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Oktoberfest is in full swing, and this weekend Buoy Beer Company celebrates with its own festivities featuring plenty of beer, food, and music. It will also mark the release of the brewery’s Festbier in cans for the first time, with a barrel-aged version available at the fest. Details: As summer … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin out this week revisits The Ale Apothecary, and the creative beers on offer from the wild ale brewery. I recently sampled the flight that was available, and brought home a bottle of The Demon King of Friday, a blended wild ale. The bottle I … Continue reading
Portland’s Leikam Brewing is a small, certified kosher brewery (one of the few around), and up until now has mostly only been available in the Portland market. That’s set to change, with the brewery announcing its entry into Washington with its Rosh Hashanah beer, Major Pom. Details: Founded in 2014, … Continue reading
Between its two pubs in Bend and in Portland, Deschutes Brewery has a big lineup of fresh hop beers coming out this year. As usual, Chasin’ Freshies Fresh Hop IPA is returning in cans, and will be featuring fresh Idaho 7 hops this time around. It will be out in … Continue reading
Oktoberfest in Munich runs from September 17 through October 3 this year, but many breweries consider the beginning of September (or even earlier these days) to be Oktoberfest season. Ohio’s Cartridge Brewing is no exception. The brewery kicked off the season with two special beers and a stein promo. Details: … Continue reading
Interesting news in collegiate beer, as AleSmith Brewing recently announced a partnership with San Diego State University to become its official craft brewery, and brew the official beer—San Diego State Ale. It’s a sessionable and light 4.7% ABV and is now available year round. Press release: AleSmith Brewing Company announced … Continue reading
The latest in Ecliptic Brewing’s Cosmic Collaboration Series beers has the Portland brewery teaming up with Holy Mountain Brewing of Seattle to release a juicy pale ale this month. The brew features Vista and BRU-1 hops, the latter of which I just heard about last year. Press release with details: … Continue reading
Western Washington distributor River Barrel Distributing announced the addition of two new companies to its portfolio: Oregon’s Alesong Brewing and Driftwest Water Kefir. The pair joins the lineup for distribution to the Greater Seattle and western Washington area. Press release: River Barrel Distributing continues to partner with local beverage makers … Continue reading
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen news from Coronado Brewing of San Diego, but this week I received a release from the brewery about its latest foray into hard cider, as well as leadership changes and sales growth numbers. The new cider comes in two varieties: Nice & Dry, a … Continue reading
Urban South Brewery’s Houston location earned its first medal from the U.S. Open Beer Championship, the company announced recently. The win was for its Waves: Marionberry & Meyer Lemon Berliner Weisse, part of the Houston taproom’s fruited sour series. Press release: Urban South – HTX has secured its first U.S. … Continue reading