The Brew Site
This week Worthy Brewing offered up a press kit featuring its Easy Day Hazy IPA beers—the brewery’s entry into the low calorie, low alcohol lifestyle market segment (while still sticking only to beer). I’d received earlier versions of these beers before, and have review notes for those earlier cans; I’m … Continue reading
Here’s the Oregon beer news to celebrate National Beer Day! National Beer Day observes the return of 3.2% beer heralding the end of Prohibition; the Cullen-Harrison Act which brought it about was enacted by Congress on March 21, 1933, and signed into law by President Roosevelt on April 7. The … Continue reading
The latest cans from Portland’s Hopworks Urban Brewery arrived at the doorstep: Pig War Hazy IPA and Beestly Organic Honey Porter. Pig War is the returning seasonal for April, while Beestly is a new year-round offering starting this month. From the 2021 release calendar, this is what HUB said about … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin out today takes advantage of April Fools’ Day to write about a weird beer: The Maine Dish from Boss Rambler Beer Club. It’s entirely real however—no joke. It was brewed with live lobsters, balsam fir, and maple syrup, all sourced from Maine. Inspired by … Continue reading
I received the latest seasonal/specialty beer from Double Mountain Brewery which arrived last week—Burnside Skatepark IPA. The beer was brewed in tribute to the Burnside Skatepark in Portland, and to benefit the nonprofit organization that manages the park—details in the press release below: Thirty years ago, a group of skaters … Continue reading
Pelican Brewing’s latest year-round beer is available now, Paddleback Oceanic Pale Ale, which features Australian and New Zealand hops (collectively making up the “Oceanic” part of the name). The brewery sent me a six-pack of the cans to sample at the end of last week. The press release tagline mentions … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery launched its new Squeezy Rider IPA this month, and as part of the rollout I received samples of the beer this week (three cans). The cans themselves are much less pink than the original press release imagery indicated. It’s a west coast IPA that’s 7% ABV with “mystery” … Continue reading
Here’s the news in Oregon beer for this Thursday, March 25; I’ll be updating this post throughout the rest of the day with additional news items as I find them, so check back in on it periodically.
Seems like everywhere you look, there’s a new hazy pale/IPA/imperial IPA on the market; they’re what sells right now, and breweries are churning through recipes to try to find one or more stick. Most of the beer samples I’ve received of late include at least one hazy ale so there … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin was published last Thursday (or Wednesday online), in which I write about Frontier Justice Coffee Stout from Three Creeks Brewing. Apropos of that article, I’d also received a selection of beers from head brewer Jeff Cornett, including the rum-barrel aged version of Frontier Justice, … Continue reading