If you're not on the apple train, you're missing the boat. Throw yourself an oar and start chugging—with Humm Kombucha Apple Sass to kick it off. Idioms aside, whether it's hard cider or the soaring popularity of fresh, cold-pressed juice, apples have stepped into...
In its 25th year, Deschutes Brewery joined the ranks of fellow breweries around the country that are employee-owned. Founder Gary Fish, who launched the brewery in Bend, Oregon in 1988, offered up shares of the company in an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)....
The household name, Bend, Oregon's Deschutes Brewery, releases their 27th anniversary imperial porter and it’s nothing short of a rich, chocolaty, espresso brew to coat the tongue. Aromas of a moist, wooden barn emerge to fill your nose as a result of the six-month...
When life gives you a defunct meadery production space, you make cider. At least that's what John and Brenda Gessner decided to do when Nectar of the Gods meadery closed in their hometown of Bend, Oregon and the space to embellish upon their cider passion became...
The time for Bend, Oregon is now. Actually, it's been for the past couple years but the central Oregon mountain town is enjoying a tenured heyday as a drink haven for outdoor enthusiasts and telecommuters, tourists and locals alike. Although the outskirts have...
Bend, Oregon's Red Tank Cider Co. loves cherry and loves word play. With names like "Grinch" for a holiday release and juice of cherries used in five of the eight seasonals, Red Tank reserves the right to keep playful and cherry on. The Lherry makes both marks here...
This feature ran in the current issue of Sip Northwest—for the full story, subscribe to our quarterly print issues here. The towering Cascade Mountains peak Mount Bachelor and the three “Sisters” rise to the west of Bend—the high desert, former mill town located in...
Down in Bend, Oregon, between all the bike-powered pubs and breweries, oft-lauded Oregon Spirit Distillers is constantly busy doing what they do best—messing around with interesting combinations of botanicals. In One-Eyed Jon, they’ve used their talents to craft a...
Presenting one of the latest barrel-aged projects from Deschutes Brewery: a bright, tart (and extremely elusive limited-release) saison, also known as Cultivateur. The expertly crafted blend of three beers brewed in both the Portland and Bend, Oregon brewpubs...
The Pacific Northwest is applauded for its craft beverage producers, but Atlas Cider Co. knows it is the fruits that these lands produce that own the show. Every bottle of Atlas hard cider is teeming with fruit locally grown in Oregon and Washington, and contains...
