Bend Brewing Company is teaming up with former brewmasters Tonya Cornett and Ian Larkin for a 25th anniversary Double IPA. The collaboration beer BBC “25” will be unveiled during a 4-day anniversary celebration from October 21-25. The downtown Bend brewpub will be donating 10% of beer and 25th Anniversary merchandise sales to local non-profit organizations over the 4 day event that culminates on Friday October 23 with the draft release of the collaboration.

Both former brewmasters Tonya Cornett and Ian Larkin won numerous accolades and awards for their beers at Bend Brewing Co. and both went on to become lead innovation brewers for 10 Barrel Brewing. Made with 100% Mecca Grade malt from Madras, OR, BBC “25” blends old school hopping methods, like first wort hopping with Nugget hops, with new hop products and techniques like Eukanot Incognito in the whirlpool and a big Citra dry hop during fermentation for biotransformation. A final post fermentation dry hop with Simcoe provides classic pine notes that compliment the newer tropical hop flavors.

Current Bend Brewing Co. Head Brewer Zach Beckwith says, “It was a real honor collaborating with Tonya and Ian on this beer. The spirit of this beer is what BBC is all about; respecting our last 25 years while focused on the next 25.”

While the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic scuttled the brewery’s plans for a large-scale celebration of this important milestone, it hopes to be able to hold one in the future when it is safe. Bend Brewing Company opened in 1995 as Bend, Oregon’s 2nd brewery and over the last 25 years has won numerous awards at national and international beer competitions while building a reputation for quality and innovation. Bend Brewing Company beers are available in 16 oz cans and draft throughout Oregon and in parts of Colorado.