The Brew Site
For the past several years, Bend’s GoodLife Brewing has offered up its Beach Life fruited pale ale series, one that started with Pineapple, continued with Mango, and currently features P.O.G. — passion fruit, orange, and guava. The brewery starts with hops known for their fruit qualities and amps it up … Continue reading
My latest print article for The Bulletin here in Bend dropped Sunday, in which I examine OG Kush Hoppy Pale Ale from Cascade Lakes Brewing in the context of the “modern” pale ale style: OG Kush pushes pale ale forward. That’s not to say the [pale ale] style has stayed … Continue reading
Bend, Oregon’s Silver Moon Brewing has been re-tooling their lineup for 2017 (which I wrote about here) and this week they’ve formally announced the launch of their latest canned beer, Mango Daze Pale Ale. This is a new, stronger version of their original Mango Daze Session Ale. The new version … Continue reading
For this installment of my Tuesday Tastings reviews, I’m exploring the two new Guinness specialty beers that they sent to me a little while back: their Antwerpen Stout and Rye Pale Ale. These are available through this month, both from their “Brewers Project” series that includes their Blonde American Lager and … Continue reading
I skipped a couple of weeks of Tuesday Tastings mostly because of the CBC, but I’m back this week with all Oregon beers of the “Pale” variety that are all quite tasty. Deschutes Brewery Pinedrops IPA I received bottles of Pinedrops plus a Hydro Flask “True Pint” a couple weeks … Continue reading
Today is the First and first Friday of June, and among the beer blogs that means it’s time for The Session, a monthly collaborative blogging project wherein a different “host” for the month selects a topic to write about, and then compiles and links to all the various participating blogs who … Continue reading
The next Session is taking place on Friday, June 1, and it’s being hosted by Carla Companion, The Beer Babe, that month. She’s bringing us back to styles and has selected what may be the most underrated style to write about these days: What is the one beer style usually … Continue reading