The Brew Site
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
I’m not quite sure how this all converged, but three different packages of beers arrived yesterday (Black Friday) from various sources. The first were three barrel-aged and cellar reserved beers from North Coast Brewing: Old Stock Ale Cellar Reserve 2018, and two bottles of Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin XXII, one aged … 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
sufferfest noun – A workout or race in the arena of endurance sports that involves prolonged suffering on the part of all who participate. At first blush the name “Sufferfest” doesn’t seem like a brand of beer you’d want to drink. But, digging into the definition and the concept a bit, … Continue reading
Sufferfest Beer Company‘s mission/tagline is to offer up beer brewed by athletes, for athletes; or, as it says on the website, “Born out of the needs of athletes and adventurers, we make award-winning functional beer for those who go the extra mile.” I’d not heard of this brewing company before, … Continue reading