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Pennsylvania’s Tröegs Independent Brewing announced today the return of its annual imperial amber ale, Nugget Nectar, for 2021. This winter release was first introduced in 2004, and is brewed each season with freshly kilned Nugget hops from the preceding fall hop harvest. Press release: Tröegs Independent Brewing announces the release … Continue reading
Bend, Oregon’s Worthy Brewing Company announced plans for its upcoming year—or issued a mission statement, depending on how you look at it. The primary message is that Worthy will not (ever) be brewing hard seltzers and will stick to beer; at the same time, the brewery will be releasing new … Continue reading
Portland’s Hopworks Urban Brewery released its 2021 beer schedule this week, offering a glimpse into the brewery’s upcoming plans—with what looks like a big push into more cans and retail packaging. Some new beers showing up and an expanded “Ace” lineup look particularly interesting. Here’s the press release to accompany … Continue reading
Black Butte Porter is finally going into cans! And Jubelale too, it appears. That’s my main takeaway from Deschutes Brewery‘s release of its 2021 beer release schedule, but there is a lot of other notable news too—more than is evident on the calendar graphic. Let’s get to the press release … Continue reading
Urban South Brewery, located in New Orleans, released its 2021 beer release calendar this week, which includes a bump of its hard seltzers to year-round status as well as a number of new specialty releases. Details: Urban South Brewery, the largest craft brewery in New Orleans, today announced its beer … Continue reading
Black Butte Whiskey, the collaboration between Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery, returns for 2020—and this year for the first time, it’s the five-year aged version that will be available starting this Saturday, December 19. The duo first released the whiskey in 2016, in which the Bendistillery distilled a special batch of … Continue reading
Portland’s Hopworks Urban Brewery was the first brewery in the Pacific Northwest to achieve certified B Corporation status (meeting the highest standards of social and environmental performance), and for the holiday season HUB has partnered with several other local B Corps to launch its Holiday B Store. This online store … Continue reading
Next year, 2021, Oregon’s Pelican Brewing is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and to celebrate, the brewery released its 2021 brewing calendar. On the docket: three new year-round beers, and four special collaboration beers brewed with “Pelican Alumni” to be released each quarter. We first visited Pelican way back in 1998, … Continue reading
I’m glad to see Zupan’s Markets is still able to collaborate with Oregon breweries on its Farm to Market beer series (you never know with how this year is going), and the latest in this series sees the Portland-based specialty market chain teaming up with Hood River’s Ferment Brewing on … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company announced today a new series of limited-release beers in 16-ounce cans, suitably named the Pub Series, that would otherwise have only been available at its pub. It’s a smart move in this age of COVID-19 and the current statewide “freeze” that affects restaurants and pubs (among others). … Continue reading