The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin came out last week, I write about the differences subtle variations to beer recipes can make, and had a chance to highlight a couple of beers from Bridge 99 Brewery. Bridge 99 offers both its Headwaters Hefeweizen and (currently) Blood Orange Hefeweizen, which is … Continue reading
The latest beer release from Double Mountain Brewery is a collaboration with Gigantic Brewing—Wondertwins IPA, a (for lack of better designation) kveik IPA. The beer is out now, and the brewery sent me a bottle this week. Here’s the accompanying press release: Meanwhile, back at the hall, we schemed with … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company’s latest beers dropped last week: Urban Surfin’ IPA and Alpha Blonde, which the brewery announced via press release. These latest brews in the seasonal lineup are available in 16-ounce cans as well as on draft. The brewery included a short blurb about its annual Fresh Hops on … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery revealed some of its upcoming packaged beers in a mid-summer media newsletter, which went out last week. Some interesting tidbits to share from that, so I’ll jump right into the beers: Fresh Family – August 5th marks National IPA Day and Deschutes’ Fresh Family has something for every … Continue reading
The headline says it all, which I lifted directly from my latest article in The Bulletin—although, these local ciders are great any time of the year. (But particularly refreshing in summer!) I profiled three packaged ciders from three of the four local cideries: Avid Cider, Bend Cider, and Tumalo Cider. … Continue reading
Here’s a different spin on “brew”: I received samples of Cask & Kettle hot cocktail mixes last week, which are ready-to-brew coffee cocktail kits designed for Keurig coffee makers. Three flavors were included in the shipment: Mexican Coffee, Mint Patty Coffee, and Irish Coffee. Each box contains five Keurig-compatible pods … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery is marvelously consistent with its beers, particularly its hoppy ones, with solid hop presence and balance with characterful malts for a satisfying experience. I’d received two such examples not long back, which I’ve got reviews for here; let’s go: Hi Friend! IPA Double Mountain collaborated with Tacoma’s … Continue reading
This was an interesting one. I haven’t really had too many “smoothie” beers of the fruited sour variety, but I’d received a can of Pineapple & Mango Smoothie Gose Sour from Public Coast Brewing a little while back, so it was a chance to try out the style (substyle? variant? … Continue reading
I finally tackled the topic of non-alcoholic beer for The Bulletin in my latest article, which came out this week. Of course I’ve been covering NA beers here for the past year and a half, but with the availability of two local near beers from Deschutes Brewery and Crux Fermentation … Continue reading
The Bend Ale Trail launched in 2010 by Visit Bend, featuring seven breweries in what (at the time) was among the first-of-its-kind adventure maps taking visitors on something of a brewery scavenger hunt around Central Oregon. It served as a self-guided tour by which participants collected stamps from each brewery … Continue reading