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Bend Brewing Company announced the release of its two returning winter seasonals this past week, Sno’d In Winter IPA and Waist Deep Winter Ale, both available on draft and in cans. I wrote about Sno’d In for the Bulletin two years ago, when it had been retooled into its present … Continue reading
Two beers from Hopworks Urban Brewery arrived on the doorstep this week: Ace of Diamonds West Coast Imperial IPA, the final in the imperial “Ace” series for the year, and Abominable Winter Ale. Both are out now, but Ace of Diamonds is the one that got the press release also … Continue reading
Winter beers are rolling out, with many favorites returning to help us through this second year of pandemic winter. This week Cascade Lakes Brewing announced the return of its Slippery Slope Winter Ale, first released in 2011 I believe, replacing Santa’s Little Helper. Slippery Slope is a northwest-inflected winter warmer, … Continue reading
Bend’s Deschutes Brewery released its annual winter ale, Jubelale, last month, a perennial favorite that features a new, original piece of artwork for the label. This year, the brewery changed its selection process (detailed the press release below) and the artwork is by Stephanie Littlebird Fogel featuring a winter moonscape. … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery is once again releasing its Fa La La La La Winter Ale in six-packs for 2021, and this week the brewery sent me a bottle along with the release. Fa La La La La is a hoppy, malty red ale brewed with Centennial hops, and … Continue reading
This is one of the more random bits of pumpkin beer news from Elysian Brewing that came down the pipe: Elysian is going full Halloween and teaming up with Seattle’s Georgetown Morgue, billed as its premier haunted house, to offer beer delivery of its pumpkin beer variety pack in time … Continue reading
From beer writer and beer festival organizer Brian Yaeger comes the announcement of the Diff’rent Smokes beer festival, celebrating smoked beers, set to debut on Saturday, November 13 at Silver Moon Brewing in Bend. The event plans to offer over 20 smoked beers and cocktails, along with smoke-inspired dishes from … Continue reading
Cryo Pop™ hops seems to be the hottest (or… coolest) new product to come out of Yakima Chief Hops, essentially an extension of the company’s Cryo Hops wherein specially-analyzed blends of these hops provide a maximum fruit aroma impact. Here in Bend, Bevel Craft Brewing used them in its single … Continue reading
Keeping up with the fresh hop news, the press release for the return of the Hood River Hops Fest and the Hood River Valley Harvest Fest landed in my inbox recently. The latter isn’t a beer festival, of course (though there will be beer and cider tastings), but they are … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery in Hood River is releasing four fresh hop beers in its Killer series this season, announcing the brews in a press release last week. Three are in bottles, and for what I believe is the first time, a fresh hop version of Fa La La La La … Continue reading