Growler filling stations spread across the state

Naked Winery coming to Old Mill

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Naked Winery, a Hood River-based vintner with the marketing slogan “We aim to Tease," plans to open a tasting room in the Old Mill District. The winery plans a temporary opening for Memorial Day weekend at the tasting room, 330 S. W. Powerhouse....MORE

Old Mill Brew Wërks moves

May 15, 2013 4:00 am

Old Mill Brew Wërks will begin serving today at the new location for its brewpub, 803 S. W. Industrial Way, the former home of the Brickhouse restaurant. Nate Chamber — co-owner of Brew Wërks, which operates the pub and a brewery — said....MORE

Executive file

Two hoppy shop owners

May 14, 2013 4:00 am

REDMOND — If a typical pale ale or porter doesn’t satisfy your palate, Redmond Craft Brewing Supply offers another option: make the beer yourself.“Home brewing appeals to a lot of people because it involves chemistry, cooking, a do-....MORE

Naming a beer isn’t that easy

May 12, 2013 4:00 am

Naming a baby is easy — at least when you and your spouse finally agree on a name. Most likely you heard or read the name somewhere, thought it was cool and appropriated it as your own. Who cares if there are a million other Michaels, Suris and ....MORE

Double the brew tanks

May 9, 2013 4:00 am

A crane lowers a fermentation tank as R&H Construction workers guide it into place Wednesday at the Deschutes Brewery production facility in Bend. Five fermentation tanks are being added to complete a new, 10-tank system at the brewery. The new....MORE

Beer news

Deschutes to expand here, and into Iowa

May 8, 2013 4:00 am

Deschutes Brewery expects to soon be selling its beer in Iowa, and the Bend-based brewer also plans to nearly double its beer-making capacity when it adds five additional fermentation tanks at its Southwest Simpson Avenue brewery. Beginning in July,....MORE

Plus, Bend makes another beer list

May 8, 2013 4:00 am

Bend made CNN’s list of the top eight cities in America for beer explorers. The list, released Monday on CNN. com, scored the cities for history, breweries, bars and events. Bend ranked seventh, following Portland, San Francisco, Boston,....MORE

Hard cider industry bears fruit in Bend

• One cidery opens; another expected in two weeks, more possible

May 5, 2013 4:00 am

Bend may be Beertown USA, but local cider companies hope to make the city just as famous for its hard cider.“Introducing the new drink to Bend is our goal," said Dan McCoy, owner of Atlas Cider, one of several new hard-cider makers in Bend.....MORE

U.S. beer is a hit in Germany

May 2, 2013 4:00 am

BERLIN — Almost 65 years after Allied planes flew Western supplies into blockaded Berlin, a new American import is arriving by air: craft beer. The beer is being flown in as part of a new surge of German interest in American brewing, upending a ....MORE

Raise your pints, Central Oregonians, and get ready for ... Beer month

April 28, 2013 4:00 am

With the latest run of warm spring weather, the temptation to skip out on work early and pop down to a local brewery is a battle fought by many a Central Oregonian. But this May, beer-loving locals may just cave in to the temptation of playing hooky, ....MORE

Dispatches

April 26, 2013 4:00 am

• Wild Card Absinthe, from Oregon Spirit Distillers in Bend, recently won a silver medal at the San Francisco World Spirit Competition. Wild Card is a Pacific Northwest Absinthe made from locally grown wormwood. To learn more, visit www.....MORE

10 barrel

Brewer opens pub in Boise

April 23, 2013 4:00 am

Bend-based 10 Barrel Brewing Co. opened the doors to its Boise, Idaho, brewpub on Monday. The opening makes 10 Barrel, which has a brewpub on Northwest Galveston Avenue, the first Central Oregon-based brewery to open a facility in another state.....MORE

AB InBev wins approval for deal

April 20, 2013 4:00 am

Anheuser-Busch InBev and the Justice Department Friday filed an agreement in court that resolves an antitrust lawsuit and allows the brewer’s $20.1 billion purchase of Grupo Modelo to proceed. AB InBev, in a filing in federal court in....MORE

Beer fans sip suds with local brewers

April 17, 2013 4:00 am

It's the No. 1 question that local brewers are asked. And Tuesday night, a handful of them got the chance to answer it over a beer.“People always want to know how we became brewers because they think it's an interesting career choice," said....MORE

Is there a better glass for an IPA?

