Visiting Bend, Oregon in the summer time is a treat to the senses. High desert sage brush and juniper trees, mingled with pinion pine, and miles and miles of river. Clean, blue-water river.
Deschutes Brewery Tour
On our recent visit, we toured the Deschutes Brewery. This is one of the premier craft brewers in the West- earning a place on Outside Magazine’s 2013 list of the 100 Best Places to Work. Any wonder when their break-room boasts a personal chef hired to keep the employees well fed?
Employee Feastings
The brewery offered beer tastings before the tour, and we were able to sample some of their newest and best brews. Our son had introduced me to Black Butte Porter when I spent a month in Oregon- waiting for, and then celebrating our grandson’s birth last year. It was smooth and delicious and is still my favorite.
Deschutes Beer
Mike likes the more Hoppy IPAs and this tour left him savoring the scents of vast rooms full of barrels of hops-both fresh and in the brewing stage.
Buckets of Hops Ready for Brewing
The staff at Deschutes was so hospitable and the information they shared about the brewing process and the establishment of their brewery was really fun to hear.
We topped off the day with dinner at the Deschutes Brew Pub with more delicious beer on tap and burgers, served on their homemade bread, and made from local beef- partially raised on the used grains from the brewing process. (We feed Mike’s leftover grains from brewing to our chickens too!)
Burgers and Beer at Deschutes Brew Pub
Mmmm! Obsidian Stout and Burgers at The Brew Pub
This was a great chance to get away from the usual routine of day to day, and have an adventure in the unknown.
Park in Bend, Oregon.
If you could get away for a day and visit the unknown, where would your adventure take you? Let us know in the comments below.
