The Brew Site
Corvallis’ 2 Towns Ciderhouse just released the 2019 vintage of its Serious Scrump, its imperial English cider, and the company sent two bottles to me for review. This is an 11% ABV cider made with “ice juice” — here’s what the cidery says in the press release: In quintessential 2 … Continue reading
Hop heads rejoice: McMenamins Cedar Hills Pub in Beaverton is set to host its first brewfest this Saturday, February 8, with its inaugural Cedar Hills Pub IPA Festival. This joins the family of McMenamins festivals with a hoppy focus, and will feature variations on IPAs from 22 McMenamins breweries. (Future … Continue reading
Bend’s GoodLife Brewing released its 2020 beer schedule and the nine-year-old brewery has some interesting things on the charts for this year. The core beers are returning, along with the return of The Juice IPA (the G. Love’s Special Sauce IPA from last year), and there are some new specialties … Continue reading
I posted news the other day about a number of Bend, Oregon beer releases, which included Bend Brewing Company and its three upcoming beers in cans. BBC also included a half-year canned beer calendar with the press release. Here’s the upcoming can schedule through June and information from the release … Continue reading
Last weekend the Suttle Lodge hosted its first-ever beer festival with its Winter Brew Fest, featuring a number of regional breweries pouring beers from the Lodge resorts rustic cabins in an outdoor campground setting. The Lodge and resort is located on the shore of Suttle Lake, a popular recreation and … Continue reading
News about new beer releases from four different Bend breweries came down the wire today, so I thought I’d round it all up into one aggregate post. There’s some great stuff coming out of Bend (as usual!) so you’re going to want to be here to check things out. Boneyard … Continue reading
City Roots Cider is a new(ish) cider brand from Mass. Bay Brewing, better known as Harpoon Brewery, and yesterday I received four cans of its latest seasonal offering, Evergreen Farmhouse Cider. I don’t know much about the brand, but here’s a bit from the press release for the cider: City … Continue reading
This is an important one. Seattle’s Reuben’s Brews, whose top-selling beer is its year-round Crikey IPA, is raising funds with sales of that beer for Australia wildlife fire relief. Starting today (February 3) and running through Sunday, February 9, the brewery is donating a portion of Crikey sales to help … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin came out yesterday, wherein I focus on Sisters’ Three Creeks Brewing and the new IPAs out this year: Three Creeks Brewing has three new IPAs. (I don’t write the headlines…) For 2020 the brewery entered the new year focusing on hops, releasing several new … Continue reading
The annual KLCC Brewfest in Eugene returns on February 7 and 8, taking place once again at the Lane Events Center. It’s one of the area’s biggest and longest-running beer festivals, and serves as a fundraiser for Eugene’s public radio station KLCC 89.7 FM. This year’s event looks to be … Continue reading