The Brew Site
Today, June 27, marks the thirty-second anniversary of Deschutes Brewery here in Bend. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the brewery is not hosting an anniversary party this year, but it is releasing its Black Butte XXXII in 12-ounce bottles for the first time. Today’s reviews are a nod towards the … Continue reading
Around the time that I received the non-alcoholic brews from Colorado’s Grüvi, I also received a set of five different beers (six in all, one was doubled up) from Surreal Brewing Company, based out of Campbell, California. Like the other, Surreal is positioning itself in the market as a lifestyle … Continue reading
A little over a month ago I received a shipment of three different non-alcoholic beers from Grüvi, a non-alcoholic beer company located in Denver, Colorado. The three beers were IPA, Weisse, and Stout, and I received them as part of the company’s promo of the Stout which is its newest. … Continue reading
It occurs to me that as we’re all sitting at home drinking beer under the COVID-19 social distancing orders, we may not be getting the daily activity in that we’re used to. (Especially those of us with desk jobs working remotely, like I’ve been for over a week now.) So … Continue reading
Last week I received a shipment of non-alcoholic beers from Grüvi, a Denver-based company I hadn’t heard of before which produces NA beers and wines. Grüvi is introducing a new alcohol-free Stout, so sent me samples of the Stout, IPA, and Weisse as part of the rollout. It’s interesting timing, … Continue reading
This is a first in receiving beer samples: having a couple of crowlers (32-ounce cans) shipped to me, which were filled on Monday and arrived yesterday. The beer? New Holland Lightpoint Functional White Ale, the new low-carb, low-cal lifestyle beer from the Michigan brewery. I’m guessing the “White Ale” portion … Continue reading
Okay, this is hilarious (and real). Deschutes Brewery announced today the release of a “mega beer” for the upcoming National Protein Day on February 27. It’s a lifestyle beer but at the same time, sort of the “anti-lifestyle” beer in terms of the low-cal, low-carb craze. The idea is akin … Continue reading
I’ve written about Sufferfest Beer Company before, the California-based company that brews “functional” or “purpose-brewed” beers (read my review of FKT Pale and Shakeout Blonde here), and recently included its Repeat Kolsch in my article on lifestyle beers. Repeat was one of the beers that arrived along with Head Start … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin was published yesterday, in which I begin to dig into the lifestyle beer segment with a look at Deschutes Brewery‘s WOWZA! Lo-cal Hazy Pale Ale. I also touch on Sufferfest Beer Company with a look at its Repeat Kolsch. Locally, Deschutes Brewery has been … Continue reading
The beer industry is abuzz with the news that Sierra Nevada Brewing just made its first-ever brewery acquisition, that of Sufferfest Beer Company of San Francisco. Readers of this blog might remember the name Sufferfest from a relatively recent post I wrote reviewing two of their beers. Sufferfest is a … Continue reading