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Even though we’re entering fresh hop season with a slew of upcoming fresh hops festivals and events, this Saturday, September 8, Zoiglhaus Brewing in Portland is offering something different: its first ever Portland Lager Festival. While “lager” is a broad topic, stylistically speaking, it seems to me to be a great … Continue reading
With Labor Day behind us and things generally quieting down for the summer, it’s time to get back in the saddle and start the daily news roundup once again. Without further ado, here’s the Oregon beer news for Tuesday, September 4; as usual I’ll be updating this periodically throughout the … Continue reading
Here is this year’s attempt to keep track of the various fresh hop beers coming from Central Oregon breweries, as well as a roundup of events. Right out of the gate there are already a ton of beers announced, and this list will grow as September progresses. (Last year’s watch … Continue reading
I haven’t really blogged at all yet about fresh hop season (except here)—one of my favorite times of the beer year—even though everybody seems to be pointing out that (some of) the crops are coming in early this year and there are already a few fresh hop beers in the … Continue reading
This week’s latest print article in the Bend Bulletin is (of course) on The Little Woody taking place this weekend: The Little Woody offers the best of the best brews. It’s a roundup for Bulletin readers of several of the local-to-Central-Oregon barrel brews to look for and sample. I highlighted seven … Continue reading
Here’s a summer cider concept for you: lemonade. After drinking through a couple of bottles of the latest limited-release cider from 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy, that’s my impression. 2 Towns had sent me these to sample, and overall it’s an interesting concept: Citrusy and refreshing, Easy Peasy … Continue reading
The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival begins in two days, and features 23 breweries and cideries pouring a variety of barrel-aged (and non-barrel-aged) beers and ciders. Of the wood-aged offerings it looks like a pretty strong list this year, and you can judge for yourself below. Within the … Continue reading
One of Bend’s most highly-anticipated beer events, The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival, returns this Labor Day weekend for its tenth annual celebration of wood. As always, it takes place on the grounds of the Deschutes Historical Museum, and starts Friday, August 31 at 5pm, continuing through … Continue reading
In today’s craziest beer news (and it’s only Monday morning), Bend’s 10 Barrel Brewing announced that it is teaming up with Bend’s Blockbuster video store—recently in the news for officially being the last Blockbuster store in the lower 48 states—to brew a collaboration beer named… you guessed it… The Last … Continue reading
I received the bottles of 2 Towns Ciderhouse Pacific Pineapple cider back in February and enjoyed a bottle early on, but saved one for the summer months for which I found it to be a great hot weather cider. 2 Towns introduced this to its year-round lineup at the beginning … Continue reading