Coming up this weekend is an event that combines two of the region’s great attractions—biking and beer—for the inaugural Volcanic Bike and Brew Festival being held by Mt. Bachelor. It seems a natural extension to Mt. Bachelor’s summer bike park program: In our second full summer of Bike Park operations, we felt … Continue reading
The annual Bend Brewfest returns to the Les Schwab Amphitheater this week, adding a fourth day to the schedule for the first time: it starts Thursday, August 13th, and runs through Sunday, the 16th. The first three days the hours are noon to 11pm, and Sunday is from noon to … Continue reading
This Friday, July 31, the first of the new quarterly O’Kanes Garage Series beer tastings is taking place at McMenamins Old St. Francis School (at O’Kanes, appropriately enough). The idea behind this new series is pretty cool: the brewers (led by Mike “Curly” White) will be recreating popular and award-winning beers … Continue reading
This weekend, Three Creeks Brewing over in Sisters is celebrating their 7th anniversary, starting Friday (tomorrow, they 17th) and running through Sunday the 19th. Special Brews on tap all weekend long, including Rudolph Imperial Red, Belgian Trippel, and Vanilla Night Ski Stout. (all pair perfect with birthday cake.) Around the … Continue reading
Happy July! We’ve got an eventful week ahead of us, with one of my favorite Bend holidays this weekend as well as First Friday and more. Not to mention as of today, the first, recreational marijuana is legal in Oregon, and the new westside zipcode of 97703 goes into effect. … Continue reading
This Saturday, June 27, two of Bend’s breweries (the oldest, and one of the newest) are celebrating anniversaries! Deschutes Brewery is celebrating their 27th anniversary (their “golden birthday”) at their Bend Pub downtown starting at 4:30pm and running through the evening. Among the festivities they’ve posted: Tunes from B-side Brass … Continue reading
Coming up Thursday, June 18, the 4th annual Fermentation Celebration returns to the Old Mill District, taking place from 4 to 10pm. This is a great event, a “beer walk” throughout the Old Mill, with nearly every Central Oregon brewery (and more!) represented and pouring beer at stations throughout. This … Continue reading
As you make your way around Central Oregon this weekend, you might see a few wildly decorated vans filled with sweaty, smelly runners ringing cowbells. That’s right… it’s relay season. And this Saturday is the second running of the Bend Beer Chase which is growing quickly to be one of the … Continue reading
I haven’t seen much (or any) fanfare about this other than on Silver Moon Brewing‘s own Facebook page, but this first Friday, June 5 (which is tomorrow) they are kicking off “a summer of celebrating 15 years”—here’s the post: The First Friday of summer is right around the corner and we’re … Continue reading
Do you like beer? What about books about beer and breweries? Even better—regionally relevant books! This Saturday, May 30, Crux Fermentation Project is hosting myself and Portland-based beer writer Brian Yaeger for a dual signing event for our two books, Bend Beer: A History of Brewing in Central Oregon and … Continue reading