The Brew Site
Yesterday I picked up a selection of samples of new canned beers from Crux Fermentation Project, four of the brewery’s latest releases: Boss Battle IPA – the collaboration with Portland’s Level Beer El Crucero Mexican-style Lager Crux Farmhouse – the classic saison is back Tropicano Tropical IPA – the very … Continue reading
A first for the blog: posting news about beer in Walmart. California’s Surreal Brewing, maker of non-alcoholic beers (I reviewed a number of them two years ago), announced its expansion into Walmarts across southern California last month. And while beer sales in Walmart aren’t something I’d commonly write about, having … Continue reading
A surprise package from Pennsylvania’s Iron Hill Brewery arrived last week just in time for Cinco de Mayo—a six pack of its new Lemon Cerveza Mexican Style Lager. The beer is set to be available at all the Iron Hill locations starting May 5. The beer is 5% ABV with … Continue reading
With the closure of the Portland location of Modern Times Beer, the space that formerly also housed The Commons Brewery was back in the news this month with the announcement that a new brewing operation, Living Haüs Beer Company, will be opening up in the space this summer. Living Haüs … Continue reading
Last fall I’d picked up a selection of lagers from out of town and decided it would be interesting to group them together when reviewing them. And because I have a backlog of review notes I’m just now getting around to posting these, but not to worry—two out of three … Continue reading
The latest release from Portland’s Hopworks Urban Brewery is a throwback (if you want to call it that) to whole cone hops, with Chuckle Cones IPA, an India pale ale that features whole cone Chinook and Idaho 7 hops in the mix. Details from the release: Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB), … Continue reading
As part of its Moon Room Series of lagers, Ecliptic Brewing released two new Japanese-style rice lagers last month, a base version of the pale lager style and one brewed with the addition of jasmine. Press release: Ecliptic Brewing is excited to launch their next Moon Room Series beers – … Continue reading
This week I received samples of the latest non-alcoholic brew to hit the market: Hoplark 0.0 Citra, essentially a non-alcoholic hop water or seltzer, flavored (“double dry hopped”) with Citra hops. Created with only carbonated water, Citra hops, and citric acid, it’s a zero alcohol, zero calorie, zero gluten beverage. … Continue reading
New Holland Spirits—the distilling branch of New Holland Brewing—announced the latest edition to its year-round Dragon’s Milk bourbon product line with Dragon’s Milk Origin. Unlike the Beer Barrel Bourbons that the company specializes in, Origin is a straight bourbon whiskey that is five year aged (or more). New Holland sent … Continue reading
Oregon’s largest cider maker 2 Towns Ciderhouse announced recently that the company is now distributing its ciders in Colorado and Indiana. With this expansion, 2 Towns’ ciders are now available in 14 states. Details can be found in the respective press releases: Colorado is distributed through CSA Distributing, while in … Continue reading