The Brew Site
There’s a lot to like about Burnside Skatepark IPA, the spring seasonal from Double Mountain Brewery which supports the eponymous Portland skatepark located beneath the Burnside bridge. Established 30 years ago, the Burnside Skatepark is a cultural icon in the skateboarding world, and currently the earthquake retrofit of the Burnside … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin came out last week, wherein I tackle Lost Love, the Banished series rye whiskey aged rye imperial stout from Crux Fermentation Project. In Crux’s Lost Love is no heartbreaker, I profile the big beer, 14.5% ABV, which head brewer Cam O’Connor likens to “rye … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse’s Two Thorns returns for another year with the return of soccer, a fan favorite cider made with raspberries and rose petals in honor of the Portland Thorns FC soccer team. The cidery sent me a six-pack to review last week, which seems like a natural fit to … Continue reading
Back in March I wrote an article for The Bulletin on Frontier Justice Coffee Stout from Three Creeks Brewing, and in the course of interviewing head brewer Jeff Cornett, he provided me with samples across the current lineup. Included with those beers was Immortal Justice rum barrel aged coffee stout … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery officially launched Squeezy Rider West Coast IPA in March, as the newest beer in its “Fresh Family” of IPAs that started with Fresh Squeezed IPA. The brewery sent me samples, and I noted that Deschutes is being coy about IBUs in the beer: What about bitterness units (IBU)? … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin that came out this past week takes a look at hazy pale ales. I’ve noticed this spring a number of local breweries introducing new (or returning) hazy pales, some seasonal, some year round; I don’t know if it’s a trend but I thought it … Continue reading
Portland’s Ecliptic Brewing announced big news this week—it’s opening a second location, dubbed The Moon Room, which will be taking over the former Base Camp Brewing location in southeast Portland. Base Camp closed its doors last summer in the wake of covid, and early this year the owner announced he … Continue reading
The latest Farm to Market collaboration beer from Zupan’s Markets, this time teaming up with Von Ebert Brewing, arrived over the weekend: Modern Citra Pilsner. It’s the 14th beer in the series, which sees the Portland-based grocery chain teaming up with local breweries to offer exclusive beers. The PR agency, … Continue reading
The newest year-round beer from Pelican Brewing Company is Paddleback Oceanic Pale Ale, taking the brewery’s pale ale offering in a New Zealand direction. Pelican recently sent me samples of the beer to review; it’s 5.7% ABV with 40 IBUs, and this bit from the press release is a good … Continue reading
Here’s a Friday roundup of the week’s news in beer from around Oregon. I hope everyone has a good weekend in store, but take it easy as COVID-19 levels are on the rise again; counties might be going back to “Extreme” risk within a week. As usual I’ll continue to … Continue reading