North Rim BrewPub is a family owned and run business. Les Keele owns North Rim BrewPub which is currently transitioning from Rat Hole Brew Pub. Les is a retired public school administrator and took on ownership of the pub in October 2014 from Rat Hole BrewPub, which was established in 2013. Ken Deuser is Les’s brother-in-law and partner with ownership interest. Ken is a retired Navy Chief of 25 years in the U.S. Navy. Ken “experienced” many beers from around the world and believes in great beer at a brewpub. We are currently transitioning from Rat Hole BrewPub to North Rim BrewPub. We are still the same Great Team, Same Location, & Same Great Food, and Now, More Great Beer Choices from North Rim Brewing. Our choice for fresh brewed beer here in Bend, Oregon. A transition from Rat Hole Brewing’s a 2.5 bbl. System, to North Rim BrewPub a 10 bbl. system designed to provide Bend and the Great Northwest some of the freshest tasting brew around. Rat Hole Brewing was a startup Nano Brewery in Central Oregon. We are a family owned operation that started as home brewing project eleven years ago. We spent two years converting a “Rat Hole” of a barn into a Nano Brewery. The barn also had a 20,000 gal. cistern used to cool the wort and in jacketing our fermenters into the “Little Brewery That Could”.