The Brew Site
Last weekend, Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project celebrated its eighth anniversary with a lower-key party than usual in this COVID-19 era and a release of a special anniversary lager. As a nod and a tip of the hat to one of the region’s best breweries, here are reviews of two of … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is out today, in which I explore my new favorite hop—Sabro. It’s also a profile of Bevel Craft Brewing‘s Hop Tour: Sabro IPA, the brewery’s latest in the single hop series which is a good highlight of the coconut-infused hop: New experimental hop features … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is out today: Super yeast is star of Boss Rambler’s Norwegian Cowboy. I (finally?) explore kveik yeast, with a closer look at Boss Rambler Beer Club’s kveik-fermented Norwegian Cowboy triple dry-hopped hazy IPA. The brewery was also among the first of the local breweries … Continue reading
Portland’s Baerlic Brewing crafts a variety of beers across a range of styles, many of which are released in cans, particularly the specialty ones. I’ve only had a handful of its beers and haven’t yet had the chance to visit the brewery in person, and that doesn’t look likely any … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin came out last week, in which I examine Worthy Brewing‘s new(ish) Tenmile Dry Hopped Lager in detail. “Honestly, we had had so much fun working on Sol Power Pils that we wanted to design a beer that would be just as crushable yet see … Continue reading
Back when Crux Fermentation Project released Gypsy Coolship No. 2 in March, two other newly canned beers were introduced as well: Bubble Wrap Hazy IPA and Battlestar IPA. I’d gotten samples of each and included a short bit about them in my article on the Coolship—but they are pretty tasty … Continue reading
Way back in 2006, I originally published The Beer Hacker: Best of the cheap beers? which has since become one of the most-viewed pages on the site. The premise is this: I examined website ratings data to determine the best of the inexpensive, macro-brewed beers on the market. The beers … Continue reading
I’m a few days late posting this, but this is such a great cause: Deschutes Brewery is brewing a beer to support the LGBTQIA+ community, Bubbles & Brunch. Deschutes Brewery, a tried and true brand celebrating thirty two years of craft brewing this June, announces a limited release to embrace … Continue reading
Time to catch up on more beer reviews for your pandemic reading! Today’s review is of Lucubrator Doppelbock, from Occidental Brewing in Portland. Lucubrator is a winter seasonal from the company, released in November, and this past winter saw the beer packaged in 16-ounce cans for the first time. I’d … Continue reading
Hophead Imperial IPA has long been a classic, award-winning DIPA from Bend Brewing Company, first winning a gold medal at the 2006 GABF. Created by Tonya Cornett, it was her first GABF medal since starting at BBC in 2002. It remains a world-class beer, a solidly bitter IPA full of … Continue reading