The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin this week covers the first packaged, barrel-aged beer (ever) from Cascade Lakes Brewing—Midnight Drift, a bourbon barrel-aged barleywine. It was aged in Oregon Spirit Distillers bourbon barrels for six months, and packaged in 16-ounce cans; the brewery had provided me with a four-pack to … Continue reading
Sunriver Brewing Company announced today the first releases from its new Barrel Aged Beer series, and provided details on other upcoming releases. There are two branches of this series, the Wood series which features beers aged in spirit and other barrels, and the Wild series featuring wild yeasts and mixed … Continue reading
This week’s latest print article in the Bend Bulletin is (of course) on The Little Woody taking place this weekend: The Little Woody offers the best of the best brews. It’s a roundup for Bulletin readers of several of the local-to-Central-Oregon barrel brews to look for and sample. I highlighted seven … Continue reading
One of Bend’s most highly-anticipated beer events, The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival, returns this Labor Day weekend for its tenth annual celebration of wood. As always, it takes place on the grounds of the Deschutes Historical Museum, and starts Friday, August 31 at 5pm, continuing through … Continue reading
This month’s edition of The Session is hosted by Jack Perdue of Deep Beer, who is asking us to consider beer and wood. In The Good in Wood, Jack says: Wood has been used for millennia to store, transport and flavor beer, wine and spirits. Today, the relationship between wood … Continue reading
Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project is kicking off their 2017 [BANISHED] barrel-aged beer series this week with the release of In The Pocket, a Brettanomyces aged and blended imperial saison. From the description in the press release (below) it sounds amazingly complex, and some of my contacts at Crux are already waxing … Continue reading
For this new year I wrote about local barrel-aged beers that have come out in the past several weeks (since about mid-December): the perfect type of beer to drink to welcome in the New Year! Worthy, Silver Moon, and Deschutes beers are all featured. Go check it out.
Today’s beer selection for the Advent calendar is a departure from the normal Christmas and winter beer theme—for today is my birthday, and my “tradition” nearly every year I’ve been doing this calendar is to select a “birthday” beer for the day, typically something big and special. After much thought I picked … Continue reading
This past Friday and Saturday, the 2016 The Little Woody Barrel Aged Beer, Cider and Whiskey festival took place for its eighth year at the Deschutes Historical Museum. This is my third year of attending (the first year Jon attended alone and then we have missed a few due to family … Continue reading
Bend’s premier specialty beer event is coming up next week for Labor Day weekend: The Little Woody Barrel Aged Brew and Whiskey Fest! It’s taking place Friday, August 31st (from 5 to 10pm) and Saturday, September 1st (from noon to 10pm), located as always in the parking lot of the … Continue reading