The Brew Site
Back when craft breweries were just starting to can their beers, Oskar Blues introduced its Ten Fidy Imperial Stout in cans, which I thought was brilliant and quite the novelty. (High gravity imperial stout in a can! No wax-dipped bottle!) These days canning big beers has become much more mainstream, … Continue reading
There is a town in Oregon named Boring—no, really, and even better, it’s the sister city to the village of Dull in Scotland—and naturally it is home of Boring Brewing Company. We’ve passed through Boring many times, going to and from Portland, but have yet to stop and visit the … Continue reading
Earlier this year I found myself in Golden, Colorado on a brief overnight trip. Golden is of course home to Coors Brewing Company, whose tour I would love to take at some point (apparently the physical brewery/plant is the largest in the world), but instead there was just time for … Continue reading
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