The Brew Site
More non-alcoholic beer reviews! I recently received samples from Best Day Brewing, a new producer of NA beer based in Sausalito, California. Best Day leans heavily into the “lifestyle” segment with its northern California image, billing these NA beers as “for doers everywhere” and those with active lifestyles. Quoting founder … Continue reading
Bend’s newest brewery Van Henion Brewing recently teamed up with Kevin Collins of Brother Jon’s Public House to brew up a special collaboration beer to be served exclusively at Brother Jon’s — Brother Van’s IPA. The Public House will be hosting a release party on Wednesday, May 11, from 3 … Continue reading
DC Brau Brewing in Washington, DC, released a number of its summertime beers as well as celebrating its 11th anniversary recently. The beers range from a Belgian pale to a radler to dank IPA and lager. The recent press release: DC Brau, D.C.’s original craft brewery, recently released three of … Continue reading
Happy Cinco de Mayo! To commemorate the day (which originally had nothing to do with drinking—that’s the Americanized version of course), I’ve got reviews of two Mexican-style lagers for you, both of which were just recently released. Cheers! Iron Hill Brewery Lemon Cerveza Mexican Style Lager I had received a … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin happened to fall on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, so what else could I do but write about Mexican lager and Bend’s own Mexican-style beer brand, Tranquilo MSA? While there’s no official definition, Mexican lagers typically fall into the spectrum between pale and Vienna … 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
Oskar Blues Brewery, the original canning craft brewer from Colorado, has a new mixed 12-pack out that the brewery is calling The Works, which features three of its best sellers. The twist (if you want to call it that) is that instead of four cans of all three, this one … Continue reading
What’s better than a can of double IPA named “Road 2 Ruin”? How about a 19.2 ounce stovepipe can of it? That’s what Connecticut’s Two Roads Brewing is offering up, which rolled out this month. Press release: Two Roads Brewing Company announced today that they are taking their Road 2 … Continue reading