GoodLife Brewing hosts the 5th annual Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival coming up on Saturday, December 9, featuring nearly all of the region’s breweries and cider makers pouring holiday- and winter-themed beers and ciders. These are some of my favorite types of beers coming out around a favorite time of … Continue reading
The Pine Tavern‘s annual brewfest returns this Saturday, October 21—the PT82 Beerfest Invitational. It brings together most of Central Oregon’s breweries for a fun event that takes place on the back patio. The overall fest is a friendly competition to select the “best” (favorite) beer, which will be the featured … Continue reading
The 13th annual Bend Oktoberfest returns this weekend, running Friday and Saturday the 15th and 16th in downtown Bend for all your German themed food, drink, and festivity needs! The fun begins Friday at 3pm, and then picks up again Saturday at noon. (Each night runs until 10pm.) The Bend … Continue reading
Yes, the second week in August is earlier than normal for the Bend Brewfest, but this year they moved it up to avoid conflicting with the eclipse weekend (it’s going to be crazy enough!). So this week, the 15th annual Brewfest returns, taking place Thursday the 10th through Saturday the … Continue reading
It was 29 years ago today (June 27) that Deschutes Brewery opened its doors in downtown Bend, and tonight to celebrate their 29th birthday they are throwing a Birthday Back Alley Bash behind the downtown pub from 5 to 9pm! Here’s the lowdown: It’s our birthday! What better way to … Continue reading
The High Desert Food & Farm Alliance EATs tours return with a Beer & Beef tour this Saturday, June 17. Ever wonder how barley is turned into beer? Taste the process at Mecca Grade Estate Malt, a modern malting facility on a historic, 7th generation family farm growing barley and … Continue reading
The annual Fermentation Celebration in the Old Mill District is taking place today—Thursday, June 8. (Originally it was scheduled for the 22nd but it was moved up.) The event basically turns the entire Old Mill shopping center into a beergarden! The Fermentation Celebration is a one-day beer festival and craft … Continue reading
The annual Central Oregon Beer Week celebration of beer has returned for 2017, running from May 19 through 28 (going on now!). It’s ten days of beer tastings, dinners, anniversaries, parties, and more, so pace yourself. Highlights for this year include: Broken Top Bottle Shop is hosting multiple beer tastings … Continue reading
For your pub crawling pleasure, the St. Patrick’s Day pub guide returns for 2017! Friday is a great day for St. Paddy’s, and many of the locations below are hosting additional events besides just being great stops for beer and whiskey. In fact McMenamins will be celebrated two days, Friday … Continue reading
Worthy Brewing recently teamed up with Oregon Natural Desert Association to collaborate on some “desert-inspired” beers as a fundraiser for ONDA, and tonight is the release event! Taste four desert-inspired beers inspired by a hike in the Oregon Badlands Wilderness with Oregon Natural Desert Association. Brewer Zach Brenneman and ONDA’s … Continue reading