Deschutes Brewery Garage Sale

Deschutes Brewery’s annual garage sale is taking place this Saturday, the 13th, from 9am until noon up at their Mountain Room. They’ll be selling a bunch of merchandise at reduced prices—“hats, glassware, t-shirts, outerware, and more”—and I can tell you from past experience that the earlier you can get there, … Continue reading

Bethlehem Inn Benefit Beer Dinner

This Saturday, the 6th, is Deschutes Brewery’s Bethlehem Inn Benefit Beer Dinner, their beer-pairing five-course fundraising dinner that supports the Bethlehem Inn, the largest emergency shelter in Oregon supporting the homeless. Deschutes Brewery Chefs will be joined by local chefs Jeff Hunt from Spork, Brad Wood from Scanlon’s, and Sam … Continue reading

Deschutes Fresh Hop Beer Tasting

This Saturday, the 23rd, Deschutes Brewery is having their annual Fresh Hop Beer Tasting up at the Mountain Room on Simpson. They plan on have five fresh hop beers on tap: Fresh and Sweet with Cascade hops Fresh Hop Lager made with Perle hops Fresh Hop Ale made with Nuggets … Continue reading

Bend’s Great American Beer Festival winners

The Great American Beer Festival was this past weekend, and as usual several of our local breweries brought home medals: no mean feat when the competition consists of over 3500 beers all vying for a win. This year’s Bend winners are as follows: Deschutes Brewery: Category 14: Gluten Free Beer: … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery’s media event/tour

Last week I was invited along with a host of other local media folks to Deschutes Brewery for a VIP tour and special tasting. I wrote up an account of the event over at one of my other blogs here; it’s pretty beer-specific but if you’re interested in some of … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery BBQ & Brew

This week is American Craft Beer Week, and this note from Deschutes Brewery was posted to the local homebrew club mailing list to get the word out: To support American Craft Beer week, the Deschutes Brewery is putting on a Bbq and Brew event on Saturday May 22nd from 11am-5pm. … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery Casino Night

Geoffrey from All Around Bend emailed to remind me about Deschutes Brewery’s Casino Night, coming up Saturday, May 8th. I had seen the flier at the Brewery and forgotten to blog about it. It’s a benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and starts at 6pm up at their Mountain … Continue reading