Festival

I was able to juggle work to get a chance to attend one day of the Bend Brewfest.
Held in the lovely downtown amphitheater, the weather cooperate, being warm and sunny without being oppressively hot.

10 Barrel Brewing Co. Belgian Blonde Ale / Summer Ale
21st Amendment Brewery Hell or High Watermelon Wheat / Brew Free! Or Die IPA
Bayern Brewing Company Dump Truck Extra Pale Summer Bock / Dragon’s Breath Dark Heff Ale
Beer Valley Brewing Co. Leafer Madness IPA / Black Madness 2BIPA
Bend Brewing Company Starlet Imperial Red Ale / Black Diamond Dark Lager
Big Sky Brewing Moose Drool / Trout Slayer Filtered Wheat Ale
Boneyard Beer Bone-A-Fide / Girl Beer
BridgePort Brewing Co. Hop Czar / Organic Blue Heron
Caldera Brewing IPA / Pale Ale
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. Paulina Lake Pilsner / 20” Brown
Crispin Cider Company Crispin Original Hard Cider / Fox Barrel Pear Cider
Deschutes Brewery Hop in the Dark CDA / Miss Spelt Hefeweizen
Double Mountain IRA / Vaporizer
Everybody’s Brewing Country Boy IPA / Law of Nature Pale Ale
Full Sail Brewing Co. Spotless IPA / LTD 03
Great Divide Brewing Co. Hercules Double IPA / Hoss Rye Lager
Hopworks Urban Organic Rise up Red / Organic Hub Lager
Kona Brewing Co Kona Longboard Lager / Kona Wailua Wheat
Lagunitas Brewing Co. A Little Sumpin’ Sunpin’ / New Dogtown Pale Ale
Laurelwood Brewing Co. Organic Free Range Red / Workhorse IPA
Lompoc Brewing Proletariat Red / L.S.D. Lompoc Strong Draft
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co. MacTarnahan’s Amber Ale / Summer Grifter IPA
McMenamins Copper Moon Organic Pale / Pilsner / Lager
Mt. Shasta Brewing Co. Skipo and Go Naked / Mountain High IPA
New Belgium Brewery Ranger IPA / Sunshine Wheat
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Total Domination / Radiant
Oakshire Brewing Watershed IPA / Line Dry Rye
Pyramid Brewing Co. Haywire Hefeweizen / Juggernaut Red Ale
Redhook Ale Brewery Copperhook Copper Ale / Big Ballard Imperial IPA
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Pale Ale / Tumbler
Silver Moon Brewing Hop Knop IPA / Darkside Stout
Three Creeks Brewing Co. Knotty Blonde / Old Prospector Pale Ale
Trumer Trumer Pils
Walkabout Brewing Co. Worker’s Pale Ale / Red Back IPA
Widmer Brothers Brewing Drifter Pale Ale / W’10 Pitch Black IPA

These were the beers available.
And these were the beers I had, some to because I probably never would buy a bottle and some because I already liked

10 Barrel Brewing Co. Belgian Blonde Ale / Summer Ale
21st Amendment Brewery Brew Free! Or Die IPA
Bayern Brewing Company Dragon’s Breath Dark Heff Ale
Bend Brewing Company Black Diamond Dark Lager
Big Sky Brewing Moose Drool
Boneyard Beer Girl Beer
BridgePort Brewing Co. Hop Czar / Organic Blue Heron
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co. 20” Brown
Deschutes Brewery Hop in the Dark CDA / Miss Spelt Hefeweizen
Double Mountain IRA / Vaporizer
Everybody’s Brewing Country Boy IPA
Great Divide Brewing Co. Hercules Double IPA
Hopworks Urban Organic Rise up Red / Organic Hub Lager
Lagunitas Brewing Co. A Little Sumpin’ Sunpin’
Laurelwood Brewing Co. Organic Free Range Red
Lompoc Brewing Lompoc Strong Draft
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Co. MacTarnahan’s Amber Ale / Summer Grifter IPA
McMenamins Lager
Oakshire Brewing Watershed IPA
Pyramid Brewing Co. Juggernaut Red Ale
Redhook Ale Brewery Big Ballard Imperial IPA
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Tumbler
Silver Moon Brewing Darkside Stout
Three Creeks Brewing Co. Knotty Blonde / Old Prospector Pale Ale
Widmer Brothers Brewing W’10 Pitch Black IPA

Back in Black

Having tried the watermelon wheat and not being terribly impressed, I saw this at the store and decided to try it.

Described as a Black IPA, after tasting it I thought it was a bit of a goof. It doesn't have the hops of an IPA and isn't very much in the line of a "black".

Having said that it wasn't that bad. I taste more like a light stout, if that is possible. The flavors were nice and even, a smooth almost roast flavor. The hops are mild. It reminds me of the Sinister Ale from 10 barrel. I would recommend it.