The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin covered the winning Central Oregon breweries—and beers—from this year’s Great American Beer Festival which took place earlier this month. Four breweries won medals for five beers, with Oregon as a whole bringing home 18 medals. The local winning breweries were GoodLife Brewing, Sunriver Brewing, … Continue reading
Working on getting more of these fresh hop reviews written up and posted, and with three more here to enjoy. With three different (fresh) hops in each! I feel like there’s been an abundance of Strata-hopped ones this year, but these three are all different. Matchless Brewing – Easy Being … Continue reading
Pennsylvania’s Tröegs Independent Brewing is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and amid its other beer releases there’s another milestone—the return of Mad Elf Holiday Ale for its 20th year. First brewed in 2002, this strong Belgian ale incorporates wildflower honey and cherries for a festive treat. Details from the … Continue reading
One of the latest ciders from 2 Towns Ciderhouse, and the final one for the year in the company’s fruit seasonal line, is Crimson Bliss, featuring cranberries and black currants blended with the base cider. It’s a combination designed to evoke the holidays, of course! Press release: Just in time … Continue reading
More fresh hop beer reviews to keeps the wheels turning! This batch starts off with my homebrew, so let’s jump in. Desert Sage Brewing – Desert Harvest Fresh Hop Ale (Homebrew) I haven’t brewed much beer at home this year, but I did have enough ingredients on hand to brew … Continue reading
There’s a new beer fest coming to Bend on Saturday, October 29 that embraces the Halloween weekend theme—Beers from the Dead—and yes, it’s purposefully called a “Microbrew” festival instead of “craft beer.” This new event is from Brian Yaeger and is billed as a celebration of classic Oregon microbrews; think … Continue reading
Good news from Buoy Beer Company with the announcement of two new year-round canned beers from the brewery: Helles Lager and Double IPA. The Helles was previously a seasonal spring release and is Buoy’s first year-round four-pack; Double IPA is a new beer that debuts in 19.2 ounce stovepipe cans. … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin came out last week, and in it I profiled the Schwarzbier style with the recent release with that name from Van Henion Brewing. Van Henion Brewing Co.’s latest beer, Schwarzbier, released at the end of September, tightens the company’s focus on German-style lagers. It’s … Continue reading
Zupan’s Markets had two back-to-back releases in its Farm-to-Market collaboration series recently, its 20th and 21st releases in the series: with Wayfinder Beer for a Festbier, and Bauman’s Cider for a Barrel-Aged Estate Cider. This week, samples of both arrived via PR firm. The Festbier is a modern Wiesn lager, … Continue reading
Last week, I received the four-beer lineup of the Harpoon Brewery Dunkin’ collaboration brews that I posted about last month. There’s one inspired by pumpkin spice latte, one inspired by coffee roll, a cold brew inspired coffee porter, and hazelnut blonde stout. I’ve reviewed Dunkin’ Pumpkin (two years ago) when … Continue reading