Wild Ride Brewing is a production brewery and Tap Room located in the heart of downtown Redmond, Oregon. Planning began in late 2011, and the beers began flowing from the taps at Wild Ride Brewing on May 10, 2014. We are now open 7 days a week with food options available from the food cart community located on our patio. Our family-friendly Tap Room has indoor and outdoor seating to fit the Central Oregon lifestyle.
Our Wild Ride began when the idea of creating an awesome brewery came alive. A group of lifelong friends, who grew up in Redmond, started plotting the course. With no professional brewer on the team, priority one was finding the right team to create the brews. Through the ups and downs and twists and turns, we met many interesting and special people along the way. Our brewers have been brewing award-winning beers since the beginning and continue to craft innovative and fun styles!
Another important chapter to our story included finding the perfect location. In 2013, we found just that in an old lumber storage building in downtown Redmond. And that’s when this Wild Ride really took off! The building had four walls, concrete floors, garage doors and a tall ceiling, which was all we needed. We then created a plan to add everything else, beginning with running water (some of the best in the Pacific NW). We are thrilled to have found this location in our hometown, and there is no other place we would rather call home for our brewery.
This is the short story of our wild ride, and our story will keep on keeping on as we continue to make great brews for everyone to enjoy. So, what’s your Wild Ride? Whatever it may be, we raise a pint to you and the journey you’ll take to turn your wild ride into a reality.
Draft - Sweet peach and citrus. Clear gold with a decent white head. Sweet Mandarin and some light pithy notes. Light bitterness and sweetness in the finish.
Tap at OBF 2015. Aroma of fruit, spice, ginger. Med minus body. Flavor is floral, fruit, spice, ginger. Fresh and reviving. Finish is dryish, ginger, fruit. Ginger covers all sins. Not that there are any here. :)
Bottle thanks to Hayduke at the RBSG, grand tasting Clear dark brown with a medium sized beige head, good lacing. Aroma of chocolate and soy sauce. Taste is bready, soy sauce and some pine Ok, but not real good.
22 oz. bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of coffee upfront, with secondary notes of vanilla. Flavour is fairly muted, with restrained coffee and some faint vanilla. Leaves a lot to be desired. The flavours are there, but they at muted and leaving something to be desired. Meh.
22 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark brown with an amber tinge and a small beige head. Aroma brings out toasted bready malt and some dry hops to back. Flavour is fairly oxidized, with bready malt and just enough hoppy astringency. Doesn't strike me as a black IPA. Weak and simple. Meh.
22 oz. bottle, pours a clear golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out piney floral hops and perfume - seems a bit jagged. Flavour is along the same lines, with floral hops and biscuity malt to back. Nothing special but well-balanced. Standard IPA.
22 oz bottle pour. Pours black with a tan head and lacing. Soft vanilla, coffee bean aroma. Flavor is mild mocha chocolate, with a sweet vanilla hinted finish. Pretty standard to what I was expecting, though good overall. Enjoyed it.
On tap at sunriver. Pours a clear reddish color with a small white head. A light malty caramel nose. Toast, caramel, pine, some mild citrus. Smooth and light.
Bomber. Pours a nearly jet black color with a small light brown head. A malty fruity chocolate nose. The flavor is light pine, fruity malts, cocoa, sweet licorice. Really fruity which is I guess is the IPA element, but much more sweet and dusty porter. Drinkable and pretty tasty.