I’ve been seeing this pop up in the news lately and found a good article: ‘Star Bock’ beer has coffee giant Starbucks steamed. Apparently a bar owner in Texas has been selling his Star Bock brand of beer for two years now, and wants to go national, and Starbucks (the … Continue reading

Well, someone has responded to my post awhile ago about having a beer show on the Food Network, but the link they provided doesn’t exactly point to a Food Network show specifically. It’s The Beer Show, and while it looks interesting, the site says it will air on Brisbane (that’s … Continue reading

As I’ve seen first on Hail the Ale! and now Pfiff!, a resort in Austria is actually offering "beer baths" or pools filled with beer that people can, er, swim in. The Starkenber Beer Myth resort located in and around the medieval castle of Starkenberger in Austria’s Tyrol region has … Continue reading

Out to dinner the other night at the always excellent Zydeco in Bend, I tried a beer I had not had before: New Belgium Brewing‘s Sunshine Wheat. I wasn’t totally sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised—it was spiced with coriander and orange peel, very much in the … Continue reading

To make up for my lack of posting lately, and hopefully to get back on track, here’s a dump of beer-related links I’ve noticed lately. BlueOregon: Beer & Movies – an open discussion on the OLCC (Oregon Liquor Control Commission) considering creating a firm policy on the presence of beer … Continue reading

The Smithsonian Magazine has a fascinating article on Prohibition and the rise of "medical beer" that was prescribed by doctors. And in the early months of 1921, a dedicated group of brewers, physicians and imbibers attempted to convince the U.S. Congress that beer was nothing less than vital medicine. Whatever … Continue reading

Yep, it’s been a slow week for The Brew Site. But I’m still around. Mostly I just haven’t run across anything interesting to post, nor have I drank any beer all this week to write about. I’ll come up with something, though. I don’t like seeing old stuff here any … Continue reading

I’m a little late reviewing this one, but I tried and enjoyed St. Peter’s Old Style Porter the other day. I thought it was quite good. From the website: This fine beer is a blend of a mature old ale and a younger light beer – just as a true … Continue reading

According to this Register-Guard article, plans to open a McMenamins brewpub in Corvallis, at the Oregon State University campus, are being opposed: They want to lease space for a new brewpub right across the street from Gill Coliseum. But student body president Kristen Downey said introducing alcohol into an undergraduate … Continue reading

Just a quick note about finding good beer in Bend (not counting the microbreweries—I’m talking about bottled beer). While I’ve found that most of the grocery stores now carry most "mainstream" microbrews and imports, the two stores that have the widest selection, including a good number of unusual beers, are … Continue reading