Sip Northwest, Winter 2015
29 ALES AND TRAILS TOP PHOTO BY TALIA GAVIN MIDDLE AND BOTTOM PHOTO COURTESY OF TETHEROW RESORT LUXURY ON THE PLATEAU Today the name Tetherow is synonymous with Tetherow Resort a 700 acre golf and resort community located off the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway about you guessed it 10 minutes from downtown Bend The resort opened Tetherow Lodges a 50 room boutique hotel in April with luxury accommodations overlooking the golf course and adjacent Deschutes National Forest With rooms featuring gas fireplaces flat screen TVs soaking tubs and terraces with views of both sunrise and sunset for much of the year it was hard to leave our room even if most things we wanted to do were at most 10 minutes away Bend is home to 23 craft breweries and counting more per capita than any other city in Oregon Pick up one of the Bend Ale Trail maps available at most breweries and plot your course Its easy to buy and fill a growler at most breweries and many offer food Each brewery featured on the map about 14 total will stamp your ale trail passport no purchase required Area favorites include Crux Fermentation Project 10 Barrel Brewing Co Bend Brewing Co Boneyard Beer and many more including the following alternate means to tasting CYCLE PUB combines exercise and beer tasting The 16 person pub table on wheels is manned by a designated driver while you and your friends sample the beers and pedal between breweries tap houses and tasting rooms on the two hour tour BEND BREW BUS offers transportation with no manpower required Four hour tours include a knowledgeable local guide beers tastes and appetizers Guide John Flannery peppers the tour with interesting asides about some of the local art featured throughout town Throughout the year craft beer enthusiasts flock to Bend for one or more of the craft beer festivals hosted in town THE BEND BREWFEST is held in early August at the Les Schwab amphitheater featuring more than 160 breweries for three full days with food trucks and live music The LITTLE WOODY BARREL AGED BREW AND WHISKEY FEST takes place at the end of August Over two days sample dozens of wood aged beers from across the Northwest along with smallbatch rye whiskeys and bourbons SIPNORTHWEST COM
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