Urban South Brewery is a New Orleans-based company that opened in 2016, and early this year, opened an R&D brewery location in Houston, Texas. The brewery has been dedicating some time and resources to pandemic relief support, with the latest announcement yesterday about the Houston location joining a global brewery collaboration, All Together, brewing beer to support hospitality professionals impacted by COVID-19.
2 Towns Ciderhouse in Corvallis has spearheaded a (mostly) local delivery service that not only includes its own cider and hard seltzer products, but has partnered with a number of other Willamette Valley businesses (or craft suppliers, as the email read) as part of that service. Not only does it help out other businesses struggling during this time but also helps to bring “a taste of normalcy” to people staying at home and safe.
Around the time that I received the non-alcoholic brews from Colorado’s Grüvi, I also received a set of five different beers (six in all, one was doubled up) from Surreal Brewing Company, based out of Campbell, California. Like the other, Surreal is positioning itself in the market as a lifestyle … Continue reading
This year Deschutes Brewery is introducing a new summer seasonal, Neon Daydream Hazy Ale, which will debut in May, according to a press release issued yesterday. The beer replaces past seasonals such as Twilight Ale and Hop Slice and goes in a citrus direction with the hops. Also available now … Continue reading
For this 4/20 I’ve got reviews of two brews that Georgia-based SweetWater Brewery sent to me, perfectly themed for the day (was that intentional?): 420 Strain Insane OG Mexican Lager and Lime Haze Hydroponics Seltzer. Even though they fit into the cannabis theme, there is no actual cannabis in these … Continue reading
Breweries are still releasing new beers during the COVID-19 pandemic, though the industry has been shaken up and the old ways of draft and distribution have been tossed out the window during quarantine conditions. Cascade Brewing in Portland has long offered bottled releases of its sour beers, though also pushed … Continue reading
The SMB series from Silver Moon Brewing is the company’s easy-drinking, lower-alcohol/sessionable beer line—the tagline is “Beer for Doing Stuff.” This week Silver Moon announced the newest addition to the SMB lineup: SMB Mexican Style Lager, in 16-ounce cans. It also happens to be the brewery’s first six-pack of pounders, … Continue reading
The Ale Apothecary announced a new website today, at https://thealeapothecary.com/, and the site features online ordering for curbside pickup, with in-state shipping coming soon. This is a boon for fans of the brewery who might not have been able to get their hands on Paul Arney’s spontaneously-fermented, wood-aged libations during … Continue reading
During the COVID-19 pandemic packaged (canned, bottled) beer is king, and Bend Brewing Company today announced the return of two of its popular beers in cans: Devil’s Cabbage Dank IPA and Razztafari Sour Ale. These will be available at both the downtown brewpub and in distribution on retail shelves. Here … Continue reading
Let’s catch up on some more pandemic beer reviews! Today’s beer is Deschutes Brewery’s first seasonal of the year, Luna Jo Cold Brew Coffee Lager. The brewery sent me three bottles of Luna Jo back before the coronavirus lockdown, which I have of course since drank. Deschutes partnered with Riff … Continue reading
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