Latest print article to end 2020: Deschutes Brewery Super Jubel

Latest print article to end 2020: Deschutes Brewery Super Jubel

My final print article for 2020 is out today, in which I explore a once-in-a-decade beer with Super Jubel from Deschutes Brewery. I dip into a bit of the history behind the beer (stolen keg! Frozen Jubelale!) and review this year’s version. When I interviewed Deschutes’ original brewmaster, John Harris, … Continue reading

Beer TV: PINTS: Flagship on the River

Beer TV: PINTS: Flagship on the River

Another video on the background and history of Deschutes Brewery, which debuted earlier this year. It’s really well done and because it’s recent, touches on current (well, pre-COVID-19 “current” at least) trends in craft beer with the need to be nimble and confront the new, small, hyper-local competition of recent … Continue reading

Beer TV: How Oregon Beer Became a Thing

Beer TV: How Oregon Beer Became a Thing

Here’s a blast from the past from OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting), a 12 year old episode of “Oregon Experience“: How Oregon Beer Became A Thing – Feb. 13, 2019 (originally 2007) – 29:00 Here’s one from our archives. Today Oregon is one of the world’s great places for beer, but … Continue reading

Book review: “The Widmer Way” by Jeff Alworth

Book review: “The Widmer Way” by Jeff Alworth

Recently Ooligan Press sent me an advance review copy of The Widmer Way, the new forthcoming book by Portland beer writer Jeff Alworth. I read the book over the holidays and found it to be a relatively quick and enjoyable read. I’ll start with full disclosure: I’ve known Jeff Alworth … Continue reading

The Session #135: Sepia Tones – Beer Nostalgia

The Session #135: Sepia Tones – Beer Nostalgia

This month’s last-minute topic for The Session is provided by Alistair Reece of Fuggled, and we are tasked with waxing nostalgic about beer: As the title of this post suggests, today I want you to put on your sepia tinted glasses and indulge in a little beer nostalgia, a bit of … Continue reading

2016 – The Year in Beer

2016 – The Year in Beer

I haven’t written up a year-end retrospective post in awhile but this past 12 months felt like the year for it. There have been some interesting things going on in beer for 2016, on both the national and the local level, that are worth revisiting. No big revelations here, other … Continue reading