Archive for December, 2009

Dec200926

Jon Abernathy

2

The Bend Beer Scene, Part 3

I hope everyone had a fantastic and beery Christmas! Today we’re continuing our coverage of Bend’s beer scene with two of Bend’s more recent breweries: five-year-old McMenamins Old St. Francis School, and three-year-old 10 Barrel Brewing.
McMenamins Old St. Francis School
By now everyone in the Pacific Northwest knows the McMenamins story, but for those of you [...]

Dec200919

Jon Abernathy

4

Beer School: The four ingredients of beer

Beers these days are being brewed with all sorts of things: fruits, nuts, herbs, spices, vegetables, various sugars, flowers (besides hops), spruce tips, coconut, coffee, chocolate, licorice—the list goes on, and quite frankly, if you can think of it, someone has probably brewed with it. Lately it seems that beers are notable only for the [...]

Dec200912

Jon Abernathy

1

The Bend Beer Scene, Part 2

Last week I began this series as guide to the overall beer scene in Bend, Oregon, and started with two of Bend’s oldest and best-known breweries: Deschutes Brewery and Bend Brewing Company. Today we continue on with two more.
Cascade Lakes Brewing Company
Cascade Lakes is based in Redmond, but has a strong presence in Bend—and I [...]

Dec200905

Jon Abernathy

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The Bend Beer Scene, Part 1

If you’ve taken a peek at my about page you know that I live in Bend, Oregon: right smack in the middle of the state, the largest city in Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains. Bend is unusual in a number of ways; first, it’s relatively geographically isolated: the nearest Interstate is two hours away, [...]