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
My last print article came out last Sunday, actually (and I just turned my next one in today), in which I wrote about Monkless Belgian Ales‘ Curtain Closer, its massive Belgian-style “quintuple ale” aged on raspberries and cocoa nibs. You can call it a quadrupel if you want; brewer Todd … Continue reading
California’s North Coast Brewing Company has a lineup of several seasonal fruited Berliner Weisse style beers, which might be somewhat surprising as the brewery is perhaps best known for its Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. I believe these sour beers were introduced only within the last several years, and the … Continue reading
There is particular weight attached to the term “old school” as a descriptor, often used in an approving way to refer positively to how things used to be, though in beer I’ve just as often seen or heard it used in more of a disparaging way, when it comes to … Continue reading
When Rogue Ales sent me its two latest canned IPAs, Outta Line West Coast IPA and Batsquatch Hazy IPA, I had to comment on the label designs. Apparently that’s a thing of late. The Batsquatch design in particular just kind of lost me, partly because it’s cartoony/goofy and partly because … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is out today, and for the holiday of love I wrote about fruited sours: This year, let’s draw inspiration from the traditional wine and berries and explore fruit-infused sour ales. For many, the first beers that come to mind when discussing fruited sours are … Continue reading
In my most recent print article for The Bulletin, I surveyed the latest round of (local) brut IPAs. All three of those (from Crux, Silver Moon, and Wild Ride) seemed drier and more in line with what I would consider “brut” since I last visited the style back in August … Continue reading