Jon Abernathy

If you’re reading this article on or about April 1, and I begin by telling you it describes a beer brewed with maple syrup, balsam fir tips and live lobsters,

Each June, McMenamins Thompson Brewery & Public House in Salem hosts its Barley Cup Brewfest, inviting brewers from other McMenamins locations to bring a specialty beer to showcase. Attendees sample

The newest beer from GoodLife Brewing Company is a specialty barrel-aged brew released in bottles named Peach Chardonnay. As you might guess from the name, there is a wine influence,

If you’re visiting Sisters, make it a point to stop at the town’s youngest brewery, Funky Fauna Artisan Ales. Located on the north side near Three Creeks Brewing Company’s production

The beginning of autumn heralds shorter, cooler days, changing colors of the leaves, apple cider, pumpkin patches, and the appearance of what I consider harvest beers. These are the seasonal

Earlier this month, the 40th annual Great American Beer Festival took place in Denver, Colorado. The largest ticketed beer fest in the United States, the GABF featured 500 breweries pouring

Nearly all beer recipes start with four ingredients: malt, hops, water and yeast. From that base, there is a wide range of possibilities when considering adjuncts such as sugars that

Rounding out the holiday season with the final days of Twelvetide (otherwise known as the Twelve Days of Christmas, which last from Dec. 25 through Jan. 5), there always seem

For the past number of years, Deschutes Brewery has partnered with Bendistillery’s Crater Lake Spirits to release Black Butte Whiskey, a spirited take on the brewery’s iconic Black Butte Porter.

Of the five Bend breweries that opened in 2013, only three are still around: Worthy Brewing Co., Bridge 99 Brewery and Oblivion Brewing Co. Oblivion may be the least well

Crux Fermentation Project recently released the latest beer in its Coolship Experiment series, in which the brewery partnered with Rogue Creamery of Southern Oregon to produce a lambic-style ale inspired

It will be at 1124 NW Newport Ave., in the building that was formerly home to Devore's Good Food Store.

Immersion Brewing Co. released two specialty barrel-aged beers this month, both imperial-strength blended stouts aged in bourbon barrels. Since it’s the tail end of Stout Month, I couldn’t resist the

Bend author and photographer Jon Abernathy knows his beer. Every other week for The Bulletin, Abernathy, the voice of sudsy authority behind thebrewsite.com, selects his top choices for beers that

Every other week, beer columnist Jon Abernathy selects his favorite beers. His current fab five is as follows:

Worthy Brewing Company recently revamped its draft system, expanding the number of taps in its main bar from 12 to 24, and released several new beers to fill them. Among

The awards ceremony for the Northwest Cider Cup competition took place in Portland Thursday, June 20. I was invited to attend the event to report on it and the results,

The last few weeks of summer call for light, easy-drinking brews that are refreshing warm weather thirst quenchers. There are a number of beer styles that fit the bill, but

It’s that time of year again in the beer world — hop harvest season! Hops are the flowers of the hop plant Humulus lupulus, used in brewing for bittering beer

Terranaut Beer, Bend’s newest brewery, debuted this summer, soft launching with a handful of beers at local establishments while putting the finishing touches on a taproom that officially opened at