Terrebonne is hosting their third annual Amateur Wine & Beer Makers’ Competition next month, on Sunday, April 19, and have the call out now for beer and wine makers to enter. Here are the details: We are hosting our 3rd Annual Amateur Wine & … Continue reading
This Saturday, the 31st, Redmond’s homebrew club, the Cascade Fermentation Association is having their monthly group brew—and I’m the guest of honor. It ties in with my book Bend Beer: A History of Brewing in Central Oregon and the theme is “Brewing with Jon Abernathy” in that I’ve selected the … Continue reading
If you’re a homebrewer, then you might want to checkout the Big Brew Day today, celebrating the American Homebrewers Association’s National Homebrew Day. It’s easy to participate: simply brew a batch of beer! But because it’s also a community event the Brew Shop here in Bend is hosting a homebrew day … Continue reading
Attention homebrewers! Deschutes Brewery has fresh hops available for the first 30 homebrewers RIGHT NOW (noon on Tuesday the 10th!) to come in to the Brewery tasting room. Here’s their Facebook post: The Fresh Crystal Hops are here for HOP TRIP! After harvesting them from the vine this morning, they … Continue reading
Boy, you’d think I’d have been on top of this one but frankly, it hasn’t been well advertised anywhere that I’ve seen: this year’s Bend Fall Festival includes a homebrew competition by Deschutes Brewery—with a twist: it’s a competition for fresh hop (or “harvest”) beers only! This is the first … Continue reading