The Brew Site
Bend Brewing Company’s latest beers dropped last week: Urban Surfin’ IPA and Alpha Blonde, which the brewery announced via press release. These latest brews in the seasonal lineup are available in 16-ounce cans as well as on draft. The brewery included a short blurb about its annual Fresh Hops on … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery is marvelously consistent with its beers, particularly its hoppy ones, with solid hop presence and balance with characterful malts for a satisfying experience. I’d received two such examples not long back, which I’ve got reviews for here; let’s go: Hi Friend! IPA Double Mountain collaborated with Tacoma’s … Continue reading
This was an interesting one. I haven’t really had too many “smoothie” beers of the fruited sour variety, but I’d received a can of Pineapple & Mango Smoothie Gose Sour from Public Coast Brewing a little while back, so it was a chance to try out the style (substyle? variant? … Continue reading
I finally tackled the topic of non-alcoholic beer for The Bulletin in my latest article, which came out this week. Of course I’ve been covering NA beers here for the past year and a half, but with the availability of two local near beers from Deschutes Brewery and Crux Fermentation … Continue reading
A bit over a week ago I received the latest beers from Hopworks Urban Brewery, the summer seasonals: Ace of Spades Imperial IPA, When Life Gives You Blueberries Sour, and Sunset Fuel IPA. Note, however, that HUB announced the release of Evelyn Sunshine West Coast IPA, so I don’t know … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, out this week, touches on smoked lagers with a profile of a nice one brewed up at McMenamins Old St. Francis School: Bamberg Obsession, a helles-style lager brewed with beechwood-smoked malt. I asked [head brewer Vance] Wirtz what inspired the beer. “The inspiration for … Continue reading
Right now with a record-breaking heat wave gripping the Pacific Northwest, if we’re not drinking water we’re looking for refreshing, thirst-quenching, sessionable beers to help cool off. Sure, light lagers and weizens are typically the first ones to come to mind, but how often do we think of radlers? If … Continue reading
Three, count ’em, three beers from Hopworks Urban Brewery to review! These are the late spring and summer seasonal specialties from the Portland brewery, which were sent out as samples. Let’s get straight to my notes. Ace of Hearts Imperial IPA I received this beer (along with Cactus Attactus) a … Continue reading
I’ve enjoyed the various beers from the Farm to Market collaboration series from Portland-based Zupan’s Markets, in which the specialty grocery partners with different breweries to brew beers exclusively available on the Zupan’s shelves. There’s a new one out now (more on that soon) but the previous release had Zupan’s … Continue reading
We’ve had occasion over the past couple of years to become better acquainted with Corvallis, and about a year ago we discovered the First Alternative Co-op, which is a locavore-type grocery that emphasizes environmental sustainability and has a couple of locations. Here’s the “about us” intro: First Alternative is cooperative … Continue reading