Tag Archives: Bend Oregon

Jun201019

Jon Abernathy

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The Silipint’s a-comin’

We complete the Bend Ale Trail yesterday, having visited all seven Bend breweries plus Three Creeks Brewing out in Sisters. Today we plan on taking the completed maps into the Visit Bend office and (hopefully!) redeeming our Silipint (the collapsible silicone pint glass).
I’m planning to post a picture and review of the Silipint here, as [...]

Jun201012

Jon Abernathy

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The Bend Ale Trail

If you happen to be visiting Bend, Oregon, anytime soon (obviously something I highly recommend), you’ll want to check out the Bend Ale Trail. This is a project launched and sponsored by our local tourism bureau, Visit Bend, and (I gather) it’s based loosely on the “New York Beer Trail” —with the purpose to promote both craft beer in Central Oregon and travel and tourism to Bend itself.

Jan201016

Jon Abernathy

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The Bend Beer Scene, Part 5

In our fifth installment of this series covering Bend, Oregon’s brewing culture, we’re going to tackle the next best thing to the breweries themselves: the beer bars!
Bend, like any region, has its share of bars and taverns, and this being Oregon, most places in town will have at least a couple of local microbrews on [...]

Jan200902

Jon Abernathy

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The Bend Beer Scene, Part 4

This fourth installment of Bend, Oregon’s beer scene focuses on Three Creeks Brewing (technically outside of Bend in Sisters, Oregon) and homebrew supply (and bottle shop) The Brew Shop.
Three Creeks Brewing Company
Three Creeks is Central Oregon’s newest microbrewery, located not in Bend but in Sisters, Oregon (population 1,706). In keeping with the theme of the [...]

Dec200926

Jon Abernathy

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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 [...]

Dec200912

Jon Abernathy

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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, [...]