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My latest article for The Bulletin was published this week in time for Halloween, and in honor of the holiday I’ve got suggestions for suitably-themed beers and breweries to enjoy this Halloween season. Funky Fauna Artisan Ales Funky Fauna embodies the spirit of Halloween as seen through the name and … Continue reading
The annual Diff’rent Smokes Rauchbierfest, a festival featuring beers smoked elements incorporated in some way, is returning for its third go-round this Saturday, October 26, and it’s taking place at the Unofficial Logging Company in Bend. It takes place from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and costs $20 in advance, tickets … Continue reading
Terranaut Beer, Bend’s newest brewing company, launched this summer with the release of several beers at locations around town, before opening its taproom earlier this month. It was launched by former 10 Barrel brewer Bryon Pyka, along with his partners Peter Brantley and Katie Dunbar. My latest article in this … Continue reading
Even though this is a beer blog, it’s not always about beer; sometimes I delve into wine, spirits, and other beverages. Often they go hand-in-hand with food, and this past weekend was one such occasion, as we attended a dinner and wine pairing at Brasada Ranch resort here in Central … Continue reading
Last weekend in Seattle (October 4 and 5), the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival returned for its 20th edition. This long-running event from Elysian Brewing started out as a relatively small brewfest in 2005 with a mere 12 pumpkin beers, and grew over the years to be a multi-day festival featuring … Continue reading
While Oktoberfest in Munich is over, many breweries are still celebrating all month long and many Oktoberfest beers are currently available. My recent article for The Bulletin covers the two beer styles associated with the festival, Märzen and Festbier, with examples from Wild Ride Brewing and Sunriver Brewing. Märzen is … Continue reading
Redhook is in an interesting position in the beer world, being one of the original American microbreweries (founded in 1981 in Seattle) that somehow is easy to forget is still around. I don’t mean this maliciously at all, I like (and always have) Redhook, but the series of acquisitions and … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery is one of those breweries that, to me, consistently brews solid, drinkable beers almost without exception (you can see my past reviews for example), and this extends to the ciders that Double Mountain produces as well. I happen to be on a media list in which I … Continue reading
My latest print article for The Bulletin (published last week) is my annual fresh hop roundup—or rather, because there are so many fresh hop beers being released and I have limited space in the article, a look at a handful fresh hop beers to get an idea of what to … Continue reading
The fresh hop beers from Double Mountain Brewery have returned, and in conjunction with the releases, the brewery sent me a bottle of this year’s Killer Green Fresh Hop IPA. The other standards are back as well—Killer Red Fresh Hop IRA, and Fresh Hop Iowa Bar Fight—and this year, there’s … Continue reading