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Oregon Beer News, 04/20/2015
Oregon Beer News for Monday, April 20, 2015. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
Tag: Widmer
CBC Events: Widmer’s 30th Anniversary Wrap-up Party
Over the past year Widmer Brothers has been celebrating their 30 years in existence with their 30 Beers for 30 Years series, featuring a specialty beer brewed to commemorate each year they’ve been around. And on Friday, April 17—the final day of the Craft Brewers Conference—they are throwing a 30th … Continue reading
Oregon Beer News, 03/11/2015
Oregon Beer News for Wednesday, March 11, 2015. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
Oregon Beer News, 02/11/2015
Oregon Beer News for Wednesday, February 11, 2015. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
Oregon Beer News, 01/12/2015
Oregon Beer News for Monday, January 12, 2015. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
Widmer is celebrating 30 years
Widmer Brothers Brewing is celebrating 30 years of beer this year—today in fact, April 2, was the day in 1984 that Kurt and Rob Widmer incorporated the business—and, like BridgePort for their own 30-year celebration, they are launching the first three beers in a special series of 30(!) that were specially … Continue reading
Widmer Hopside Down IPL
Widmer‘s latest entry in their Rotator IPA series isn’t an IPA at all, in the strictest sense—instead, they are calling it an “India Pale Lager” which of course is counter-intuitive. Hence the name, Hopside Down, and you might remember that they sent me two bottles. Here is their description: We’re turning … Continue reading
Received: Widmer Hopside Down IPL
The “IPL” stands for “India Pale Lager” and this is the newest beer in Widmer‘s Rotator Series of IPAs—and they sent me two at the end of last week: The idea behind Hopside Down is, of course, taking the Rotator Series which is normally an IPA (“ale”) and turning that … Continue reading
Widmer Columbia Common Spring Ale
It occurs to me that both Widmer and Deschutes are currently releasing sessionable low-alcohol beers named or themed after rivers—in Deschutes case their 4% abv Deschutes River Ale is a true session beer, while Widmer’s Columbia Common Spring Ale is 4.7% abv (not quite a true “session beer” by Lew … Continue reading
Received: Widmer’s early 2013 beer releases
Amid all the hubbub from the Worthy Brewing opening yesterday, I also received a large box from Widmer containing the five beers in their January release (that Sanjay wrote about): Looking forward to trying these. For the record, they are: Raspberry Russian Imperial Stout Chocolate Russian Imperial Stout KGB Russian Imperial Stout … Continue reading