The Brew Site
The annual Suttle Lodge Winter Beer Festival is returning next month, bringing the outdoor fest to the pines and cabins of the forest next to Suttle Lake in Central Oregon. Slated for the final weekend in February, the event runs Friday the 23rd through Sunday the 25th, with more than … Continue reading
10 Barrel Brewing revamped its main lineup of India pale ales late last year, both in brewing process and in branding, pulling them into its new HopBurst family line. HopBurst is named for the “hop bursting” method of only adding hops at the end (and after) the boil to extract … Continue reading
The annual Brine, Brew & Barrel Festival is just around the corner, returning to Ashland, Oregon for the third time. The event is taking place January 12 through 14 at the Ashland Hills Hotel, and features a variety of workshops and demos along with a beer dinner and a cider … Continue reading
My final article of 2023 for The Bulletin came out just before Christmas, and in it I profiled a new holiday beer from Wild Ride Brewing—Jingle Hop Winter Red Ale. Released at the beginning of the month, Jingle Hop was brewed at Wild Ride’s Prineville brewery by Prineville brewer Matt … Continue reading
We’ve made it! The final day of the Beer Advent Calendar brings us around to a classic Belgian Christmas ale, Père Noël from Brouwerij De Ranke. This amber-colored holiday treat leans into the hops for bitterness and adds a bit of licorice for complexity. The brewery describes the taste as … Continue reading
Okay, so today’s Advent beer pick is a bit of a cheat, but it’s my birthday and my tradition is to select a “birthday” beer for today, something special that I’d want to drink. For a number of years now I’ve had another tradition where my brother would give me … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer pick takes us to Japan and the Vertere Brewery, a small brewery 90 minutes west of Tokyo which offers up two flavors of Christmas beer: a Cranberry Pie Sour, and today’s selection, Barley Wine with ginger and cinnamon. There’s even more going on, starting with kveik yeast, … Continue reading
It’s the winter solstice today, so it seems fitting to choose a beer to help usher in the first day of winter for our Advent pick of the day. Hence, we travel to Cape Cod Beer in Massachusetts to sip on the brewery’s Old Man Winter, an English-style old ale. … Continue reading
Today’s Advent beer selection takes us to North Carolina and Olde Hickory Brewery, which offers a nice range of styles from the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, including a seasonal specialty brewed with spices and honey—Christmas Ale. This classic winter warmer is an easy-drinking 5.5% alcohol by volume with … Continue reading
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published on this day 180 years ago, and to commemorate this true Christmas classic I’ve selected one of my all-time favorite winter warmers, also a classic, for today’s Advent beer: Deschutes Brewery Jubelale. This holiday ale has been brewed since 1988, the year Deschutes … Continue reading