• New glassware claims to enhance beer’s aroma, flavor

April 14, 2013 4:00 am

Should you be immediately skeptical of the design of Spiegelau’s new glass designed specifically for India pale ales, you may want to know that Ken Grossman was too. The founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., who sat on a panel that chose the....MORE

A great HOP FORWARD

• Bend's Worthy Brewing Co. gets bold with hops — by growing its own

April 6, 2013 4:00 am

A crisp, lemon-like aroma filled a large storage refrigerator at Worthy Brewing Co.'s east Bend production facility when brewmaster Chad Kennedy opened a foil bag of Meridian hops and started running his fingers through their light green cones.....MORE

What's going up

March 30, 2013 4:00 am

Owner: EasybarGeneral contractor: Christiansen's Contracting Co., RedmondArchitect: MS-Architecture, BendDetails: Construction started earlier this month in Bend on a 10,600-square-foot building for Easybar, a Tualatin maker of devices that regulate ....MORE

Bend company's growler design keeps beer fresh

March 29, 2013 4:00 am

Bend-based Drink Tanks is tapping into the growler craze, offering beer drinkers a way to keep their beer fresher, longer. Drink Tanks, formerly known as Pistol Creek Bottle Cooperation, has developed a vacuumed-sealed vessel with the option to....MORE

Nutrition

LIQUID CALORIES

• Drinker beware: When it comes to calories, a pint can pack a punch

March 28, 2013 4:00 am

Beer, technically speaking, cannot alone be blamed for the infamous “beer belly." But there's an iota of truth in the adage. All those full-bodied microbrews crafted by Central Oregon brewers carry considerable calories. Some local ales can....MORE

Wine, cider growlers near OK

March 27, 2013 4:00 am

SALEM — The Growler Guys, a father-son duo in Bend, have 34 different craft beers on tap, and they would like to add wine to their list. Here’s how it works now: Pull over. Grab your growler. Fill up with Silver Moon Brewery’s Train ....MORE

Dispatches

March 8, 2013 4:00 am

Precision Body & Paint in Bend is now a certified Audi collision repair facility. Precision is the only Audi certified repair facility in Central Oregon. To learn more, contact 541-382-3995 or visit www. precisionfirst. com. Ray’s Food Place....MORE

Sunriver business brings canning to the brewery

March 3, 2013 4:00 am

The canning trend hitting the craft brewing scene has created a new industry: mobile canning. Central Oregon’s first such company, Cascade Mobile Canning, of Sunriver, will start canning beer at the end of April.“We’re really....MORE

Yes, they can

• Several Bend brewers, including GoodLife Brewing Co., plan to can, bottle their draft craft

March 3, 2013 4:00 am

Most Central Oregon craft brewers have their beers on draft. Others, like Deschutes Brewery, 10 Barrel and Cascade Lakes brewing companies also bottle their beer. Boneyard Beer plans to sell its beer in cans, possibly by next year. And GoodLife and....MORE

Rat Hole’s beers are now on tap

• Central Oregon’s latest brewery offers unusual flavors

February 16, 2013 4:00 am

Rat Hole Brewing has kept a low profile for the past year at its home east of Bend, but its owners recently began sending samples of its brews to growler stations and pubs around town.“We’ve been working on trying to get our beer at a....MORE

Beer in, beer out

* Plant is being powered by spent grain left over from brewing

February 15, 2013 4:00 am

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar and wind energy, it has turned to a very familiar source: beer. The Juneau-based beer maker has installed a unique boiler system in order to cut its....MORE

Dispatches

February 15, 2013 4:00 am

• Bend Brewing Company is celebrating 18 years of business with a party beginning at 6 p. m. Feb. 23 at 1019 N. W. Brooks St. in Bend. To learn more, call 541-383-1599 or visit www. bendbrewingco. com.• G5 in Bend is sponsoring the members-....MORE

Buy a pint, help a puppy

February 13, 2013 4:00 am

Yvette Holman, right, and her husband Steve Holman, middle, enjoy a laugh with Humane Society of Central Oregon Executive Director Sabrina Slusser, left, at GoodLife Brewing Co. Tuesday evening during the second annual Pup Crawl, a fundraiser for....MORE

Business of sports

Life after football?

