The Brew Site
The Elysian Brewing Great Pumpkin Roadshow came to Bend on its annual trek tonight, on its third of seven stops, taking over the Platypus Pub with eight pumpkin beers on tap and—as always—the pumpkin firkin. I stopped in to check out the fun and try some of the new beers … Continue reading
Time for a new round of Tuesday Tastings beer reviews! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted in this “TT” series so let’s jump back in with IPAs from pFriem Family Brewers/Zupan’s Markets and Deschutes Brewery. pFriem/Zupan’s Farm-to-Market IPA I received this beer over the summer and was remiss on getting … Continue reading
Since I’ve been doing a Fresh Hops Watch post for Central Oregon fresh hop beers in recent years, I thought it was a natural progression into doing one for pumpkin beers as well. Since you all know how much I love pumpkin beer! Only, Central Oregon isn’t exactly known for … Continue reading
The first Oktoberfest beer I drank to kick off the season is the one sent to me from Two Brothers Artisan Brewing: Atom Smasher Oak Aged Oktoberfest Style Lager. It’s a Marzen-style lager aged on oak chips, added during the fermentation process and which (I’m pretty sure) are un-spirited. The … Continue reading
Level Beer is one of the newer Oregon breweries to pop up in the last few years, founded in 2016 in northeast Portland. The folks behind the brewery describe themselves as, “We are an American Craft Brewery focusing on lighter alcohol beer styles with hoppy beers, barrel aged beers and … Continue reading
Crux Fermentation Project always has an interesting, solid lineup of fresh hop beers for the season, thanks in no small part to the experience of founder and brewmaster Larry Sidor. In addition to a decades-long career in the brewing industry, Sidor spent nearly seven years with S.S. Steiner, a Yakima-based … Continue reading
Here is this year’s attempt to keep track of the various fresh hop beers coming from Central Oregon breweries, as well as a roundup of events. Right out of the gate there are already a ton of beers announced, and this list will grow as September progresses. (Last year’s watch … Continue reading
I haven’t really blogged at all yet about fresh hop season (except here)—one of my favorite times of the beer year—even though everybody seems to be pointing out that (some of) the crops are coming in early this year and there are already a few fresh hop beers in the … Continue reading
The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival begins in two days, and features 23 breweries and cideries pouring a variety of barrel-aged (and non-barrel-aged) beers and ciders. Of the wood-aged offerings it looks like a pretty strong list this year, and you can judge for yourself below. Within the … Continue reading
In today’s craziest beer news (and it’s only Monday morning), Bend’s 10 Barrel Brewing announced that it is teaming up with Bend’s Blockbuster video store—recently in the news for officially being the last Blockbuster store in the lower 48 states—to brew a collaboration beer named… you guessed it… The Last … Continue reading