The Brew Site
The 33 Bottles of Beer tasting notebooks produced by 33 Books has a new special edition that just came out—the Fresh Hop Edition. And one just arrived in the mail today for me. Billed as a “journal for hop-forward beers,” this variant on the standard tasting journal is appropriately green … Continue reading
This Saturday, August 25, Hopworks Urban Brewery in Portland hosts the first-ever Salmon-Safe IPA Festival at its original brewpub location at SE Powell. HUB has led the way on sustainability and environmentally-friendly practices since day one, and this festival—the first of its kind—is no different. Highlighting the Salmon-Safe program is a … Continue reading
For my latest article for The Bulletin out this week, I tackle the new (sub)style of Brut IPA, and the ones that are starting to show up here in Central Oregon. In June, Boneyard Beer released DryPA Brut IPA, a collaboration with Single Hill Brewing Company of Yakima, Washington. Boneyard … Continue reading
Here’s a new one: a hopped boilermaker. Courtesy of Double Mountain Brewery, it consists of a shot of Double Mountain Hopped Whiskey and a pint of Vaporizer Dry-Hopped Pale Ale. Of course, to properly drink a boilermaker, I believe you’re supposed to do the shot then drink the beer. Or … Continue reading
With Bend Brewfest around the corner, here’s my roundup of the beers that will be pouring, according to the website. The list can be found on the BBF website here, and you can click on each brewery’s offerings to see details; I’ve compiled the list below based on that for … Continue reading
Yes, the time has come for Deschutes Brewery to release a hazy IPA! Actually they’ve already released a number of them, but this one is the first to be packaged: Fresh Haze IPA. The brewery sent me two cans this week. I like the play on “Fresh Squeezed,” both in … Continue reading
In mid-July we stayed overnight in Eugene, with plans to have dinner at King Estate Winery. King Estate is one of the largest (if not the largest) wineries in Oregon, and is considered the premier producer of Pinot gris in the country. Of course there is beer to be found … Continue reading
pFriem Family Brewers of Hood River recently collaborated with Portland-based Zupan’s Markets to produce Farm to Market IPA, the latest in an ongoing collaboration with the market chain. Late last week I received a bottle of this beer to sample, which the press release described as: “This Northwest style IPA … Continue reading
This month’s edition of The Session is hosted by Jack Perdue of Deep Beer, who is asking us to consider beer and wood. In The Good in Wood, Jack says: Wood has been used for millennia to store, transport and flavor beer, wine and spirits. Today, the relationship between wood … Continue reading
The annual Bend Brewfest returns this month to run three days from Thursday, August 16 through Saturday, August 18. As always it takes place at the Les Schwab Amphitheater next to the Deschutes River in Bend. This year 72 breweries and cider makers are pouring nearly 200 beers and ciders, … Continue reading