• With the Super Bowl over, local sports bars look for other means of drawing customers

February 8, 2013 4:00 am

No Niners, Ravens, Seahawks, Ducks or Beavers. For football fans, February brings a harsh reality: Fall is a long way away. But for Central Oregon's sports bars, many of which have catered to a packed house most every weekend since Labor Day,....MORE

Brew for dogs now on tap

February 6, 2013 4:00 am

Finn, a pointer Lab mix owned by Melanie Brent, was one of about 30 dogs who lapped up a bowl of Dawg Grog, a Bend-made nonalcoholic brew for canine companions, fresh from a tap during a release event Monday evening at The Riverside Market & Pub.....MORE

They keep bubbling up

February 5, 2013 4:00 am

Customers fill the restaurant at Worthy Brewing on Monday, the official opening day for Bend's newest brewery. Worthy Brewing Co. fills about 28,000 square feet of a two-story building and features the brewery, restaurant, a future hops garden and....MORE

In Bend, BOOZE is big business

• Central Oregon's brewers, vintners and distillers cash in on thirst for potent potables

February 3, 2013 4:00 am

When he started Volcano Vineyards in Bend nine years ago, Scott Ratcliff produced only two wines. Since then he's made eight reds, three white wines and three sangrias, with another on the horizon. He was scheduled to release Volcano's first....MORE

New breweries eager to make the Ale Trail

• The trail has been a hit, but breweries must wait a year for a spot on the map

January 30, 2013 4:00 am

As new breweries continue to open in Bend, it has proven difficult for the Bend Ale Trail to map them. The trail, which is managed by Visit Bend, features nine breweries in Bend; plus, people can visit Three Creeks Brewing Company in Sisters for....MORE

GoodLife expands capacity, prepares to can its beer

January 22, 2013 4:00 am

GoodLife Brewing Co. has expanded its production capacity as part of a plan to increase sales of bottled beer in Oregon and begin canning beer by March.“We’ll be the first ones in Bend to do that," GoodLife co-owner Ty Barnett said of....MORE

Worthy Brewing to open Feb. 4

January 22, 2013 4:00 am

Worthy Brewing Companydistributed its first beer, Go Time eXtra Pale Ale, to outlets in Bend and Portland on Friday and Saturday, and the east-side Bend brewery plans to open to the public Feb. 4. Worthy plans other beers, including Worthy IPA, East....MORE

Despite bright spots, recovery slow

January 19, 2013 4:00 am

An uptick in home building activity and expansions by breweries and bioscience companies marked positive steps for Central Oregon’s economy in 2012. But a sluggish job market and stagnant income levels kept a more solid recovery from taking....MORE

Brewery hires technical director

January 17, 2013 4:00 am

Deschutes Brewery has hired an executive from Anheuser-Busch Inbev, parent company of Budweiser, to fill the newly created position of technical director at the Bend-based brewery. Kris Scholl, who worked as director of global brewing and quality for ....MORE

Executive file

Coffee, beer, a side of gear

January 15, 2013 4:00 am

For David Marchi, skiing down some of the world’s must rugged mountainsides in Alaska, Nepal, India and Indonesia is all in a day’s work. But starting a business? That’s a real adventure. A ski-mountaineering guide who leads tours....MORE

Photo story inside

A unique use for lumber

January 12, 2013 4:00 am

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Odd Jobs

Brewing beer in a log

January 12, 2013 4:00 am

Paul Arney, owner and brewer of the Ale Apothecary in Bend, has made a kuurna, a hand-carved wooden trough used for brewing a traditional Finnish beer called Sahti. It was first brewed over 400 years ago, usually using a juniper tree. The kuurna....MORE

City wants businesses to clean up wastewater

January 3, 2013 4:00 am

The city of Bend plans to begin talking with business owners this month about a new program to encourage them to reduce the amount of pollution in the wastewater they send into city sewers. The program, which is still being designed, will also charge ....MORE