Mission Street Pale Ale is a Trader Joe’s Exclusive Beer, and it is an absolute steal at $5.99 per six-pack. This hopped up pale ale is a 4.6% ABV session beer that is brewed and bottled by “Steinhaus Brewing Company” in Paso Robles, California. Hmmmm? 4.6% ABV? Super hoppy? Paso Robles, California? Does that sound like Firestone [...]
Shame on us for taking so long to evaluate any of the Bend Brewing Companies many fine ales. Tonya Cornett, the now famous brewmaster at the Bend Brewing Company(BBC) has recently released her seasonal amber offering, Axe Head Red.
Axe Head Red is a big bodied medium alcohol(our guess is that it tips the scales at [...]
This is the first of what we hope will be a recurring column here at Bend, Wild, on site beer evaluations. This review won’t be as extensive as the ones we compile at the Bend Wild tasting compound( it’s just weird to write notes and wax poetic about the virtues of a given beer in [...]
Widmer Brothers Brewing is one of Oregon’s Brewing behemoths. While the Ale thrives in Oregon, Lagers have played a significant role in Widmer Brothers success. This beer, Drop Top Amber Ale, has hints of lagerishness, despite its ale label. The labeling on this bottle is somewhat spartan but with a happy dog apparently hanging out [...]
Blind Pig IPA is brewed in an affable, quaffable style. At 6.1% alcohol, it isn’t exactly a giant, but we at Bend Wild have grown more fond of full flavor and low alcohol IPA’s in the last couple of tasting seasons. Attractive labeling and text bring attention to Russian River’s unusual bottle size of 500 [...]
Lagunitas Brewing Company from Petaluma, California is one of those tiny little breweries that somehow manages to put out a huge number of different beers every year. Hop Stoopid Imperial IPA is one of their latest big brews that is available throughout Bend in 22-ounce bottles. Several of our closest friends have recommended this beer to [...]
It’s hard to imagine that Portland’s oldest brewery could improve on their flagship IPA recipe, but Bridgeport Brewing Company just might have accomplished the impossible with the release of Hop Czar Imperial IPA, one of their newest beers in the Big Brew Series. Although this is an undoubtedly big beer, it has an incredibly unique profile that [...]
The Bend Wild tasters have had good beers and bad beers from Dogfish Head. Unfortunately, most of the bad beers were the ones that we bought from stores here in Bend. The only good beers we’ve ever tasted from this brewery were either drank on the East Coast or were transported directly from the brewery itself. We recognize [...]
This high-priced IPA from Pelican Pub and Brewery in Pacific City, Oregon has been one of our favorite beers for a long time. Although it occasionally makes its way to the shelves of Newport Market or Whole Foods in Bend, it is currently only available in the Bend Wild corporate tap room. Given Pelican’s ever increasing prices, [...]
Bend Wild has had a sneaker crush on Firestone Walker beers since we first tried them several years ago when one of our good friends smuggled them back for us from California. Since then, we’ve been fortunate enough to have their famous pale ale distributed into Bend under the super secret disguise of Trader Joes’ Mission [...]
Bend Freedom Ride 2010
Oregon’s Three Sisters at Sunrise
2010 Cyclocross Nationals in Bend, Oregon
Mt Bachelor and red indian paintbrush as seen from the Three sisters Wilderness area
Monkey Face in Smith Rock State Park in Central Oregon
Benham Falls in winter from the Deschutes River Trail
Broken Top Sunrise in the Three Sisters Wilderness of Central Oregon
