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For the longest time I somehow managed to not drink any beers from one of the most famous New England-style IPA breweries—indeed, contender for inventing the hazy, NEIPA style—The Alchemist of Vermont. This even despite the fact that cans of both Focal Banger and Heady Topper starting showing up periodically … Continue reading
Urban South Brewery of New Orleans announced its 2022 beer calendar, featuring a new low-calorie IPA and surprise specialty seasonal can drops. Here’s the press release with details: Urban South Brewery has released its 2022 distribution calendar, highlighting year-round and seasonal beer releases for the upcoming year. The award-winning craft … Continue reading
Astoria’s Buoy Beer Company released its 2022 beer calendar, announcing the expansion of its package lineup and redesign of its 16-ounce cans for the new year. One of the highlights, a canned lager series kicking off in March. Here’s the full press release with the news: Buoy Beer Company released … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin out this week, the first one for the new year, features Cherries Jubelale from Deschutes Brewery. Because why not kick off 2022 with a big bold brew? I thought I’d start the new year with Deschutes’ latest spin on an old favorite, Cherries Jubelale … Continue reading
For the month of December, Boston’s Harpoon Brewery released a doubled-up version of its flagship Harpoon IPA, in what it dubs its “Big & Limited Edition” (series? one-off?): Imperial Harpoon IPA. I’d posted about the release and Harpoon sent me a can to sample recently, so I figured since we’re … Continue reading
Von Ebert Brewing’s flagship IPA, Volatile Substance, had a great 2021. In the Oregon Beer Awards in May, it won gold in the American IPA category, edging ahead of two IPAs from Sunriver Brewing. Then in September, it followed that up by winning gold at the Great American Beer Festival … Continue reading
Block 15 Brewing out of Corvallis is, right now, one of Oregon’s best breweries in my opinion, consistently releasing solid, well-brewed beers that span the gamut of styles—not just IPAs. These two beers I’m reviewing represent two great examples of underrated malty styles that you don’t see very often, and … Continue reading
When Hopworks Urban Brewery first announced its 2021 beer calendar (yes, a year ago!), the final beer in its “Ace” series of the year, Ace of Diamonds, was originally slated to be a black IPA. Somewhere along the course of the year, plans changed (didn’t they all, though?), and the … Continue reading
Portland’s Ecliptic Brewing released its 2022 beer schedule a couple of weeks ago, but it seems appropriate to kick off the new year with the announcement and calendar. Potentially most interesting (at least to me) in the upcoming lineup is the new Moon Room Series of lager beers. Here’s the … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, out this week, takes a look at Belgian styled bières de Noël, and Central Oregon’s very own version from Monkless Belgian Ales: Friar’s Festivus, a strong, dark ale for the rest of us. Finally, there are the strong, spiced bières de Noël of Belgium. … Continue reading