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My latest article for The Bulletin this week covers the first packaged, barrel-aged beer (ever) from Cascade Lakes Brewing—Midnight Drift, a bourbon barrel-aged barleywine. It was aged in Oregon Spirit Distillers bourbon barrels for six months, and packaged in 16-ounce cans; the brewery had provided me with a four-pack to … Continue reading
The hoppy seasonals out from Hopworks Urban Brewery right now are Juicy Bear IPA and Giggle Nuggets Dank IPA, both of which the brewery sent me samples of to review. So let’s jump right into it. Juicy Bear IPA Juicy Bear IPA is HUB’s spring seasonal, a returning semi-hazy that … Continue reading
Here’s my late afternoon Oregon beer news for this Wednesday, March 3—some big news dropped today which I also posted earlier. I’ll be updating this post throughout the rest of the afternoon with additional news, so keep reloading.
File this announcement under “I didn’t see this coming”: “Oregon Based Deschutes Brewery and Boneyard Beer Announce ‘Dream Team’ Joint Venture.” Brewbound is calling this an acquisition, which it likely is, though the press release doesn’t say that specifically. I’ve got an email out for clarification, so I’ll hopefully have … Continue reading
One of my recent articles in the local newspaper was a profile of Peace and Salinity Lager from Worthy Brewing Company, an interesting beer on several fronts, the most interesting of which being the malt that was used. The primary malt in the grist was a pilsner-style malt locally grown … Continue reading
Not long ago I received a bottle of The Bock Hog, a rye whiskey barrel-aged doppelbock from Harpoon Brewery, which collaborated with WhistlePig Rye Whiskey. It’s a bit of a high-concept spin on the lager style, and since it’s doppelbock season, it’s a good time to review it. Here’s a snippet … Continue reading
I turn around for one minute and bam! It’s March! How’s your Monday going? At any rate, here’s the news in Oregon beer to kick off the week/month, which will be updated periodically through the afternoon, so check back in on this post from time to time.
Here’s the news in beer (and cider) from around Oregon for this February 25. As usual, I’ll be periodically updating this post throughout the afternoon with additional news as I find it, so if you have any news or info to share feel free to send it my way.
Here’s the news in beer from around Oregon for this Tuesday, February 23. As usual, I’ll be updating this post throughout the afternoon so check back occasionally to see if there is anything new posted.
2 Towns Ciderhouse of Corvallis recently sent me samples of its latest year-round cider, and its first imperial cider to be released in cans, Cosmic Crisp®. Cosmic Crisp is a new apple variety released in 2019, following two decades of development by Washington State University. It’s a cross between Enterprise … Continue reading