Bend Brewing Company is hosting its first-ever Bend Sour Fest today, Saturday, May 12, featuring over a dozen breweries near and far pouring sours. I imagine they’ll be set up in the parking lot and patio area like at last fall’s Fresh Hops fest that BBC hosted. Here’s the event description and breweries:

Bend Brewing is hosting the 1st annual Bend Sour Fest, inviting some of the best of the best breweries down to BBC to participate with us. It’s no secret that we love sour beer here at BBC, so we thought why not invite some of our best friends and make a day out of it! The event runs from 12:00-7:00PM with live music the entire time. Kids & Dogs always welcome.

12:00-3:00 DJ Sorski
3:00-5:00 Hutch & Gentry
5:00-7:00 G-Bots

Participating Breweries:

• Boneyard
• Deschutes
• 10 Barrel
• Crux
• Silver Moon
• Breakside
• Ex Novo
• Buoy
• Ecliptic
• Ale Apothecary
• Modern Times
• Culmination
• Logsdon
• Urban Family
• McMenamins
• Immersion Brewing
• Founders Brewing
• Oakshire Brewing

You’ll need to purchase a tasting package of glass and tokens, but the price isn’t posted. Mostly likely 1 token equals 1 taste (4 ounces is typical at most fests).

Good time to sample a variety of different sour styles if you’re curious about sour beers.