The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin, which was published last week, covers Not Your Usual Barrel-Aged Stout, the collaboration beer from Bend Brewing Company and Newport Avenue Market (with a bit of Bohemian Roastery thrown in the mix); it’s a coffee-infused barrel-aged and blended imperial stout. Newport Avenue Market’s beer … Continue reading
The timing on this release was a bit odd, in retrospect. I received this press release from Cigar City Brewing just over a week ago, and then two days later, the news broke that Monster Beverages was buying CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective—of which Cigar City is a part. So Cigar … Continue reading
Oregon’s Rogue Ales is launching a brand new IPA in partnership with Revival Cycles of Austin, Texas—Knuckle Buster Cold IPA. The Austin launch of the beer will also incorporate a Willy Wonka-esque “golden ticket” style extra with select six-packs. See the press release for details: Award-winning craft brewery Rogue Ales … Continue reading
Last week Ecliptic Brewing announced two new beer releases out this month, starting with the newest addition to its All the Time Series, LIGO West Coast IPA, a beer that sales manager Erin Grey Kemplin describes as “the modern equivalent of the classic West Coast IPA.” The year-round addition will … Continue reading
Last year I started a new job, working remotely (aren’t we all) for an east coast company, doing web and software development with a tech team that also works remote—from Austin, Texas. While the job isn’t beer-related, everyone pretty well knows I’m “the beer guy,” so it’s no surprise that … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company has announced its 2022 canned beer calendar, outlining the package releases slated for the new year. Many of the standards and favorites are returning, and there are some notable new additions appearing in cans this year, including a porter, a Cascadian dark ale, and new sours. Details … Continue reading
That’s a strange headline to write, but that’s what Flying Dog Brewery is doing—packaging its new Super Hook Fruit Punch imperial sour ale in clear glass to showcase it’s pink color. Clearly I’m skeptical, but the brewery claims it has developed “special processes” to keep the beer intact in that … Continue reading
California’s Stone Brewing has a slate of special releases this year in its Stone Fan Favorites, a lineup of throwback recipes that were voted on by the brewery’s fans that will be once again seeing the light of day for 2022. The first, Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA, is already out … Continue reading
Back in September, Stone Brewing and Deschutes Brewery teamed up to release a honey-infused collaboration beer, Let’s Bee Homies Hazy IPA. I don’t know how it came about exactly but Deschutes wrote that the beer is a collaboration celebrating both brewery’s investment and commitment to the Hop Research Council and … Continue reading
Pennsylvania’s Tröegs Independent Brewing announced the return of Nugget Nectar last week, its imperial amber ale that showcases the harvest season’s Nugget hops. Tröegs is releasing the beer in a number of formats as well as offering up special draft events. Here’s the press release from the brewery: Tröegs Independent … Continue reading