The Brew Site
Last year, Bend’s GoodLife Brewing teamed up with the band G. Love & Special Sauce to brew G. Love’s Special Sauce IPA, Danky Dankster. What could easily have been a one-off beer has turned into a returning specialty IPA series, with the collaboration happening again on a new rendition of … Continue reading
Today is the start of American Craft Beer Week, the nationwide celebration of craft brewers that runs through Sunday, May 19. Look for ACBW tie-ins at various locations throughout the week—if I find any I’ll note them in the news roundups, including today’s. I’ll be updating this news post throughout … Continue reading
Spring is in the air, and Kobold Brewing of Redmond is celebrating with Fruhlingfest, a German springtime beer fest this Friday and Saturday. Details from the email newsletter: This weekend we’re going to throw a party at The Vault Taphouse. Spring is here and we are ready to go. Michael … Continue reading
No “real time” Oregon beer news for the end of the week, as I’m heading over to Public Coast Brewing for a media event today. However here are few highlighted events coming up for this (long) Mother’s Day weekend: Thursday: Tin Bucket in Portland kicks off its weekend-long 6th anniversary … Continue reading
Here’s the news in Oregon beer for this Wednesday, May 8. As usual I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with the latest news, so check back often. And if you have news to share, please contact me and I can get that updated as well. Portland’s Tin Bucket … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery announced the return of Humm Zinger last week, its kombucha radler brewed in collaboration with Humm Kombucha, and yesterday two cans arrived at the house. I expect this to be a repeat of last year, in which I wrote: Overall, Humm Zinger drinks much more like a traditional … Continue reading
Today is National Homebrew Day, which got its start in 1988 when Representative David Skaggs of Colorado declared before Congress that May 7 would be recognized as such. If you’re a homebrewer or know one, raise a glass of beer brewed at home to toast the day! I don’t know … Continue reading
Here’s the news in Oregon beer for this Monday, May 6 to kick off a new week. As usual I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with the latest news as I find it, so check back often. And if you have news to share, please contact me and … Continue reading
Happy Friday! It’s a busy weekend with Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) on Saturday, Cinco de Mayo on Sunday, and a number of anniversaries to keep you occupied. Here’s the rundown of the news and events for this first weekend of May, which I’ll be updating throughout the day … Continue reading
Worthy Brewing recently sent me five beers in its new can lineup, featuring the first rollout in a rebranding effort to help unify its packaged products. These are a handsome set of cans and feature the new year-round lineup: Worthy IPA Strata IPA Lights Out Stout Sol Power Pilsner (new) Secret … Continue reading