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‘Tis the season for the winter and Christmas beers to start being considered, and to that end Pelican Brewing sent out its annual holiday seasonal—Bad Santa Cascadian Dark Ale. You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry, you better not pout and here’s telling you why—Bad Santa has arrived. Brewed … Continue reading
A can of Paulaner Pils arrived yesterday, from Paulaner USA, which imports beers from Paulaner Brewery and others. The Paulaner USA promotion is that it’s bringing back the classic German pilsner to the U.S.; I don’t know if Pils is part of the regular Paulaner lineup (it doesn’t show up … Continue reading
Public Coast Brewing out of Cannon Beach, Oregon, introduced new beers to its canned lineup this summer, including the addition of a hard seltzer. The brewery sent me two packages of cans, featuring some of the new products and some I’ve had before. Since we haven’t traveled this year to … Continue reading
I think we could all use a barleywine to get through this crazy election season (as well as this whole year in general), and Deluxe Brewing Company, of Albany, Oregon, is offering up its American Barley Wine as “the right answer for 2020.” Deluxe is best known for its lagers, … Continue reading
It’s time to properly start considering winter beers. Bend Brewing Company announced this week the return of its Sno’d In Winter IPA, on draft and in cans, and revealed it has signed with Point Blank Distributing for distribution in the Portland area. Sno’d In is a piney, spicy IPA with toasted … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin highlights the newly-canned Bavarian Lager from GoodLife Brewing, and digs into the Helles lager style to understand how its different from pilsner. Helles lager, like other pale lagers, is all about subtlety and balance. To casual (and even experienced) drinkers it may be indistinguishable … Continue reading
Time for another entry in my fresh hop mini-reviews for this year. It’s sort of been filling the void left from the various beer festivals being cancelled. At any rate, fresh hop beers from RiverBend Brewing, Wild Ride Brewing, and Fort George Brewery to salivate over. Millenials Hate Centennials Fresh … Continue reading
Here’s a Halloween-themed beer review to help get you in the mood for the spooky season: Rogue Ales Dead ‘N’ Dead, a barrel-aged version of Dead Guy Ale aged in Dead Guy Whiskey barrels. This one was actually the 2019 edition, sent to me ages ago by the brewery, and … Continue reading
Three more fresh hop beer mini-reviews for your reading pleasure! Two from Redmond breweries, and my other homebrewed fresh hop ale. Let’s go! Triumphant Fresh Hop Pale Ale – Wild Ride Brewing Though Wild Ride only packaged Journey to a New Strata-Sphere this year, I was able to pick up … Continue reading
Here are the next three fresh hop beers I drank and scribbled some notes about. All beers were picked up in cans to enjoy at home, naturally. In this batch are some nice beers from Breakside Brewery, Matchless Brewing, and Fort George Brewery. Fresh Kids Fresh Hop IPA – Breakside … Continue reading