The Brew SiteJoin Sarah Pederson of Saraveza and Lisa Morrison, the Beer Goddess, for a unique Mother’s Day event: Beer & Cheesecake! SUN, May 8th, 1-3pm @ Saraveza’s backspace Discover YOUR perfect craft beer and cheesecake pair! Enjoy samples of 6 savory and sweet cheesecakes made by local bakers & brewers as … Continue reading
This Mother’s Day, show your mom some love with quality time and a local beer. She’s been teaching you for years; it’s your turn to show her a thing or two. So grab your mom and swing by Full Sail, take a tour, grab a bite, have a pint and … Continue reading
A new kind of beer festival kicks off this June outside of one of Portland’s newest breweries, Burnside Brewing. Fruit beers are the red-headed stepchild of craft beer, often overlooked by beer lovers because of preconceptions that they are sweet, boring, or artificially flavored. The first annual Portland Fruit Beer Festival … Continue reading
Almost immediately after discovering and blogging about Eugene Beer Week, I stumbled across Medford Beer Week: taking place June 12th through 18th in Medford, Oregon. Not as many events registered yet as for Eugene, but they’ve got a bit over a month to add more, and from what I see … Continue reading
Why didn’t anyone tell me there was a Eugene Beer Week, and that it’s next week? With a really nice lineup of events, too. Somehow, completely off my radar… I might have to turn in my beer blogging badge… This is the first Oregon-based “Beer Week” that I’ve seen, and … Continue reading
These came yesterday from Deschutes Brewery: Twilight Ale, Deschutes’ seasonal beer for summer, which is on the shelves from May through September. It’s a favorite, though the Central Oregon spring has not been one to put you in the mood for summer (yet). But that’s okay, I always enjoy Twilight.
The news came out yesterday that Deschutes Brewery and Boulevard Brewing Company will be brewing a collaboration beer; I posted the press release which has the details, but the gist is that they’ll be working together on a “White IPA” (a counterpoint to all those Black IPAs?): it “combines Boulevard’s … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery and Boulevard Brewing Company today announced that they will release two versions of a new collaboration beer later this summer. The style, which is described by brewmasters Steven Pauwels of Boulevard and Larry Sidor of Deschutes as a White I.P.A., combines Boulevard’s expertise in making Belgian-style witbiers with … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery’s Red Chair NWPA (Northwest Pale Ale) is nearly off the shelves, that’s how late this review of this year’s release is, but it’s still a fine and tasty beer that I have some notes for. You may recall it was originally sent to me back in late December … Continue reading
Over a year ago I posted about the Elliot Glacier Public House being for sale (located in Parkdale, Oregon); since then I’ve wondered a bit about what became of it, as I hadn’t heard anything about it. More recently, the website appears to be down (although you can still see … Continue reading