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Did anyone else watch the presidential debate this week? That alone would be enough to post the review of this beer, but with everything else going on these past several months… yeah. It might be why Double Mountain Brewery Hazy Clusterf#*k IPA is the perfect beer to be drinking right … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery continues to produce some excellent beers and, over the past couple of years, ciders as well. I’ve been receiving a number of these ciders, including the most recent, Wickson Crab Cider, released this spring. It’s a single-varietal cider made from Wickson crabapples, a … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery‘s Clusterf#*k IPA is back this year, and it’s hazy this time. The brewery sent me a bottle last week to sample. The beer uses Cluster hops, one of the oldest American hops, and not one you see highlighted too often. The brewery’s press release blurbs the beer: … 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
Double Mountain Brewery in Hood River continues to knock its beers (and ciders) out of the park. I’ve still got a bottle of the Wickson Crab Cider in the fridge, but the last beer I had was The Other Matt IPA, the latest in its Brewer Experimental Series that the … Continue reading
Arriving just before the weekend: the 2020 edition of Wickson Crab Cider from Double Mountain Brewery. As the name implies, this one is made from crab apples to “impart a wonderful earthiness and incredible aromas of ripe honeydew and Meyer lemon.” I’d also received a bottle of this last year, … Continue reading
The newest beer from Double Mountain Brewery arrived today: The Other Matt IPA, the latest in the Brewer Experimental IPA series. This one is from lead brewer Matt Coughlin (as opposed to owner Matt Swihart) and is brewed with Azacca hops and kveik yeast. I really enjoyed the last beer … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery is introducing a new experimental series of IPAs this year, and Ol’ Greg IPA is the first to be released. The brewery sent me a bottle recently, and in addition to the news of the beer, it looks as though 2020 is the year Double Mountain is … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery has a new experimental IPA series coming out this year, brewer creations intended to be outside of their comfort zones, and the first in the series arrived this week: Ol’ Greg IPA. Ol’ Greg is from head brewer Greg Balch, and is described as “a Pacific NW … Continue reading
On this day in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published, telling the Christmas ghost story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s visit by the spirits of Christmas. Riffing on the “carol” portion of the title, today’s Advent pick reminds me of Christmas carols: Fa La La La La Winter Ale from … Continue reading