Mile 1132 - Deschutes Brewery Tour, OR
Bend is home to the Best Brewery Tour: Sorry Sierra Nevada, you have a lot to learn from the Deschutes Brewery.
Neither of us are beer aficionados like some of our friends, but we both really enjoyed this tour. Sarah's portrayal of the taste of beer: "It's like the taste you get when you brush your teeth and then drink orange juice, mixed with a little urine." Aaron also used to not enjoy the taste of beer, but his taste buds have been converted from learning more about the families of beer. Both beer and coffee have that effect. But, on to the tour!
They start you off with a free tasting flight, which equals a full beer when all is said and done! (Well it's a full beer if the person you're with is not a fan of beer and gives you all of their tastes = Happy Aaron). Then, you go on a jam-packed informational tour about beer: the history, the laws, the ingredients, the process used while looking at all the equipment. We now know what IPA stands for and why it was named such. Curious? Well you'll have to take the tour yourself! Or just click this. The only disappointment was the bottling and boxing machines were off the day we took the tour. Though still pretty cool to see them turned off. Then the tour ended with a gallery of the Christmas blend label art from all the past years. All done by local Bend artist. Aaron is already planning to move to Bend and enter next year's contest.
Bend is home to the Best Brewery Tour: Sorry Sierra Nevada, you have a lot to learn from the Deschutes Brewery. 
Neither of us are beer aficionados like some of our friends, but we both really enjoyed this tour. Sarah's portrayal of the taste of beer: "It's like the taste you get when you brush your teeth and then drink orange juice, mixed with a little urine." Aaron also used to not enjoy the taste of beer, but his taste buds have been converted from learning more about the families of beer. Both beer and coffee have that effect. But, on to the tour!
They start you off with a free tasting flight, which equals a full beer when all is said and done! (Well it's a full beer if the person you're with is not a fan of beer and gives you all of their tastes = Happy Aaron). Then, you go on a jam-packed informational tour about beer: the history, the laws, the ingredients, the process used while looking at all the equipment. We now know what IPA stands for and why it was named such. Curious? Well you'll have to take the tour yourself! Or just click this. The only disappointment was the bottling and boxing machines were off the day we took the tour. Though still pretty cool to see them turned off. Then the tour ended with a gallery of the Christmas blend label art from all the past years. All done by local Bend artist. Aaron is already planning to move to Bend and enter next year's contest.
I agree! Awesome tour!
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