The Brew Site
Lager Fest, the all-lager beer festival hosted by Buoy Beer Company in Astoria, returns once again this May. Buoy has teamed up with over a dozen breweries for the event to pour a wide variety of lagers. There will be live music and a tie-in with Astoria’s Run on the … Continue reading
I’m late on posting this news, but Ecliptic Brewing and Boneyard Beer recently teamed up to brew StaRPM, an India pale ale combining the two respective breweries’ flagship beers, Starburst IPA and RPM IPA. The beer is out and available now in 16-ounce cans. Here’s the press release: Portland’s Ecliptic … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery is revisiting past beers in its From the Vault series, and last week the brewery sent me the latest release in the series: Sweet Jane IPA, first brewed back in 2017. As with other specialty beers, the brewers paired the beer up with a Spotify … Continue reading
For the last several years (since 2020), Double Mountain Brewery had put its annual anniversary block party on hold, but that ends this week—on Saturday, March 18, Double Mountain is celebrating its sixteenth anniversary with the return of its block party. 4th Street in front of the brewery will be … Continue reading
The 23rd beer in the Farm to Market collaboration series from Zupan’s Markets is out, and it’s a collaboration with pFriem Family Brewers—a West Coast IPA available now at all three of Zupan’s locations. The PR agency sent me samples of the beer this week to coincide with the release. … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse has a couple of new ciders out, starting with The Baddie, a collaboration with the Pink Lady apple brand developed by an all-women-led initiative at the company and released in conjunction with Women’s History Month (and pertinent for today especially—International Women’s Day). A portion of the proceeds … Continue reading
During Oregon Craft Beer Month in February, Public Coast Brewing introduced a new specialty beer in its Sour Series, infused with fruit from the company’s farm: Currant Vanilla Tart Ale. It’s no longer February but this week I received samples of the new beer to review. Here are details about … Continue reading
I don’t know if it’s the world’s first, as the press release claims, but non-alcoholic beer producer Athletic Brewing teamed up with Austin, Texas-based Super Coffee to release what they claim to be the “world’s first pre-workout brew” — an NA coffee beer. I’ll be able to report on this … Continue reading
The 2023 edition of Love, Lost at Sea Barleywine is out now from Buoy Beer Company, returning for its sixth year. This year, the barrel-aged brew was conditioned in barrels from Westward Whiskey for 12 months, adding complexity to an already-rich ale, with a final alcohol by volume of 10%. … Continue reading
Albany, Oregon-based Deluxe Brewing has a new beer out, a golden coffee ale brewed in collaboration with Margin Coffee Roasters, available now in cans following a February release. It’s 5.5% ABV with 20 IBUs, and brewed with a cold brew blend of two Ethiopian coffees. Details from the press release: … Continue reading