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Pelican Brewing in Pacific City announced the release of a new year-round IPA, Cape Crasher, and last week a six-pack arrived on my doorstep from the brewery to sample. Technically, the brewery is calling this a PNW (Pacific Northwest) IPA, so not hazy or juicy and such. Here are details … Continue reading
Jubelale returns from Deschutes Brewery! Even better, because it’s that once-a-decade time again, Super Jubel returns also! Deschutes announced the details this week for the winter beers, along with Chasin’ Freshies Fresh Hop IPA and the full lineup of fresh hop beers that will be on tap at the pubs. … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse has introduced a new year-round imperial cider to the lineup, and sent me a couple of bottles: Tropical Mayhem. It’s a 9% cider made from apples, passion fruit, and pineapple, and seems like welcome addition to fall. The cidery also included two bottles of its returning Hollow … Continue reading
One of the better bits of beer-adjacent news to come out of 2020 so far is the revival of Nectar Creak Mead by 2 Towns Ciderhouse in Corvallis. You might recall that the Philomath-based meadery closed its doors in October of last year, illustrative of the struggles of making an … Continue reading
Here’s the next batch of mini-reviews in my quarantine at-home fresh hop season. I’ve started with my own homebrew featuring Santiam hops, then check out one from Migration Brewing. Desert Harvest Fresh Hop Ale – Santiam – Homebrew I try to brew a fresh hop ale every year with the … Continue reading
I received a couple of cans of Crux Fermentation Project‘s next fresh hop beer of the year, Sabro Hazy Fresh Hop IPA. In addition to the Sabro hops I’m told there is also fresh Strata used as well. Here’s the description: With so many of our locally grown hop species … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is out today, in which I profile the new Rip City Lager from Deschutes Brewery (which the brewery recently sent me). You can tell from the headline the angle I took: Rice adds crispness to Rip City Lager. The brewery describes Rip City as … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company today sent out a press release announcing the three fresh hop beers it will be releasing this year, along with news about this year’s Fresh Hops on the Pond event. Short version—due to COVID-19 that event is canceled but BBC has an alternative option. Here’s the press … Continue reading
This year’s fresh hop season looks a bit different with the COVID-19 pandemic. Events have been canceled, and I’m not planning on running all over the place looking for draft pours (it’s a pandemic, folks—stay home and wear a mask and maybe we can actually get things under control like … Continue reading
Just before the start of the summer I received a promo package containing Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock and Rye, a pre-mixed old fashioned cocktail. In addition to the 750 ml bottle, the hook here is the single-serving 100 ml cans—perfect for portability, and of course my first thought was … Continue reading