The Brew Site
Yakima, Washington’s Bale Breaker Brewing announced the latest release in its “Frenz” limited series of collaboration beers. It’s the second beer with the series, and Bale Breaker partnered with Baker City, Oregon’s Barley Brown’s to brew it. The brewery plans a pair of release parties this weekend (Friday the 11th … Continue reading
Tröegs Independent Brewing of Pennsylvania released its limited edition Double Nugget Nectar, the, er, doubled-up version of its popular Nugget Nectar which is only available once a year. Although the press release below doesn’t mention the use of fresh-from-last-year’s-harvest hops as in Nugget Nectar, I’m assuming that’s implied. Details: Tröegs … Continue reading
Untitled Art is a brewery (beverage company?) based in Wisconsin that not only brews beer but also creates hard seltzers, CBD sparkling water, wine spritzes, and more. All of its beers are essentially limited edition one-offs; the company says: Each month exclusive examples of the most favored beers are created … Continue reading
New Orleans’ Urban South Brewery announced the release of its new year-round, low-calorie beer, Paradise Park IPA (one of the highlights in its 2022 calendar). Not only is it lower alcohol and lower calorie, it’s also easy on the wallet, according to the press release below—$7.99 per six-pack. Urban South … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin covers Bend’s newest brewery, Van Henion Brewing, and its first two beers on the market, Helles Lager and India Pale Ale. It’s not the first article you’ve probably seen on the new company, and certainly won’t be the last, but what makes Van Henion … Continue reading
Offshoot Beer Company, the subsidiary company of The Bruery that focuses on hop-forward beers, announced the release of its newest year-round beer: Coast (An Anytime Hazy Pale Ale). It’s something of a more sessionable counterpart to the company’s flagship IPA, Relax, and it’s hitting the market this month. More details … Continue reading
Ecliptic Brewing announced the second of its 2022 collaborations, to be released toward the end of February: Cri-Star IPA with Seattle’s Reuben’s Brews. It’s a mashup of the two breweries’ flagship IPAs. Details from the release: Portland’s Ecliptic Brewing has partnered with Seattle’s Reuben’s Brews to collaborate on a beer, … Continue reading
We now have hazy red ales! Okay to be fair, maybe we already had them, but Cascade Lakes Brewing announced the release of its newest seasonal, Red Haze, billed as a hazy red; I don’t particularly recall seeing one before. The title on the press release calls it “the perfect … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery has been working on non-alcoholic beer for about two years now, focusing primarily on its NA Irish Style Dark (which I wrote about here). This past week the brewery announced the next logical step: a non-alcoholic version of one of its flagships, Black Butte Porter. Having an NA … Continue reading
Oskar Blues Brewery first began canning its beer in 2002, the first American craft brewer (or microbrewer if you prefer, which I used here) to do so, and it was its flagship Dale’s Pale Ale that was the first beer to be canned. This year is the 20th anniversary of … Continue reading