Yesterday I received a package from Widmer containing the latest in their lineup of their Rotator IPA series: Falconer’s IPA. This is a 7% abv beer made with Falconer’s Flight™ hops, which is a proprietary hop developed to honor the late Glen Hay Falconer, an influential Oregon brewer. And Widmer has additionally donated funds to the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation for brewing scholarships. As anxious as I am to try this beer, what’s amazing here … Continue reading →
It was bound to happen: Portland Beer Week! It joins all the other beer weeks that have been popping up across the U.S., and with Eugene Beer Week and Medford Beer Weeks adds to the inevitable rise of Oregon-based beer weeks—along with the upcoming Corvallis Beer Week (via The New School). From the 19th through the 28th (neatly coinciding with the Beer Bloggers Conference this weekend), Portland will be awash in a ton of special … Continue reading →
Last Wednesday morning, before leaving town, I stopped over at 10 Barrel Brewing‘s groundbreaking ceremony for their new 50-barrel brewhouse in northeast Bend: they have been experiencing phenomenal growth over the past several years and are needing to expand. The ceremony began (roughly) at 9am, but instead of the traditional shovel turning the earth they decided to commemorate the moment by breaking open a barrel full of beer. Of course, beer was served as well: … Continue reading →
I was out of town since Wednesday on a family vacation, and when I got home I had a box waiting for me from the Matt Brewing Company, filled with Saranac beers: Saranac Pale Ale, IPA, Pumpkin Ale, and Octoberfest. Obviously the one I’m most interested in is the Pumpkin Ale…
I enjoyed reading The Session contributions this month, I thought it was a successful outing into the world of Sour Beers and I liked the breadth of the posts that came through. In all right now it looks like we have 18 19 contributing sites, though it’s possible I might have missed some and I’ll update this roundup accordingly if so. Update: I missed one! Of course I wrote about The Dissident, my local Deschutes … Continue reading →
