The Brew Site100 Percent of Profits Donated To Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research (IMBCR) Calling it a beer for hope and in honor of the passing of a long time friend, SBS Imports will once again offer its specially crafted Reunion Beer. Reunion Beer is the inspiration and collaboration of … Continue reading
Russian River Brewing to distribute Port Brewing/Lost Abbey beers in Northern California Port Brewing announced today that Russian River Brewing Company will distribute Port’s beers in the San Francisco Bay and Northern California regions. Under the agreement Russian River will provide Port’s full range of products, including the much heralded … Continue reading
2° Below is the Fall/Winter seasonal release from New Belgium Brewing. Rather than a Winter Warmer, though, it’s an ESB (Extra Special Bitter), dry-hopped, at 6.6% alcohol by volume. NB says: We like to think we beat winter at its own game with 2°Below Winter Ale- a bright, warming blast … Continue reading
I’m casting about for ideas for this month’s Theme Week, which starts (as always) on the third Monday: February 18th. (Which also happens to be President’s Day here in the U.S.) One of my first thoughts was to do a "Fruit Beer" theme, in honor of Valentine’s Day. (Or perhaps … Continue reading
Now that some of the furor over Deschutes Brewery‘s The Abyss has died down, I thought it was high time to open up the bottle that Deschutes very graciously sent me and write about it. (Actually, I don’t know that it has died down completely… there are still bottles of … Continue reading
One year ago I wrote about Beer Brewing Software, reviewing five Windows programs and ultimately picking BeerSmith as the overall best brewing software available. (It still is, by the way.) At the time, I wrote: I only looked at programs that run on a single computer—even though in this wired-internet-“web … Continue reading
This press release came into my email today. Cinder Cone Red, from Deschutes, is one of the more popular of their seasonal releases around here; it’s also solidly in the “Northwest Red” style of beers. (Cf.) Also, they’ve changed the label design up a bit; check out the before and … Continue reading
This weekend—Friday and Saturday the 8th and 9th to be exact—is the KLCC Microbrew Festival over in Eugene (Oregon). From 5 to 11pm each day, it’s at the Lane Events Center Exhibit Hall (796 W 13th) and costs $10 admission. Tasters are $1. (There’s also a homebrew competition; it’s a … Continue reading
Bad Elf (subtitled “Winter’s Ale”) is an English IPA from Ridgeway Brewing by way of Shelton Brothers. Their site says this about the beer: Olde England meets the New World in this strong, warming golden ale. A generous amount of famous English malt is masterfully balanced with an astounding 45 … Continue reading
For my birthday a little over a month ago my wife got me a Beer of the Month subscription. We had received the first box a few days before, so I was able to actually open the box on my birthday and see what beers I received. The first beer … Continue reading