.McMenamins Breweries is debuting a new beer festival this Saturday, June 8, taking place at the Gearhart Hotel—the GoonFest Brewfest. Because Gearhart is close to Astoria, location of the movie The Goonies, it’s a Goonies-themed brewfest, of course! thebrewsite.com/the-inaugural-…

The latest edition of the Zupan's Markets Markets Farm to Market beer series sees the grocery chain paired with Living Häus Beer to offer up Japanese-Style Lager, the 29th beer in the ongoing series. The beer is available exclusively at Zupan’s locations. thebrewsite.com/zupans-latest-…

Recently, Pelican Brewing introduced its newest beer, one that looks like it’s positioned to try to tap into the market dominated by the likes of Corona and Kona—Pelican Beach Beer. It’s a light, crisp golden ale with 4.5% ABV. thebrewsite.com/pelican-brewin…

My latest article for The Bulletin is a profile of Cucumber Gin Fizz, a new experimental ale from Worthy Beer. It’s one of a number of new beers from Worthy, which just completed an expansion of it draft system from 12 to 24 taps. thebrewsite.com/latest-print-a…

Reviewing Ridge Runner West Coast IPA from Breckenridge Brewery, the newest year-round beer from the Colorado company. thebrewsite.com/breckenridge-b…

Last week I was invited to the soft opening of The Abbey, the new taproom located at the new Monkless Belgian Ales brewing facility, which the company moved into earlier this spring. thebrewsite.com/first-look-at-…

This weekend, on June 28 and June 29, Silver Moon Brewing and Grand Craft Bend are hosting the inaugural Bend Bands & Brewers Bash, a collaboration event between breweries and bands to create beers inspired by how the various bands’ music sounds. thebrewsite.com/bend-bands-bre…

In one of my recent articles for The Bulletin, I started out with the intent of writing about Firestorm Red Ale from Three Creeks Brewing, which had been released recently, but not too long after I started working on it news broke that the brewery had sold! thebrewsite.com/print-article-…

.Public Coast Brewing recently released its first-ever shandy, incorporating blueberries from the Public Coast Farm to come up with Blueberry Fields Forever. thebrewsite.com/public-coast-b…

Featuring a roundup of non-alcoholic beer reviews, with bestdaybrewing, Tsingtao 0.0, Montauk Brewing Co., and Good Time Brewing. thebrewsite.com/non-alcoholic-…

Last month, I was invited to attend and cover the Northwest Cider Cup awards party in Portland to do a writeup for The Bulletin, and I was pleased to be able to highlight a local angle as Bend’s own Avid Cider won two medals. thebrewsite.com/print-article-…

For my The Bulletin article that hit the paper on July 4, I took to considering American styles of beer to celebrate Independence Day. But not the plethora of standard styles; rather, I looked at indigenous styles such as cream ale and Kentucky common. thebrewsite.com/print-article-…

My most recent print article for The Bulletin out the week before last, spotlights a pair of summer specialties from Kobold Brewing—Hyperborean Expedition, a dry-hopped lager, and Searing Smite, a spiced stout brewed with five different chili peppers. thebrewsite.com/print-article-…

Here’s a fun new IPA from Double Mountain, in which the company collaborated with Bend’s own VanHenionBrewing: Velvet Wallpaper IPA. Fittingly, it’s a west coast style IPA, playing to the strengths of both breweries. thebrewsite.com/double-mountai…

To celebrate summer, I received four beers from Portland’s Hopworks Beer, all fruited brews built for the season: Ferocious Citrus IPA, Totally Radler, Blackberry Hazy IPA, and Rindless Watermelon Gose. thebrewsite.com/received-fruit…

The first of my print articles for The Bulletin in August focused on a collaboration beer cooked up between Boneyard Beer and Y Market Brewing of Japan—Yokozuna IPA, brewed for the Fuji to Hood Festival and released on draft at Boneyard’s pub and taproom. thebrewsite.com/print-article-…

For my mid-August article for The Bulletin, I profiled Velvet Wallpaper IPA, the collaboration beer from Double Mountain and VanHenionBrewing. It’s a west coast style IPA and Double Mountain sent me a bottle to sample in conjunction with the release. thebrewsite.com/print-article-…

.Schilling Cider released a new lineup of hard lemonades recently, with three flavors now available in cans: Imperial Pink Lemonade, Imperial Blue Raspberry, and Guava Lemonade. The company sent me all three to sample and review. thebrewsite.com/schilling-cide…

My latest print article for The Bulletin, published last week, revisits shandy and radler, which I last wrote about for the paper way back in 2017. Both Deschutes Brewery and Worthy Beer released examples of these this summer, which I tried and reviewed. thebrewsite.com/recent-print-a…

This month marks the return of Oktoberfest, and among the various McMenamins Breweries locations there are a number of Oktoberfest events taking place. Here #inBend, the Old St. Francis School is hosting its annual Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday, 9/21. thebrewsite.com/oktoberfest-re…