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Washington’s Yakima Chief Hops introduced its Cryo Hops® product line in 2017, in which it developed a proprietary cryogenic process for processing hops that separates the lupulin from the vegetative matter to produce concentrated lupulin pellets. According to YCH these have “maximum aroma impact while reducing the negative effects often … Continue reading
Over the summer, Double Mountain Brewery and Gigantic Brewing teamed up to release a collaboration beer—Wondertwins IPA. I received a bottle, and ended up behind in posting reviews. The good news is, Wondertwins is still on the shelves so you can still pick it up to try it out yourself. … Continue reading
Over a month ago, Elysian Brewing Company sent out its Pumpkin Pack of its four core pumpkin beers, to accompany a virtual media tasting designed to get some press on the seasonal specialties as well as promote the brewery’s annual Great Pumpkin Beer Festival (which took place at the beginning … Continue reading
I’ve been writing beer articles for The Bulletin for five years now and somehow I hadn’t gotten around to writing about brown ale—until this week. My latest article is about the brown ale style with a focus on Wild Ride Brewing’s new Barracuda Brown Ale: Wild Ride Brewing Company recently … Continue reading
It seems we’ve transitioned entirely to winter beer season, at least from the marketing and release standpoint, and last week I received samples of Widmer Brothers Brrr Hoppy Red, the company’s annual winter seasonal. Billed as a Northwest Red Ale, Brrr is 7.2% ABV with 50 IBUs and the description … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company announced the release of its two returning winter seasonals this past week, Sno’d In Winter IPA and Waist Deep Winter Ale, both available on draft and in cans. I wrote about Sno’d In for the Bulletin two years ago, when it had been retooled into its present … Continue reading
It’s still (barely) October, so I thought I’d share reviews on a handful of Oktoberfest beers I’ve had over the past month. No, it’s not even close to how many fresh hop beers I got my hands on, but these lagers are the other sublime brews of the season, and … Continue reading
Two beers from Hopworks Urban Brewery arrived on the doorstep this week: Ace of Diamonds West Coast Imperial IPA, the final in the imperial “Ace” series for the year, and Abominable Winter Ale. Both are out now, but Ace of Diamonds is the one that got the press release also … Continue reading
Winter beers are rolling out, with many favorites returning to help us through this second year of pandemic winter. This week Cascade Lakes Brewing announced the return of its Slippery Slope Winter Ale, first released in 2011 I believe, replacing Santa’s Little Helper. Slippery Slope is a northwest-inflected winter warmer, … Continue reading
Working through more of these fresh hop reviews, with three more here to check out. Breakside Brewery – Fresh Hop IPA Breakside brewed a marathon number of fresh hop beers this year, and I only scratched the surface of what they had to offer. This can was the Fresh Hop … Continue reading