News and noteworthy from around the area: The Platypus Pub / The Brew Shop will be hosting a Ninkasi tasting on Wednesday Tuesday, December 7th from 4:00 – 6:30 (thanks Markus B). They will be pouring Sleigh’r, Total Domination and Oatis from the bottles, and will also be sampling Imperiale off of draft. Boneyard is helping Velvet…
Beginning January 9th 2012, the tasty brews from Deschtues Brewery will be available in St. Louis, Kansas City and Columbia, Missouri. The fine folks of Missouri know their beer and have been clamoring for Deschutes for years. “For years, our fans have been pleading with us to bring our beers farther east, and Missouri was the ideal…
So, the winner is… Everyone who went to The 2011 Little Woody Barrel Aged Beer Festival. It’s great to see so many specialty brews from local breweries all in one place. Even the new kids on the block had something to offer. Good Life’s India Pale Ale was quite fantastic, with a big floral/hop aroma and a…
It’s that time of year and Fresh Hops have made their way to Central Oregon, in a big way. About two weeks ago we were able to enjoy the wonderful smell of hops wash over us as we had the chance to view the fresh hop arrival and delivery to the brew house for Hop…
Attention golf lovers … while recovering from this weekend’s Sagebrush Feast, I was trolling through the various Bend breweries’ online presences, and came across this little gem in 10 Barrel’s Facebook Page … the Handcrafted Ale Golf Scramble. When: Saturday, August 27th Location: Awbrey Glen There will be beer samples on 16 holes with dinner…
Noteworthy brewery news samples from around the area: While playing hooky from work today, I made the time to stop by GoodLife to sample their Stout and Scotch Ale (really dug the Scotch Ale). While there, I learned about an event I had heard nothing about. Apparently GoodLife, 10 Barrel, Phat Matt’s and Silver moon…
