There’s nothing quite like a big 22-ounce bomber of barleywine to get a nice buzz on. That’s the size of the bottle Deschutes Brewery‘s Mirror Mirror special reserve comes in, which I drank last night. It’s a big beer in a big bottle, and it’s simply amazing. How’s that for … Continue reading

Our local paper The Bulletin had an article yesterday about our local breweries’ sales figures and talks a bit about Deschutes Brewery’s new beers that I blogged about the day before (a nice bit of synchronicity). According to the article, Deschutes’ sales increased 8 percent in 2005, and Cascade Lakes … Continue reading

After work today I swung by Newport Market over on Bend’s westside for their Thirsty Thursday beer tasting. I just found out about these Thirsty Thursdays recently; they’re every, er, Thursday from 3:30 until 6:00. Free beer! Can’t go wrong with that. Today it was a rep from Deschutes Brewery … Continue reading

Donavan over at A Good Beer Blog must be in tune with my "Beers for spring" posts, as the next beers I’m blogging are winter warmers and barleywines: On the 21st of March, after a day of eating chocolates and other Hershey candies, I was slumped in a chair in … Continue reading

Someone reminded me about New Belgium‘s Biere de Mars, which is their seasonal brewed for March. A good early spring beer! The style is of a Bière de Garde, which I’d classify as a beer for spring. According to Al Korzonas in his excellent book Homebrewing, Vol. 1: Bière de … Continue reading

Since this last week was the start of spring, I thought I’d write a bit about seasonal spring beers. I can think of several styles that qualify, so I’ll spin this out into several posts. According to Michael Jackson in his book Ultimate Beer, the beers of spring are Bocks: … Continue reading

Tonight I opened up the bottle of Theakston Old Peculier that I picked up from Belmont Station when we were in Portland earlier this month. Old Peculier is an old ale style of beer that weighs in at 5.6% alcohol by volume—not overly strong, lending itself to being a good … Continue reading

I know, I really haven’t posted much lately. I’m lame. It’s been super busy at work and I’ve just had trouble getting motivated. Got some things coming up, though, including a new "Beer Hacker" feature. Maybe once I get that published I’ll get back on a more regular schedule. Stay … Continue reading