The Brew Site
Surprising news this morning out of the Brewers Association—or perhaps not so surprising, all things considered—is the cancellation of the Great American Beer Festival this year due to COVID-19. Brewbound broke the news this morning: For the first time in the festival’s nearly 40-year history, the Brewers Association (BA) has … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery announced the release of two new beers to support the hospitality industry and local brewers guild in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: Virtual Beer Hug and All Together IPA. Portions of the sales of each beer will be donated to World Central Kitchen and the Central Oregon … Continue reading
Friday, May 15, is the first day of Phase One of Oregon governor Kate Brown’s re-opening plan, in which 31 Oregon counties can start easing COVID-19 restrictions. Among the businesses that can start easing restrictions are restaurants, breweries, bars, tasting rooms, and distilleries, under the following guidelines: Limit the occupancy … Continue reading
Harpoon Brewery in Massachusetts is releasing a special “community ale” for COVID-19 pandemic relief this month, a revisiting of the brewery’s first beer from 1986 with proceeds from the sales benefiting several local organizations. Good stuff happening, on top of Harpoon also producing hand sanitizer since last month. Here is … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is out today: Two Words: Beer Delivery. There are two approaches I took with this article: first, trying out the local beer delivery options with everything under COVID-19 lockdown; and, I wanted to highlight the fact that breweries such as Boneyard Beer and Barley … Continue reading
Bale Breaker Brewing is bringing some COVID-19 relief to Yakima, Washington, in teaming up with non-profit I Heart Yakima to release You Are Not Alone Hazy IPA, with all profits donated to the We Are Yakima fund. This will support the local food and beverage industry impacted by the coronavirus … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse in Corvallis recently received approval to start producing hand sanitizer for the COVID-19 crisis, and began large-scale production at the end of April. The cidery joins the growing list of others pivoting into manufacturing sanitizer, a crucial necessity especially for health and other front line workers during … Continue reading
I’m a week behind posting this bit of brewery pandemic support news, but that’s okay—it’s good news for the Columbia Gorge area around Hood River. Double Mountain Brewery established the Double Mountain Foundation to help support employees impacted by COVID-19, and seeks to expand to cover other hospitality workers in … Continue reading
Here’s kind of an amazing story on COVID-19 pandemic support with an angle I wouldn’t have foreseen: California’s Sierra Nevada Brewing is able to help a local hospital with coronavirus testing by producing viral transport medium in its lab. Here’s the press release the company issued yesterday: Sierra Nevada Brewing … Continue reading
The Session ended over a year ago, but these are unusual times, and Alistair Reece over at Fuggled proposed a special quarantine edition for old times’ sake: Yes you read that right, for a limited time only (quite possibly just this once, or maybe a few times depending on response) … Continue reading