…the Book was officially released! It’s hard to believe it’s only been four years, and in that time there have been quite a few changes to the Bend beer scene, including new breweries:
- Monkless Belgian Ales, which opened late in 2014
- Craft Kitchen and Brewery, which spun out of Old Mill Brew Werks and Fresh Tracks Brewing (all interlinked, the latter two no longer in existence)
- Kobold Brewing
- Immersion Brewing
- Crooked Jay Brewing
- Boss Rambler Beer Club
- Geist Beerworks
- Porter Brewing
- Spider City Brewing
And unfortunately there have been closures as well:
- Old Mill Brew Works and Fresh Tracks Brewing, as mentioned above
- Below Grade Brewing
- Rat Hole Brewing (the owners opened the Camp Abbot Taphouse in Sunriver (now also closed), but ceased the brewery operations
- Juniper Brewing
- North Rim Brewing
Both Juniper and North Rim opened the same year the book came out—they are mentioned in there—and closed last year.
Other breweries have undergone change in the intervening four years as well; Deschutes Brewery opened a taproom in Roanoake, Virginia; Bend Brewing Company changed ownership and expanded; Silver Moon, Three Creeks, Boneyard, and Crux Fermentation Project all opened production breweries; 10 Barrel opened a pub at its east Bend brewery.
All of which would be worth another chapter or two in a hypothetical second edition! (People ask me about that all the time, ultimately it’s up to the publisher.)
It’s been a great four years, and Bend Beer continues to sell, for which I want to thank everyone who has bought a copy (or more than one) as well as everyone who will buy it in the future!
Raise a beer to four years of Bend Beer!