The Brew Site
Two Stratas and a Centennial in this batch of fresh hop beer reviews. There certainly seem to be a lot of fresh Strata brews this year (and there’s more to come). Let go— Sunriver Brewing – Fresh Hop Bondi Fresh Hop IPA This is the fresh hop version of Sunriver’s … Continue reading
This year, Double Mountain Brewery is releasing four fresh hop beers in the “Killer” series—and this week I received a bottle of Killer Green Fresh Hop IPA from the brewery. The usual three return—Killer Green, Killer Red, and Killer Juicy—and this year, the brewery also releases a special fresh hop … Continue reading
When I received the bottle of Ring My Bell Fresh Hop Cryo IPA, the collaboration beer from Double Mountain Brewery and Solera Brewery, the “Fresh Hop” portion of that name threw me for a minute (since it was just beginning to plausibly be fresh hop season). As it happens, these … Continue reading
A surprise package arrived late last week from Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery, containing a bottle of the latest seasonal/limited IPA that is apparently a collaboration with Solera Brewery (located in Parkdale not far from Hood River): Ring My Bell Fresh Hop Cryo IPA. “Wait a minute,” you might be … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery released its first seasonal of 2022 last month, Sally Can Wait, a Dark Export Lager, and as part of this year’s seasonal lineup, each beer will have a QR code to scan that will take you to a Spotify playlist compiled by the brewers, specifically for each … Continue reading
Ice cider and Old World perry, those are the two new limited ciders announced by Double Mountain Brewery recently, joining the already-impressive list of ciders produced by the Hood River brewery. The ice cider, named Iris, in particular sounds quite interesting, with a treatment that sounds more akin to making … Continue reading
Last week a surprise packaged arrived at the doorstep, a bottle of Sally Can Wait Dark Export Lager from Double Mountain Brewery. It’s the first seasonal beer of 2022 for the brewery, and this year the seasonal lineup is going to include scannable QR codes on the bottles that will … Continue reading
Judging by the contents of my beer fridge, it’s definitely holiday ale season. Among those beers are samples I’ve received of various Oregon breweries’ winter ale efforts, and interestingly, hoppy red ales make a not-insignificant showing. Here are my reviews of three winter red ales I received of late. Widmer … Continue reading
This is the second year in a row that Double Mountain Brewery and Ranger Chocolate have teamed up to brew Chocolate Stout, and the second year that I’ve received a bottle from the brewery. The accompanying press release is pretty much the same as last year’s, with a different brewer … Continue reading
Over the summer, Double Mountain Brewery and Gigantic Brewing teamed up to release a collaboration beer—Wondertwins IPA. I received a bottle, and ended up behind in posting reviews. The good news is, Wondertwins is still on the shelves so you can still pick it up to try it out yourself. … Continue reading