The Brew Site
About a week and a half ago my latest print article dropped in The Bulletin, where I wrote about GoodLife Brewing’s Man of the Hour Flanders Red Ale, which has the distinction of being the last beer that founder and brewer Curt Plants brewed before he died. GoodLife Brewing Company … Continue reading
Yes, since it’s fresh hop season you can expect to be inundated with posts about the various fresh hop beers and events coming up! Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project already has its first fresh hop beer on tap and in cans now, Pert Near Fresh Hop IPA, and a couple of … Continue reading
It’s that time of year already, and this year’s first harvesting of fresh hops felt earlier than usual (but maybe that’s just because it felt like the summer flew by). As I’ve done the past several years, here is my ongoing attempt to track the various Central Oregon fresh hop … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin dropped on Sunday, in which I write about Crux Fermentation Project’s limited-release Apricot Golden. I found this to be a really nice un-complicated fruit ale with some Belgian inflections, though the online headline on The Bulletin’s site says “reminiscent of Pyramid Apricot Ale” … … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company announced the release of the latest 16-ounce cans in its High Desert Hop Series of beers, Urban Surfin’ Golden IPA. The name looks to be inspired by Bend’s Whitewater Park, at which you can watch people surfing in the whitewater channel of the park, right in the … Continue reading
Worthy Brewing in Bend recently announced the release of the latest beer in its Hopstar series, Exuberance Summer Sour. Despite the name of the series, this one isn’t hoppy, but a gose with berries. Gose is a great summer style when done right and should be a fun one to … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin was published on Sunday, as as promised, I wrote about Silver Moon’s F* Cancer program: Silver Moon Brewing Co. in fifth year raising funds for cancer research and awareness. The F* Cancer program is in full swing until the end of August, and according … Continue reading
Last month I received several cans of Appalachian Mountain Brewery beers out of the blue: Not an IPA and Not a Double IPA. Not having heard of this brewery before, I determined it was a member of the Craft Brew Alliance and assumed that the company still had my address … Continue reading
I’m behind on posting this print article notice—moving to Sundays instead of Thursdays makes it a bit less convenient to remember to point to these when I’m off the computer on the weekends—but two weeks ago I wrote about Crux Fermentation Project‘s release of this year’s In The Pocket. This … Continue reading
Last year, Bend’s GoodLife Brewing teamed up with the band G. Love & Special Sauce to brew G. Love’s Special Sauce IPA, Danky Dankster. What could easily have been a one-off beer has turned into a returning specialty IPA series, with the collaboration happening again on a new rendition of … Continue reading