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 [...]
Big Rig Bitter is a strong pale that is currently available in downtown Bend at Deschutes Brewery on Bond Street. This rendition weighs in at 46 IBU’s and 6.0% ABV. It utilizes Horizon and Crystal Hops for all of it’s hoppy goodness, which is then perfectly balanced by two types of crystal malts.
Big Rig has [...]
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
