The Brew Site
Awhile back I’d received several bottles of Crabbie’s Ginger Beer, which I’ve had at some point in the distant past but never reviewed. It’s brewed with real ginger (steeped on it for six weeks), as well as four other secret ingredients. Here’s a bit about the beer and the label … Continue reading
The annual Oregon Beer Awards ceremony took place in Portland the other night at Revolution Hall, the culmination of a massive judging of over 1200 all-Oregon beers across 30 categories. The Willamette Week has a good capsule description of the endeavor: In 2020 the Oregon Beer Awards will select and … Continue reading
This coming Saturday, February 22, McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery & Public House hosts its 27th annual Hillsdale Brewfest, the oldest of the company’s annual beer festivals. This is the one in which all the McMenamins breweries send their best beer to vie for the best brew and the championship belt—as well … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin came out on Sunday, in which I delve into the ancient braggot style of honeyed beer. In particular, I dig into the new Braggot released by The Ale Apothecary. I was able to slip in a mention of Eugene’s Viking Braggot Company as well. … Continue reading
Three bottles of Deschutes Brewery‘s new seasonal beer arrived yesterday—Luna Jo Cold Brew Coffee Lager, its collaboration beer with Riff Cold Brewed Coffee. “Lager” and “coffee” is not something I would expect a regular collaboration to arrive at (pastry IPAs or cold cereal sours seem to be all the rage … Continue reading
Sunriver Brewing teamed up with Portland’s Von Ebert Brewing to craft a collaboration beer that will be released later this month: Prospectivus IPA. As a west coast IPA it’s a style that plays to both breweries’ strengths, and will be hitting the taps starting next week. Here’s the press release: … Continue reading
This is a first in receiving beer samples: having a couple of crowlers (32-ounce cans) shipped to me, which were filled on Monday and arrived yesterday. The beer? New Holland Lightpoint Functional White Ale, the new low-carb, low-cal lifestyle beer from the Michigan brewery. I’m guessing the “White Ale” portion … Continue reading
Okay, this is hilarious (and real). Deschutes Brewery announced today the release of a “mega beer” for the upcoming National Protein Day on February 27. It’s a lifestyle beer but at the same time, sort of the “anti-lifestyle” beer in terms of the low-cal, low-carb craze. The idea is akin … Continue reading
The annual Best of Craft Beer Awards judging took place this past weekend here in Bend, and earlier this week the award winners were posted. It’s a big list—they use the 2019 Brewers Association style guidelines, which list 157 styles—so I won’t post it all here. Suffice to say, there … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery is introducing a new experimental series of IPAs this year, and Ol’ Greg IPA is the first to be released. The brewery sent me a bottle recently, and in addition to the news of the beer, it looks as though 2020 is the year Double Mountain is … Continue reading