The Brew Site
The Abyss is back from Deschutes Brewery for 2020, its seminal barrel-aged imperial stout, and this year it’s packaged in a new format. Every year previous, The Abyss has been bottled in wax-dipped 22-ounce bombers; this year, it’s going into 12-ounce bottles, and sold in four packs. Details from the … Continue reading
It’s a truism these days that every craft brewery should have an IPA (usually more than one), so much so that it’s notable when a brewery doesn’t offer one. The trick, of course, is that since there are so many IPAs available, they really need to be brewed well to … Continue reading
This week I received a bottle of Chocolate Stout from Double Mountain Brewery, the new seasonal collaboration with Ranger Chocolate Company. Not only is it the brewery’s final seasonal release of 2020, but it’s a new style of refillable bottle; still 500ml, but taller and thinner than the previous ones. … Continue reading
Massachusetts’ Clown Shoes Beer is getting into the holiday spirit—and the pandemic-friendly take-home space—with the release of its first-ever mix pack, The 12 Beers of Christmas. Available now, the specialty pack features 12 different beers, nine of which are only available in this package. I’m always a fan of fun … Continue reading
At some point with the non-alcoholic beer trend, I was wondering if a seasonal or holiday themed one would be released. Yes, as it turns out, and it’s from Germany’s own Clausthaler. Two bottles arrived from the brewery’s U.S. PR rep, Bolide, this week: Santa Clausthaler. (I love the name!) … Continue reading
I know here in November we’re pretty much over fresh hop season (though there are still beers available), but I have more notes on the ones I enjoyed this year. For all the pandemic limitations it was a decent year for fresh hop beers; I tried 25 different ones overall, … Continue reading
My latest print article this week for The Bulletin featured the recently GABF gold medal-winning beer from Monkless Belgian Ales, Dubbel or Nothing. I delve into the style but also emailed owner/brewer Todd Clement for his reaction and notes on the beer. I asked owner and brewer Todd Clement how … Continue reading
‘Tis the season for the winter and Christmas beers to start being considered, and to that end Pelican Brewing sent out its annual holiday seasonal—Bad Santa Cascadian Dark Ale. You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry, you better not pout and here’s telling you why—Bad Santa has arrived. Brewed … Continue reading
A can of Paulaner Pils arrived yesterday, from Paulaner USA, which imports beers from Paulaner Brewery and others. The Paulaner USA promotion is that it’s bringing back the classic German pilsner to the U.S.; I don’t know if Pils is part of the regular Paulaner lineup (it doesn’t show up … Continue reading
Public Coast Brewing out of Cannon Beach, Oregon, introduced new beers to its canned lineup this summer, including the addition of a hard seltzer. The brewery sent me two packages of cans, featuring some of the new products and some I’ve had before. Since we haven’t traveled this year to … Continue reading