The Brew Site
The newest kid on the non-alcoholic beer block (just behind Best Day Brewing) is Rationale Brewing, based out of California. Rationale currently offers three non-alcoholic brews, which the company sent me to sample recently; all contain less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume (as per legal definition), and the 16-ounce … Continue reading
After pausing for several years due to the pandemic, Bale Breaker Brewing’s largest fundraising event, Ales for ALS, returns this month, on June 25. $1 from every pint that day will be donated to ALS Therapy Development Institute, while the brewery’s annual Ales for ALS beer, Bubba’s Brew, will see … Continue reading
The third and latest Cosmic Collaboration from Ecliptic Brewing out this year teams the brewery up with Georgetown Brewing to release Summer IPA. It’s an easy-drinking take on the style is hopped with Strata and Idaho 7 hops, and is available now. Details: Ecliptic Brewing is pairing up with Seattle’s … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin considers strawberries and rhubarb, prompted by a new beer from Cascade Lakes Brewing, Strawbeery Rhubarb Sour. It’s strawberry rhubarb pie season, after all, and I also delve into rhubarb a bit as well as getting the background on the beer. Brewmaster Ryan Schmiege shared … Continue reading
The summer beers are flowing, and Ferment Brewing recently announced the release of two new summery/tropical brews of its own: Summer IPA and A Tropical Loose Objective Lager. Both highlight hops that bring tropical fruit character, and both are available in cans. Press release: Ferment Brewing in Hood River today … Continue reading
New Orleans-based Urban South Brewery has operated its Houston taproom and R&D brewery since 2020, which also features its own lineup of Houston specialty brews. Recently, the brewery announced that it was bringing three of its fan favorite New Orleans beers to Houston for the first time. Details from the … Continue reading
Here’s a beer festival worth checking out: the Fuji to Hood fest celebrates Oregon and Japanese collaborations and returns to Portland on Saturday, July 16. It takes place at Culmination Brewing and will be primarily outdoors, with 18 beer collaborations and one each cider and distiller collaboration. General admission is … Continue reading
New York’s Brewery Ommegang is among the latest to join the collaborative fundraising effort with non-profit Soldiers’ Angels to brew a special IPA for the organizations Hops for Heroes initiative. The brewery will release its version of Homefront IPA with all proceeds supporting veterans, service members, and their families. Press … Continue reading
Last week I received a four-pack of the latest beers in the Dragon’s Milk Reserve series from New Holland Brewing, labeled 2022-2. This limited-edition series takes the bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout and blends it up with specialty ingredients to release new variants. This 2022 Reserve 2 variant is a riff … Continue reading
Some non-beer/beer-adjacent news from Bend’s 10 Barrel Brewing, as the company introduced a canned sparkling wine recently. The company’s Sparkling Rosé and Sparkling White join the other non-beer canned offerings of hard seltzer, cider, and cocktails. Details from the press release: Bend-based 10 Barrel Brewing is excited to welcome canned … Continue reading