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Rogue Ales is in the second year of its Monsters of IPA campaign promoting its three monster- or cryptid-themed IPAs, Batsquatch, Colossal Claude, and the newest, Gumberoo, via a series of animated videos with the chance to earn prizes all through April and May. Details from the release: This April … Continue reading
Events are continuing to come back after being on hiatus for the past two years, and this month the Hood River Hard-Pressed Cider Fest returns, taking place on April 30 at the Hood River County Fairgrounds. More than 20 cideries will be pouring and ticket packages stagger between $10, $20, … Continue reading
I’d recently posted the news about Wild Heaven Beer launching its new flagship IPA, Sunburst IPA, and the brewery sent me a sample of the new IPA long with a bit of swag. For a quick reminder, here’s some context from the press release: Growing in complexity and creativity with … Continue reading
Carolina Brewery is one of the oldest craft breweries in North Carolina, established in 1995, with beers available in both Carolinas (North and South and East Tennessee). This year the brewery is expanding into the Charleston, South Carolina beer market with its primary lineup of four core brews. Press release: … Continue reading
Another in my Boilermaker series of beer-and-whiskey reviews, featuring two Portland giants: Widmer Brother Brewing and Westward Whiskey. It’s a review from last fall, when Widmer’s Brrr Hoppy Red winter seasonal was out, and seemed a fitting matchup for the Westward Single Malt Whiskey. Why? Well, because Westward is one … Continue reading
New Orleans’ Urban South Brewery launched a new beer that benefits humanitarian efforts in Ukraine via the International Rescue Committee—Double Spilled: Slava Ukraini. 100% of the proceeds of the beer will be donated to the IRC organization for relief efforts. Double Spilled is a fruited sour beer brewed with pineapple, … Continue reading
Colorado’s Left Hand Brewing, well known for its line of various nitro-infused stouts and other styles, announced recently that it is partnering with Soldiers’ Angels to release a custom IPA that will raise funds to help support U.S. military veterans and service members. The brewery joins others in participating in … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse expanded its Cosmic Crisp® line of ciders this year, adding two new fruited varieties to join the original Cosmic Crisp imperial cider made from Cosmic Crisp apples. The cidery dubbed the new series its Cosmic Explorer Series, all of which are 8% alcohol by volume. The new … Continue reading
The end of last month saw two new year-round, core ciders added to the lineup by Portland Cider Company, in the leadup to its 9th anniversary. These new ciders are True Brut, a dry cider fermented with champagne yeast, and Strawberry Pineapple, a fruited blend with a tropical flair. Press … Continue reading
Eastern Oregon’s Terminal Gravity Brewing recently announced a new series of rotating IPAs and released its beer production calendar for 2022. The calendar fills out the can releases for the year, though there will still be limited and draft only releases yet to come. From the email newsletter: Now Introducing… … Continue reading