Yesterday Bend Brewing Company unveiled their new food menu on Facebook, saying, “Fish tacos, coconut shrimp and steak & spinach salad are a few of the new additions.” Among items no longer on the menu include the Jalapeno Artichoke Dip, Chile Verde Nachos, Tuna Melt, BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich, and … Continue reading
Bend’s second-oldest brewery, Bend Brewing Company, is enjoying two decades in business this year, and this Friday the 20th they are celebrating 20 years in style, with a block party, live music, 20 taps of beer, and more! The theme will be “20 beers for 20 years” and yes, there will be … Continue reading
Beginning today, there are several big beer anniversaries taking place this month. First up is Worthy Brewing, who is celebrating their second anniversary today with a special beer and happy hour pricing: To celebrate, we’re tapping our annual batch of GTX (Go Time Extra Pale), the first beer we ever … Continue reading
Yesterday the Great American Beer Festival in Denver held its awards ceremony for the country’s largest beer competition, and four—four!—Bend breweries won medals! 10 Barrel Brewing Silver in German-Style Sour Ale (category 65): German Sparkle Party Silver in American-Style Stout (category 78): Power to the People American Stout Bend Brewing … Continue reading
This Friday and Saturday, GoodLife Brewing is hosting the Bend premiere showings of “The Love of Beer,” a documentary about women in the craft beer industry, with a special emphasis on Bend Brewing Company‘s own Brewmaster Tonya Cornett. I saw the premier showing of this movie a couple of months … Continue reading
The Great American Beer Festival has been going on this weekend, and yesterday the winners for best beers in various categories were announced—these are kind of like the Olympics for beer. And of the 15 medals that Oregon breweries won, 6 of those are from three of Bend’s breweries: Deschutes … Continue reading
There’s an update to the changes I blogged about yesterday with 10 Barrel and Bend Brewing—namely BBC head brewer Tonya Cornett being hired on with 10 Barrel. Bend Brewing posted on Facebook today: Bend Brewing Company announces that Brewmaster, Tonya Cornett, will take a second brewing position with Ten Barrel … Continue reading
The Source reports on some significant changes to the local brewing scene today, revolving around 10 Barrel Brewing: they are planning a brewery expansion to bring their production up from 10 barrels to 50 barrels (a significant investment/increase), and as part of that expansion they’ve hired Jimmy Seifert from Deschutes … Continue reading