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In response to Russia’s invasion and war against Ukraine, Rogue Ales has released an IPA that is raising money for Ukraine crisis relief: F*#K Putin. It’s a draft-only release (but wouldn’t it be great in cans?) currently available at Rogue’s pubs. Details: The current crisis in Ukraine hits home for … Continue reading
Pennsylvania’s Iron Hill Brewery recently released gold—its King’s Gold American Pilsner in cans, a 5% ABV pre-Prohibition style pilsner brewed with corn. The beer is fresh from a gold medal win at last year’s Great American Beer Festival, beating out (according to the press release) 129 other breweries for the … Continue reading
Canada’s Partake Brewing has a new limited-edition non-alcoholic beer joining its lineup this month: Hazy IPA. Like its other NA beers, it’s a low-calorie, low-carb with zero alcohol (or at least, less than 0.5% ABV). Press release: Who: Award-winning, non-alcoholic craft beer brand, Partake Brewing, announced today its new limited-edition … Continue reading
Non-alcoholic beer is getting better. I’ve observed (and tasted) this just over the past two years alone, and with a growing number of breweries dedicated to all NA brewing (Athletic, Surreal, Partake), the bar continues to get higher. Here in Central Oregon, both Deschutes Brewery and Crux Fermentation Project are … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin came out today—St. Patrick’s Day!—so of course I couldn’t pass up the chance to write about locally brewed Irish-themed beers for the day. When it comes to Irish drink on this day, beer is king, and among the beer drinkers I’d expect to see … Continue reading
There’s a new year-round beer out from Redmond, Oregon’s Cascade Lakes Brewing, a northwest IPA that the company is describing as “adventure-ready”: This IPA. I haven’t tried the beer yet, but it’s a good name, though I wonder how many “Who’s on first?” type situations it will generate. Press release … Continue reading
To be honest, I’d forgotten that Stone Brewing had a Richmond location, especially in the wake of many breweries scaling back these past few years. On the contrary, Stone Richmond is undergoing expansion starting this month. Details: Stone Brewing announces expansions within its East Coast operation that will elevate the … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse is getting into the RTD (ready to drink) cocktail business, with Craftwell Cocktails, a new line of canned cocktails created with real fruit. The cidery sent me samples of the four flavors to review as part of the rollout: Pineapple Margarita, Grapefruit Paloma, Blueberry Cosmo, and Strawberry … Continue reading
Portland-based Zupan’s Markets teamed up with Breakside Brewery for the 18th installment in the company’s Farm to Market collaboration beer series, and the result is a perfect style for March: Amber Lager, a Märzen-styled brew. This is at least the second time Breakside and Zupan’s have teamed up on this … Continue reading
Washington’s Bale Breaker Brewing doesn’t just brew hop-forward beers (as a perk to being located on a hop farm), but also has a line of hard seltzers in its YOXI product line. The company recently announced the expansion of this line into variety packs with four flavors. Press release: Bale … Continue reading