The Brew Site…will start back up tomorrow. Being out of town and mostly offline for the week and then traveling all weekend left me with a bunch of catching-up to do all around. In the meantime, I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving holiday and is now getting ready for Christmas!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you’re having a safe and fun holiday and have plenty of beer to enjoy with your meal (of course). Some of what’s on tap for today includes 10 Barrel’s Precursor (barrel-aged Imperial Red), my homebrewed Pumpkin Ale, Telegraph Winter Ale, Fresh Hop Mirror Pond … Continue reading
Happy Friday! Here’s news from the world of beer around Oregon that I’ve been pulling together (though so far there isn’t much I have). Next week being the Thanksgiving holiday, I’ll be taking the week (mostly) off, so there won’t be much (if any) news being reported. So if you … Continue reading
Here’s the Oregon beer news for Thursday, November 17th. We’re one week away from Thanksgiving today, so start thinking about what beer(s) to pair with your Thanksgiving dinner! Stephen Beaumont recommends Gueuze. In the meantime, I’ll be updating news throughout the day, so let me know if you have something … Continue reading
Happy Hump Day; we’re halfway through the week and it’s been a slow start for Oregon beer news. I’ll be collecting news throughout the day and updating this post. If you have any to share, please let me know. Deschutes Brewery‘s Base Camp continues in Eugene today, with a couple … Continue reading
Back in July during the Oregon Brewers Festival I also had a list of Portland breweries that I wanted to try to visit (as if drinking for days at the Brewfest wasn’t enough!), and Burnside Brewing Company was near the top of that list. Open for only a year, Burnside … Continue reading
Here’s the beer news from around Oregon for Tuesday the 15th of November. I’ll be updating throughout the day so if there’s any news I’m not already covering please contact me and I can get it out there. The big news is of course the release of Deschutes Brewery‘s The … Continue reading
Next month’s Session topic has been announced, and being the month of December it’s the perfect topic: “A Christmas Carol.” Host Phil Hardy of Beersay invites us to write about Christmas beers with a Dickensian twist: The idea for me was based loosely around the visits of three ghosts to … Continue reading
Happy Monday! This week looks to be a “release week” of which the best-known (and arguably biggest) release is the Abyss tomorrow. Let’s see what else is going on around the state; I’ll be updating this post throughout the day and if you have any news to share you can … Continue reading
Of the four beers that Widmer sent me last month, I already drank (and just recently reviewed) the O’Ryely IPA and had been eyeing the Lemongrass Wheat Ale, Widmer’s latest addition (#5) to their Brothers Reserve series of limited releases. I was most intrigued with this one, because of Widmer’s … Continue reading