The Brew Site
This is a first in receiving beer samples: having a couple of crowlers (32-ounce cans) shipped to me, which were filled on Monday and arrived yesterday. The beer? New Holland Lightpoint Functional White Ale, the new low-carb, low-cal lifestyle beer from the Michigan brewery. I’m guessing the “White Ale” portion … Continue reading
Corvallis’ 2 Towns Ciderhouse just released the 2019 vintage of its Serious Scrump, its imperial English cider, and the company sent two bottles to me for review. This is an 11% ABV cider made with “ice juice” — here’s what the cidery says in the press release: In quintessential 2 … Continue reading
City Roots Cider is a new(ish) cider brand from Mass. Bay Brewing, better known as Harpoon Brewery, and yesterday I received four cans of its latest seasonal offering, Evergreen Farmhouse Cider. I don’t know much about the brand, but here’s a bit from the press release for the cider: City … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery has a new experimental IPA series coming out this year, brewer creations intended to be outside of their comfort zones, and the first in the series arrived this week: Ol’ Greg IPA. Ol’ Greg is from head brewer Greg Balch, and is described as “a Pacific NW … Continue reading
Technically, one of these isn’t “new” — it was released last summer—but I’m rolling with it anyway: two new IPAs from Three Creeks Brewing, which I received today. The beers are Suttle Haze IPA, named for nearby Suttle Lake, and Winter IPA in a new Hop Head IPA Series. I … Continue reading
Portland-based Green Zebra has teamed up with Level Beer to offer private-label beer, and on Saturday I received two cans of Green Zebra IPA to sample. Green Zebra is a health-conscious grocery store chain that offers “one of Oregon’s largest selections of local ciders and brews” so this is seems like … Continue reading
Bottles of Crabbie’s Ginger Beer arrived yesterday, billed as the “original” alcoholic ginger beer from Scotland. Yes, this contains alcohol, unlike many modern ginger beers that are essentially soda. It’s been ages since I’ve had this beer but what I vaguely remember is that it was a sweetish with a … Continue reading
Arrived this week in a nice wooden box with a fancy glass: this year’s edition of Rogue Ales Santa’s Private Reserve. For the past several years, the style and recipe of this beer has changed and for 2019 the brewery incorporated candy cap mushrooms into this strong ale. Per the … Continue reading
I received two bottles from Crux Fermentation Project‘s [BANISHED] beer series last week: this year’s vintage of Tough Love Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout, and the brand new Ribbon of Darkness Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter. Both are available right now in 500ml bottles, with Tough Love being in general distribution and Ribbon … Continue reading
This week another bunch of beers arrived, as well as a cider, and a book. I’m getting my work cut out for me. First up: the latest Zupan’s Markets collaborations: Breakside Brewery Farm to Market IPA, and Reverend Nat’s Farm to Market Cider. These are the tenth beer and first … Continue reading