The Brew SiteI’m not doing a regular Theme Week this month but I’m compromising a bit because this week the Oregon Brewers Festival kicks off and I’ve got a ton of stuff to write about it. Sadly I won’t be attending again this year (scheduling conflicts only allow me to attend every … Continue reading
This is the second part in a series of articles about the economic impact of brewing your own beer at home. (Note: Updated for 2017!) Other posts in this series: Brewing on the cheap Revising estimates All-grain vs. extract brewing The $20 beer challenge In the last (introductory) article, I … Continue reading
We did a day trip to Hood River, Oregon, mostly for fruit picking (cherries and blueberries are the fruit of the season right now), but true to form, I have some beer notes as well. In particular, we arrived just in time for Double Mountain Brewery to open for lunch, … Continue reading
St Austell Brewery’s head brewer, Roger Ryman is celebrating being named the best in the business after being crowned the UK’s Brewer of the Year. Britain’s drinks industry gathered in Westminster this week (Wednesday July 15) to mark Proud of Pubs week and hear the winners of the Institute of … Continue reading
Lagunitas Brewing Company is quietly putting the finishing touches on an indoor / outdoor TapRoom and Beer Sanctuary with the grand opening celebration scheduled for September. The roughly 3,500-square foot on-premise venue will feature the full line-up of Lagunitas beers and will showcase local musicians five days a week, Wednesday … Continue reading
Back in April I picked up a bottle of Mango Weizen from Laughing Buddha Brewing—now known as Trade Route Brewing due to a legal dispute. The beer was new to my local Whole Foods and I’d been reading about the unusual brews Trade Route was producing (Purple Yam Porter, Ginger … Continue reading
I’d been eyeing the bottle of Black Butte XXI that Deschutes Brewery sent me for a few days before I broke down and opened it. That was four days ago, and I’ve been lax catching up with this review. Not for any particular reason, other than days just going by … Continue reading
St Austell Brewery is celebrating the first bottles of beer rolling off its brand new £750,000 in-house bottling line. Specialist builders, engineers and the Brewery’s own team have been busy since February installing, commissioning and testing the new bottling line at the Brewery’s St Austell headquarters. This week the first … Continue reading
Calling everyone who likes a good glass of beer: Pack your duffel bag and your notebook for the first-ever craft beer tasting tour by schooner! This October, under the sails of the 92-foot sailing ship Maple Leaf, you can cruise the Gulf Islands, B.C., on an excursion that includes sampling … Continue reading
It’s funny how people seem to catch wind of something like a new microbrewery at the same time; in this particular case I’m referring to SKW Brewing, the new (less than a year old) ultra-micro (perhaps “nano”) brewery over in Newport, Oregon. I was completely unaware of it until last … Continue reading