Category Archives: Interviews

Events and Signings, Interviews

Meet me at the Growler Guys, and listen to me on the radio today

Today is the first signing and meet the author event for Bend Beer and it’s taking place at the Growler Guys, at their original eastside Bend location! From 3 to 5pm I’ll be on hand, signing books and talking about beer at Oregon’s original growler fill station, the one that kicked off the growler craze for the entire state!

So make sure to come down this afternoon, say hi, buy a book, have a beer and fill a growler. As a special treat, the Growler Guys are putting a selection of beers from our local breweries that I picked to represent our amazing craft beer scene. Come on down!

The Growler Guys, Oregon's first growler fill station

Also today, I’m going to be on the radio—Beer O’Clock Radio, hosted by the Beer Goddess (and friend) Lisa Morrison! Lisa interviewed me about the book, beer history, how it came together, and more, and it airs today at 3:00pm on FM NEWS KXL 101 in Portland, as well as a number of other regional stations:

  • Coos Bay: KWRO 630 AM
  • Corvallis: KLOO 1340 AM
  • Enterprise: KWVR 1340 AM
  • Eugene: KPNW 1120 AM
  • Klamath Falls: KFLS 1450 AM
  • Medford: KCMX 880 AM
  • The Dalles: KACI 1300 AM
  • Tillamook: KTIL 1590 AM
  • Spokane: KYRS — 92.3FM and 88.1 FM

You can also listen to it streaming online on their page.

Cheers!

Interviews

First interviews

A big “thank you” to Tyler Reichert (who founded Silver Moon Brewing) and Chris Justema (co-owner of Cascade Lakes Brewing) for offering up their time for the first of many interviews I’ll be conducting among all the various beer people in the region.

I met with Tyler last week at the Platypus Pub, and with Chris this week at the Cascade Lakes Lodge during their 20th anniversary celebration—and enjoyed some fine beers at each, enjoying the Platypus Pub’s own Haste Ye Back Wee Heavy, and Cascade Lakes’ 20th Anniversary IPA.

And of course, lots of good history and information is coming from the interviews, hopefully much or all of which will make it into the book! The scope won’t just cover the breweries, of course, but also other beer-related topics that contribute to Bend’s amazing beer culture, like homebrewing for instance (Tyler used to own the Brew Shop back in the day).

Tomorrow, I’ll be spending some time with the crew over at 10 Barrel and I expect a lot more good information to add to my research.