The Brew Site
Recently, Elysian Brewing hosted a virtual tasting of its new Juice Dust IPA, the “juicy” variant in the Space Dust IPA family. Ahead of the tasting, the company sent out tasting kits which included the beer (a six pack plus an extra can each of Juice Dust and Space Dust) … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin covers an unusual style rarely seen in these parts: German-style Leichtbier (“light beer”), one I got to delve a bit into with Van Henion Brewing which released its version of Leichtbier recently. The beer is a collaboration, brewed with hop supplier Hollingbery and Son … Continue reading
A recent article I have in The Bulletin covers terpenes in beer, specifically looking at the new Cross Joint Terpene IPA from Silver Moon Brewing. Terpenes are naturally occurring compounds derived from plants, largely responsible for the aromas and flavors of plants. The term “terpene” is often associated with the … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, which came out last week, profiled All Trails Lead to Bend, a barrel-aged imperial stout collaboration between Crux Fermentation Project and two of Bend’s liquor stores, Trailhead Liquor and Bend South Liquor. Occasionally, these projects extend beyond breweries into other areas of the industry. … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, which came out last week on Leap Day (the bonus day!), features Immersion Brewing and two recent specialty stouts released by the brewery: Meraki and Onism. Both are blended, barrel-aged stouts, with Meraki a blend of stout and barleywine and Onism a blend of … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin features Stout Month, which celebrates stouts throughout the month of February. Along the way I picked up three stouts from Bend breweries to highlight. Did you know that February is Stout Month? It may only be an informal designation, but for many years, Astoria’s … Continue reading
Today is the Chinese (Lunar) New Year, celebrating the Year of the Dragon, and being that this is a beer blog, you know there’s something beery involved. As it turns out, Sapporo USA is commemorating the Year of the Dragon with the release of a limited-edition six-pack in collaboration with … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin revisits Funky Fauna Artisan Ales of Sisters, with some news about the announced opening of a new Bend taproom, The Doom Lounge, as well as reviews of two of the more recent beers: Forestlike and Gathering of Ghouls. Both are wild saisons conditioned on … Continue reading
Molten Lava Imperial IPA is the first specialty beer release of 2024 from Double Mountain Brewery, emerging from the brewery’s “Vault” as it was last brewed a few years ago. Originally introduced early in the 2010s, this version is a reimagining of the original, with recipe and procedures tweaked for … Continue reading
Springfield’s Hop Valley Brewing partnered with the Seattle Kraken hockey team as the official brewery (and beer) of the franchise, and released a new pale ale, Hockey Haze, for the NHL Winter Classic game that took place earlier this month. The company sent me a six-pack to review of the limited-edition … Continue reading