Latest print article: F* Cancer with Silver Moon Brewing

Latest print article: F* Cancer with Silver Moon Brewing

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

Reviewing Appalachian Mountain IPAs

Reviewing Appalachian Mountain IPAs

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

Print article: Crux Fermentation Project’s In The Pocket

Print article: Crux Fermentation Project’s In The Pocket

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

GoodLife Brewing reunites with G. Love to release The Juice IPA

GoodLife Brewing reunites with G. Love to release The Juice IPA

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

Latest print article: Monkless Curtain Closer

Latest print article: Monkless Curtain Closer

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

North Coast Brewing Tart Cherry Berliner Weisse

North Coast Brewing Tart Cherry Berliner Weisse

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

North Coast Beachmaster Imperial IPA

North Coast Beachmaster Imperial IPA

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

Rogue Ales IPAs: Outta Line and Batsquatch

Rogue Ales IPAs: Outta Line and Batsquatch

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

Latest print article: Happy Valentine’s Day!

Latest print article: Happy Valentine’s Day!

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

Review: Double Mountain Brut IPA

Review: Double Mountain Brut IPA

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