The Brew Site
Last week I received a four-pack of a decidedly not-beer canned beverage: Fishers Island Lemonade, a lemonade cocktail that hails from Connecticut. Fishers Island was rolling out the spiked drink to media in conjunction with “virtual sips” with founder Bronya Shillo, and accordingly I had a chance to chat with … Continue reading
The latest cider from Portland Cider Company is out, and the company sent me a can at the end of last week: Ciderade, a lemon lime cider with electrolytes. Interesting to see Portland Cider aim for a slice of the lifestyle/functional beverage market. Here’s a bit about it from the … Continue reading
Another video on the background and history of Deschutes Brewery, which debuted earlier this year. It’s really well done and because it’s recent, touches on current (well, pre-COVID-19 “current” at least) trends in craft beer with the need to be nimble and confront the new, small, hyper-local competition of recent … Continue reading
I’ve been maintaining a list of what all the Central Oregon breweries are doing to continue selling beer during this COVID-19 pandemic, offering options including purchasing beer to-go, ordering for delivery, and online sales. Many that have kitchens are also preparing food for takeout. These are great options for customers … Continue reading
Happy National Beer Day! It was on this day, April 7, in 1933 that the Cullen-Harrison Act went into effect—the legislation that legalized the sale of beer with an alcohol content of 3.2% by weight (or 4% by volume), which heralded the end of Prohibition in the United States. This provided the … Continue reading
Recently Fishers Island Lemonade reached out to find out if I’d be interested in sampling the company’s signature canned hard lemonade cocktail. Since I’m always willing to try out new categories of drinks and report on them here, I accepted, and four cans of Fishers Island Lemonade arrived yesterday. It’s … Continue reading
While the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic isn’t a full-blown apocalypse, many of use are under what are effectively shelter-in-place directives and a lot of what’s happening can feel a bit apocalyptic. With the order of the day to stay isolated at home, you should only be venturing out for the essentials. … Continue reading
A little over a month ago I received a shipment of three different non-alcoholic beers from Grüvi, a non-alcoholic beer company located in Denver, Colorado. The three beers were IPA, Weisse, and Stout, and I received them as part of the company’s promo of the Stout which is its newest. … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin came out yesterday, in the paper’s GO! Magazine, in which I tackle the subject on everyone’s mind: Beer in the time of the coronavirus. With social distancing and self-isolation the rule of the day, that means drinking beer at home. If you’re a beer … Continue reading
Even though Deschutes Brewery has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, the brewery is still brewing and releasing beer and already had a number of new bottled barrel-aged specialties lined up. The press release about these beers came out this week. If you live in Oregon, or Washington, DC, … Continue reading