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Sunriver Brewing Company has released its beer schedule for 2020, and the plan for beers going into distribution (the ones on the calendar) is pretty hop-heavy. Outside of the core year-round lineup, the calendar is split into “Haze Factory” (hazy IPAs), “Double IPA Factory,” and “Also Limited” which overall is … Continue reading
My latest print article for The Bulletin is out today: The year ahead in beer. In it I offer up a short overview of the turbulent year that was 2019 in the beer industry, and then look to trends for 2020—as predicted by local brewers and industry pros. In particular, … Continue reading
Bend, Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery released its 2020 beer release calendar, revealing changes to its core lineup as well as some new offerings for the year ahead. One of the interesting changes is what’s not in the schedule. Notably: Inversion IPA has been dropped from the year-round core lineup. This is … Continue reading
Portland-based Green Zebra has teamed up with Level Beer to offer private-label beer, and on Saturday I received two cans of Green Zebra IPA to sample. Green Zebra is a health-conscious grocery store chain that offers “one of Oregon’s largest selections of local ciders and brews” so this is seems like … Continue reading
We’ve made it! The final day of the Advent beer calendar, with our final beer pick for Christmas Eve! For this Christmas 2019 I’ve selected a Belgian classic from Brewery Huyghe: Delirium Noël. This Belgian Christmas ale is 10% alcohol by volume a perfect treat for the day. The description … Continue reading
Today is my birthday, conveniently situated right before Christmas, and as is my tradition on the Advent beer calendar each year, on this day I select a “birthday” beer for myself rather than a traditional Christmastime one. Or in today’s case, a cider—specifically, a barrel aged apple wine from 2 … Continue reading
Happy Hanukkah! Hanukkah begins today at sunset, and each year I like to feature a Hanukkah themed beer on the Advent calendar if possible to commemorate the start of the holiday. Unfortunately there are not many Hanukkah beers available but one brewery in Portland, Oregon, Leikam Brewing, does in fact … Continue reading
Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year! To celebrate I’ve picked an appropriate beer from the North Cotswold Brewery in English, its seasonal Winter Solstice. As befitting an English ale, Winter Solstice is 4.5% alcohol by volume, and the brewery describes it as, … Continue reading
Portland’s Ecliptic Brewing released its 2020 beer calendar this week, though there was no nifty graphic to accompany it. (Enjoy a picture of the label of the new Meridian Vanilla Stout instead.) The brewery is adding another beer to its year-round lineup and has a full slate of releases scheduled, … Continue reading
Happy National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day! Yep, it’s a thing and to celebrate the woolen festivities, I’ve selected Redneck Christmas Stout from Georgia’s Jekyll Brewing Company for the Advent beer of the day. Not that there’s anything particularly sweater-themed about this peppermint imperial stout, but because the label reminds me … Continue reading