Our friends at GoodLife Brewing are known around the Northwest for their delicious craft beer and now these folks are  joining the growing trend of craft breweries to release their goods in cans. Here’s more from the brewery

Press Release:

BEND, OR (Tuesday, March 12^th, 2013)  Being outdoor enthusiasts living in a mountain town, canning beer was a natural fit for GoodLife Brewing.  This week, GoodLife will be the first brewery in Central Oregon to can its beer when it releases Descender IPA in 12oz/6 packs.  

Initially, Descender IPA will be available with limi Read More…

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Press Release:

BEND, OR – Eighteen months after first mixing water, malt, and hops, GoodLife Brewing Company is increasing capacity by over 60% with the addition of new 30 BBL and 120 BBL fermenters. 

The new fermentation tanks increase GoodLife’s monthly capacity from 480 barrels to 780 barrels, making their annual capacity 9,360 barrels.  Head Brewer, Curt Plants, said, “Exciting things are happening around here.  The new 120 BBL will be great for increasing our capacity, but I’m really excited about the new 30 BBL.  That tank will give us the freedom to brew new single batch beers as well as a few we have already done.”

GoodLife Brewing will now be able to increase the production of 22oz bottles of Read More…

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The Holiday Ale Festival at Pioneer Courthouse Square will certainly be at the front of every beer lover’s mind this weekend. Each year the event offers a vast array of specialty releases to warm the cockles of your liver while providing an excuse to head into the festive sights and lights of downtown Portland and catch up with family and friends. Here under the heated tents, merriment is shared amongst many, illustrating the collective Cascadian love for great craft beer, a signature element of our region.

For some, the weekend crowds of Holiday Ale Festival may be a bit intimidating, especially if you head out on Friday and Saturday night when things are in full swing. Thankfully, here in Portland, there are plenty of wonderfully enticing satellite events that may offer a bit more intimacy, if not just simply serve as a nice supplement to Holiday Ale Festival itself. In addition to the in-tents fest downtown, here’s a look at where we plan to be quaffing great beer: Read More…

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Meet the brewers of GoodLife Brewing of Bend, Oregon and try some of their killer brews!

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Taste the beers of GoodLife Brewing of Bend, Oregon at Red Zone Sports Bar N’ Grill in Ashland, OR. Craft beer!

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Who knew you could have this much fun on a Thursday Night!  From October thru April, the Bella Union comes alive on Thursday night with local distributors and breweries offering samples of beer and ales.  Featured beer or ale on tap at a special price, oysters available any way you like them; cooked, over cooked, barely cooked or raw!  The Bella ends the season with one of the biggest events in Southern Oregon; the Oysters & Ales Blowout, with dozens of beer and ale samples, oysters and a whole lotta fun!  This is like a Southern Oregon beer fest, right here on the back patio, under the wisteria and stars

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August 2, 2012 marks the second annual International #IPADay in which beer lovers from around the planet unite to toast one of craft beer’s most iconic styles. The most entered beer style in many major craft beer competitions, the American India Pale Ale is a beer with a unique history that has evolved from a means of preservation during beers’ arduous travels to that of desire. Today many new hop varietals have been discovered and developed to provide a range of subtle to bold spicing notes.

With IPAs, harnessing the bold character of a heavy hop bill is an art and a science that is continually being understood as the modern palate continues to be redefined. Living in the Pacific Northwest, we are blessed with access to about 20-percent of the world’s hop supply, with varietals unlike any others grown abroad. Here’s a look at some wonderful IPAs from the West Coast available in bottles/cans that we think you’ll enjoy on this hoppy day. Read More…

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GoodLife Brewing Company is excited to announce Descender IPA have been put in 22-ounce, screen-printed bottles on Wednesday, June 27th, just in time for the Bend, OR brewery’s first anniversary. Read More…

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Curt Plants, brewmaster at GoodLife Brewing in Bend, OR, will be at Blitz Ladd in Portland for a Meet the Brewer at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm on June 7, 2012. Blitz Sports Pub – Ladd is located at 2239 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214.  Feel free to tell your friends and come see us.

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Meet the brewers and sample specialty and small batch brews from some of Central Oregon’s finest craft beer producers! Participating Breweries include: 10 Barrel, Boneyard, Good Life, Bend Brewing Co., Three Creeks, and Deschutes! Also featuring the latest in The Bier Stein collaboration series w/Bend Brewing Co. Meet the Brewers from 6-9pm!

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