The Brew Site
Toward the end of last year, Double Mountain Brewery released Sweet Nothings Blonde Coffee Stout, a so-called “blonde stout” brewed with cocoa nibs and coffee in collaboration with Ranger Chocolate and 10-Speed Coffee Roasters. (I’m always a bit skeptical of the blonde/white stout sub-style.) It’s a bit of a change … Continue reading
Earlier this month Double Mountain Brewery released its latest specialty/seasonal beer, Sweet Nothings, billed as a Blonde Coffee Stout. The brewery worked with 10-Speed Coffee Roasters and Ranger Chocolate (a collaborator on Chocolate Stout of the past few years), and sent me a bottle of the new beer to review. … Continue reading
For this year’s fresh hop beer season, Double Mountain Brewery teamed up with nearby neighbor Solera Brewery to release Iowa Bar Fight, a fresh hop IPA brewed with fresh Strata hops from Crosby Hops. It was one of three bottled fresh hop selections from Double Mountain this year (another two … Continue reading
This week I received a fresh hop beer from Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery, the new Iowa Bar Fight Fresh Hop IPA, a collaboration with Solera Brewery of nearby Parkdale. Iowa Bar Fight joins Double Mountain’s fresh hop Killers lineup, brewed with fresh Strata hops sourced from Crosby Hops. Killer … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery is one of the most reliably consistent breweries in the state, best known for its hoppy ales while handling other styles, and even cider, with ease. The brewery sent me several samples to review this summer—two beers and a cider—and while my review notes below … Continue reading
The latest seasonal IPA from Double Mountain Brewery is a collaboration beer with Everybody’s Brewing (located across the river from Double Mountain), a west coast IPA dubbed Escape From Indiana. Both brewery owners are originally from Indiana, and have put together a beer featuring New Zealand hops and Thiolized yeast … Continue reading
Talus is a relatively new hop, formerly known as HBC 692 before earning its name, developed as a daughter of Sabro and commercially released in 2020. In that time it’s earned some recognition for its tropical fruit and some neomexicanus characteristics, this spring Double Mountain Brewery highlighted it in its … Continue reading
Sweet Jane IPA from Double Mountain Brewery is the latest of the brewery’s beers to be released “From the Vault,” as I detailed here, a series featuring recipes from the brewery’s archives making a return appearance. Sweet Jane was originally released in 2017; the brewers tweaked the original recipe a … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery has a new line of reserve ciders out now, specialty ciders crafted to showcase old world cider traditions and specialty apple varietals. As part of the rollout, the brewery sent me a bottle of Irene Rosé Red Fleshed Cider to sample. Details from the press release: Double … Continue reading
For Pride Month, Double Mountain Brewery released its annual collaboration beer with Basic Rights Oregon, Basic Rights IPA. A portion of the beer’s proceeds will benefit Basic Rights Oregon, so the more you drink, the more you help! The brewery sent me a bottle to review for which I will … Continue reading