Happy Friday! Here’s my end-of-week roundup of the various news in beer from around the state for this Friday, January 15, including some COVID-19 county-level updates I’ve seen pop up in my feed. I’ll be updating this post throughout the rest of the day with news as I see it, … Continue reading
Here’s the news in Oregon beer for Thursday, January 14, 2021, counting down to the end of the week and already two weeks into the new year. Doesn’t it feel longer? Open a beer this afternoon, you deserve it—and follow along with this post as I update it throughout the … Continue reading
Astoria’s Buoy Beer Company released its 2021 beer schedule, highlighting the brewery’s seasonal calendar of packaged beers, with Baltic Porter and Another IPA arriving in cans as a highlight. Details: Buoy Beer Company has released their 2021 beer calendar of seasonal and specialty beers. Baltic Porter will be followed by … Continue reading
Non-alcoholic beers have been on the rise over the past year—at least, based on what I’ve seen and tasted so far—and I’ve just received the largest selection of them yet from Scotland-based BrewDog. The company’s “Tasty AF” (AF of course, open to interpretation from “alcohol free” to “arrested fermentation” to … Continue reading
Several months back I received cans of Picnic Brunch, wine-based canned cocktails suitable for, well, brunch: Mimosa and Bloody Mary. Served up in 12-ounce cans for portability, here’s a bit of the details and story behind them (from the earlier post): The Mimosa is 6.9 percent ABV and is made … Continue reading
Here’s the latest daily news in Oregon beer for Wednesday, January 13, with a number of items highlighting pandemic-friendly practices that I’m pleased to see. Covid has definitely had an interesting impact on rounding up news—there’s less of it, for one thing—so bear with me when/if these posts go live … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery teamed up with Mt. Hood Meadows ski resort to collaborate on a new seasonal IPA designed for après ski—Bullwheel IPA. Of course it won’t just be available at the resort, but is also available on draft at the Double Mountain pubs as well as in … Continue reading
How’s your Tuesday going? In Oregon beer news today there’s a number of new beers to talk about (though that honestly does make up the bulk of news), along with other tidbits. I’ll be updating this post throughout the rest of the afternoon, so check back occasionally. And as always, … Continue reading
Portland’s Ecliptic Brewing announced today the release of three variants of its Oort Imperial Stout this month. Astute readers will have noted two of these listed on the brewery’s 2021 release calendar — regular Oort and Linzer Torte Edition. Both of these will be released in cans. The third variant … Continue reading
It’s a bit of a slow news day in the Oregon beer news world, at least so far, but here’s what we’ve got going on for this Monday, January 11, 2021. I’ll be updating this post throughout the rest of the day with any updates, so keep an eye on … Continue reading