The Brew Site
The awards for the Great American Beer Festival competition winners were announced this past weekend—there was no actual festival, due to the pandemic, but judging still took place, and the results encompass a wide swath of breweries across the country. Oregon brought home 15 medals this year, and three of … Continue reading
The pandemic continues, which really puts the kibosh on fresh hop events for another year (though there are some still going on), but at least breweries are still brewing these oh-so-fresh harvest ales. That of course means it’s time for my annual Central Oregon roundup of fresh hop beers, tracking … Continue reading
Yep, it’s pumpkin season. This week I received the “Pumpkin Pack” from Elysian Brewing, a 12-pack of the company’s four core pumpkin beers. It was sent out in conjunction with another virtual tasting event hosted by the brewery, similar to its 25th anniversary virtual tasting earlier this year, this one … Continue reading
It’s hard to believe that Deschutes Brewery first released The Dissident 13 years ago; at the time, it was a revolutionary beer for the brewery that had its roots in English styles. The most recent variant of The Dissident out now is Peach, and I wrote about it this week … Continue reading
Island Brands USA is a South Carolina-based beer and marketing company that markets its premium brand of lagers as a lifestyle brand that fits in between “factory” and craft beer; right on its homepage, it tells you: Island Brands produces clean, better for you, super premium beer, set at a … Continue reading
It was earlier this month when the press releases for pumpkin beers started coming out. Is August too early? With the pandemic still raging I’m going to say no, drink what makes you happy, though I hate to miss the opportunity to link to my Pumpkin Beer Manifesto from a … Continue reading
I don’t often write whiskey reviews, and interestingly enough, of the two or three actual posts reviewing whiskey (and/or a whiskey-based cocktail), one of them was also from Hood River Distillers. This latest review, on HRD’s Easy Rider Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, came out because the distillery launched a new … Continue reading
Out this week, my latest article for The Bulletin examines the specialty Herd Mentality series from Sunriver Brewing, in which Sunriver has been playing with variants to its popular Cocoa Cow Chocolate Milk Stout. I write about the current release, Cherry Vanilla Cocoa Cow, and touch upon the previous two. … Continue reading
First: Yes, it’s still too early for Oktoberfest. But breweries are starting to roll out their various Oktoberfest-styled beers, and this week I received two cans of one of the originals, Oktoberfest Bier from Germany’s Paulaner. This is in the “modern” festbier style, the lighter, golden colored, more drinkable beer … Continue reading
So, Tsingtao. The import rights were recently picked up by Paulaner USA, which sent out samples, surfacing a beer that I hadn’t considered for quite some time. I don’t believe I’ve even seen Tsingtao on the market anytime in the past few years. So, even as a green bottle pale … Continue reading