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Even though this is a beer blog, it’s not always about beer; sometimes I delve into wine, spirits, and other beverages. Often they go hand-in-hand with food, and this past weekend was one such occasion, as we attended a dinner and wine pairing at Brasada Ranch resort here in Central … Continue reading
Last weekend in Seattle (October 4 and 5), the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival returned for its 20th edition. This long-running event from Elysian Brewing started out as a relatively small brewfest in 2005 with a mere 12 pumpkin beers, and grew over the years to be a multi-day festival featuring … Continue reading
While Oktoberfest in Munich is over, many breweries are still celebrating all month long and many Oktoberfest beers are currently available. My recent article for The Bulletin covers the two beer styles associated with the festival, Märzen and Festbier, with examples from Wild Ride Brewing and Sunriver Brewing. Märzen is … Continue reading
Redhook is in an interesting position in the beer world, being one of the original American microbreweries (founded in 1981 in Seattle) that somehow is easy to forget is still around. I don’t mean this maliciously at all, I like (and always have) Redhook, but the series of acquisitions and … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery is one of those breweries that, to me, consistently brews solid, drinkable beers almost without exception (you can see my past reviews for example), and this extends to the ciders that Double Mountain produces as well. I happen to be on a media list in which I … Continue reading
My latest print article for The Bulletin (published last week) is my annual fresh hop roundup—or rather, because there are so many fresh hop beers being released and I have limited space in the article, a look at a handful fresh hop beers to get an idea of what to … Continue reading
The fresh hop beers from Double Mountain Brewery have returned, and in conjunction with the releases, the brewery sent me a bottle of this year’s Killer Green Fresh Hop IPA. The other standards are back as well—Killer Red Fresh Hop IRA, and Fresh Hop Iowa Bar Fight—and this year, there’s … Continue reading
Pumpkin beer season is here again, and you may have seen pumpkin beers starting to appear on the shelves since the beginning of the month. I already have a bunch in my fridge (of course) and recently I also received two pumpkin ales and an Oktoberfest from Montauk Brewing and … Continue reading
Over the summer, one of the latest in the Zupan’s Markets Farm to Market beer collaborations, a Japanese-style Lager with Portland’s Living Häus Beer, was released to the specialty grocery chain’s stores. It was the 29th beer in the series, in which Zupan’s partners with regional breweries to brew various … Continue reading
The latest non-alcoholic beer to come from Two Roads Brewing is an NA version of its flagship beer, Road 2 Ruin Zero. This NA IPA joins Non-Alcoholic Juicy IPA in the brewery’s lineup, and the company sent me a couple of cans to sample. Here are the details from the … Continue reading