The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin is out this week, featuring a new barrel-aged beer from GoodLife Brewing in its Peach Chardonnay Hybrid Wine Ale. I profile the brew and get some background from Tyler West, GoodLife’s Director of Brewing Operations. “We started with a fresh growth of Brettanomyces (wild … Continue reading
Tröegs Independent Brewing introduced its first gluten-reduced beverage this month, a malt beverage with fruit that the brewery is calling a “Sparkling Fruit Refresher” — not quite a beer, but not a hard seltzer either. Razza Squeeze is 4.5% ABV and now a part of the year-round lineup. Press release: … Continue reading
Paging Stan Hieronymus: Florida-grown hops! (Though Stan has probably already seen this.) 3 Daughters Brewing of St. Petersburg, Florida, released a new beer this month brewed with hops grown in Florida. The beer is Ctrl + Malt + Delete and its the fifth in a series of these local-hop brews. … Continue reading
The latest brewery to join the Hops for Heroes fundraising campaign is Alamo Beer Company, which released its Homefront IPA at the beginning of the month. The beer raises funds for the Soldiers’ Angels organization supporting veterans, service members, and their families. Details from the press release: Alamo Beer Company … Continue reading
The latest year-round specialty cider to roll out of Portland Cider Company is Prickly Punch, featuring prickly pear cactus fruit with orange, guava, and strawberry. It joins the company’s core lineup and clocks in at 6% ABV. Details: Portland Cider Co. has added a new selection to its lineup of … Continue reading
Arrived this week: three bottles of Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Perry from Nashi Orchards of Vashon Island, Washington. I posted about this recently, it’s the first in a new series of non-alcoholic libations from the orchard-cidery, dubbed its “Hana” series. Clip about it from the press release: Nashi Orchards celebrates its 10th … Continue reading
I’ve long been a fan of Crux Fermentation Project’s saison ale, Crux Farmhouse, which debuted ages ago and still returns as a seasonal offering. Crux has released a number of other farmhouse-styled beers over the years, many of which are barrel-aged specialties, but Crux Farmhouse is essentially its standard version … Continue reading
Harpoon Brewery recently announced a collaboration with shoemaker Reebok on a special collaboration edition of Harpoon’s low-alcohol Red. League Hazy Pale Ale. The beer fits into a “lifestyle” segment with a sessionable 4% ABV and brewed with buckwheat kasha, chia, and sea salt. Press release: Only one thing beats crushing … Continue reading
I recently posted about Lolo Hops, the new Portland, Oregon-based line of non-alcohol sparkling hop beverages, and since I’ve been checking out the NA, lifestyle drink segment lately (you might have noticed), I reached out to the company to see if samples were available. Lolo Hops sent me a six-pack, … Continue reading
Hot on the heels of non-alcoholic beer, the next frontier seems to be NA hop water, at least based on the marketing and samples I’ve been receiving lately. The first hop water I’ve reviewed was back in February with Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher Hop Water, and despite initial skepticism I found … Continue reading