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How To Help Your Favorite Businesses

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Cash is king, especially for small businesses. You may have noticed more businesses requiring a mimimum purchase amount before they accept a card. Every time you use your credit or debit card businesses lose 1%-3% of your bill. That cashback that Discover Card advertises?  That comes from a charge to the businesses.  That is why … Read more

Green Plow Coffee Roasters

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Green Plow Coffee Roasters is the only locally owned coffeehouse in Redmond with an in-house  roastery!

Green Plow Coffee Roasters is located in the heart of downtown Redmond, Oregon serving as a living room for the community.  Go in, grab a cup of their house roasted coffee, and talk with friends, old and new.

Green Plow roasts coffee fresh in our shop on a Probat L12. As Volkswagen owners, we appreciate its simple German engineering.  It’s important to us to find coffees that not only taste great, but that are ethically produced. We also look for coffees that have been grown with environmentally friendly methods. Watch here for updates!

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Hot Lips Soda

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HOTLIPS Soda is made to worship the magnificent fruits and berries grown in the Pacific Northwest. With taste blasts and shifts in flavor, and surprising notes and harmonies, each sip tells the story of prime growing conditions and the hard work of growers. HOTLIPS Soda is real fruit soda, traditionally brewed. Picked-ripe fruit is cooked in open kettles, … Read more

Erath

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Earth Winery: As one of Oregon’s wine pioneers, Dick Erath had always been as tenacious in his approach to Pinot as the Pinot grape is stubborn. The engineer-turned-viticulturist was first inspired to pursue winemaking in 1965 after an early garage experiment. After completing coursework at UC-Davis in 1968, Erath relocated his family from California to … Read more

Radiant Summer Ale – Ninkasi

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Ninkasi Brewing Company just launched their crisp and flavorful, Radiant Summer Ale for 2010.  A clean finishing summer offering in the Ninkasi tradition. The smooth malt character is balanced by a elegant hop bitterness, the perfect compliment to a glorious summer day.    6% alc./vol. 40 ibus. Ninkasi Brewing has quickly grown to be a … Read more

Rose Festival

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The Rose Festival starts today.  There are many parts to the Rose Festival but for most people it means the Waterfront Village opens with rides, foods, drinks, and entertainment.  Admission is free on the 28th, which is opening day, and it runs through June 13th.  The Waterfront Village is closed June 1st, 7th, and 8th. … Read more

Memorial Weekend Beer Events

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Most everyone has something going on this weekend including new releases but here are some highlights. Rogue Ales – Great deals on Rogue Ales. The Garage Sales kick off on Friday- 5/28-31 in Newport, Astoria, Eugene, & Portland, OR. Sales on time. Follow them @RogueAles on Twitter. SEVEN BRIDES TAPROOM OPENS – 12 Taps, 13 Wines, … Read more

Stupid Internet, or Maybe Smart Internet

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If you have read the About page then you know, like many blogs, that this is a side project.  Last night as I sat down to write the posts for today but I couldn’t get my internet to work.  It felt like a conspiracy because my phone’s 3G wasn’t working as well. I sat there calling the internet and … Read more