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My latest article for The Bulletin, which came out last week, profiled All Trails Lead to Bend, a barrel-aged imperial stout collaboration between Crux Fermentation Project and two of Bend’s liquor stores, Trailhead Liquor and Bend South Liquor. Occasionally, these projects extend beyond breweries into other areas of the industry. … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin takes a look at the newest in the Coolship Experiment beer series from Crux Fermentation Project, Crux Coolship Experiment No. 6. Crux teamed up with Rogue Creamery of southern Oregon to brew a lambic-style ale in which the same microorganisms used to create Rogue’s … Continue reading
This past weekend, Crux Fermentation Project hosted its first Saisons on the Lawn, a mini-festival featuring a lineup of nine saisons from Oregon breweries, taking advantage of a warm spring day (maybe the first we’ve had!) to kick off this inaugural event. As part of the day’s festivities, Crux also … Continue reading
This Saturday, April 22, Crux Fermentation Project presents its springtime saison festival — Saisons on the Lawn! Featuring a lineup of nine saisons from Crux and other breweries pouring from noon until 8pm, with proceeds benefitting the Oregon Brewers Guild. Here are details from the event page: The mighty saison! … Continue reading
Each year, Crux Fermentation Project releases Doublecross, its dark Belgian-style strong ale, a big specialty brew that weighs in at 11% ABV with 21 IBUs. Brewed as a winter seasonal, it fits right into the holiday season but it’s strong enough to hold up to aging for drinking any time … Continue reading
I’m a week behind on posting this, since my latest article for The Bulletin was out last Thursday, but my second-to-last print article of the year reviewed this year’s edition of Crux Fermentation Project’s Tough Love Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout. It’s a good one! Crux Fermentation Project celebrated its 10th anniversary … Continue reading
This week, Crux Fermentation Project provided me with two of its recent beers: Tough Love Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout and Doublecross Dark Belgian-Style Ale. The Tough Love is special because this year’s is the 10th anniversary edition of the beer; the barrel-aged version is part of the brewery’s Banished series, and … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, Central Oregon breweries tap into Japanese rice lager trend, takes a look at the style in question through the light of two Bend beers currently available—Deschutes Brewery’s Kanpai Crispy and Crux Fermentation Project’s Bochi Bochi. Deschutes Brewery released a new limited-edition beer in its … Continue reading
I am doggedly determined to get all of these fresh hop beer reviews posted, and that means more are coming! With this batch, we’ve got three IPAs from Oregon and Washington showcasing two classic hops and a brand new one. Single Hill Brewing – Moxee Milieu Fresh Hop IPA Single … Continue reading
Like my fresh hop season reviews, I’ve got a bunch of pumpkin beers I’m drinking this fall that I’m going to write up. The season kicked off early with Elysian’s virtual tasting last month, and 2 Towns Ciderhouse’s Hollow Jack is drinking nicely this year, so let’s jump in for … Continue reading