The Brew Site
Dead Guy Ale is the flagship beer from Rogue Ales, and over the years Rogue has released a number of variations—Double Dead Guy, Dead ‘N’ Dead, Dead Guy Whiskey all come to mind—but a surprise package arrived late last week with a new one that I hadn’t yet heard about: … Continue reading
Concurrent with a press release that arrived this week, a bottle of Never Too Loud from Double Mountain Brewery arrived at the doorstep yesterday. This first new beer of the new year is a German-style Schwarzbier that should make for some winter session drinking. Details: The Schwarzbier is one of … Continue reading
The Guinness Open Gate Brewery in the United States (in Maryland, more specifically) features an experimental brewery that brews more than just Guinness Stout. The latest release is one the company sent to me this week—Guinness Old Fashioned Inspired Ale. As the name states, this is a strong ale inspired … Continue reading
This week, bottles of the latest Farm to Market series collaboration beer from Zupan’s Markets and Ferment Brewing arrived at the doorstep: No. 22 Stout. It’s a barrel-aged imperial stout with over 14% ABV. The No. 22 Stout is a classic Imperial Stout that has been elevated to a decadent … Continue reading
I posted about the return of Black Butte Whiskey from Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery, and now I’ve also got samples of this year’s releases—both the five-year whiskey and the special barrel cask strength edition. Black Butte Whiskey is distilled from the wash of Deschutes’ Black Butte Porter, and aged five … Continue reading
This week, Crux Fermentation Project provided me with two of its recent beers: Tough Love Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout and Doublecross Dark Belgian-Style Ale. The Tough Love is special because this year’s is the 10th anniversary edition of the beer; the barrel-aged version is part of the brewery’s Banished series, and … Continue reading
When Clown Shoes Beer announced the return of its 12 Beers of Christmas mix pack, samples were offered for holiday coverage and I assumed that meant the company would send three or four cans from the 12-pack. I requested samples and to my surprise, the full mix pack arrived on … Continue reading
This week, I received beers from 10 Barrel Brewing in the company’s tinyHaus small-batch series: Sugar High, a pastry stout with coconut and almonds, and Goat Thievin’ Low Life, a cocktail-inspired beer. Sugar High is the newest release, a big 11% ABV brew that’s essentially a liquid dessert; the description … Continue reading
This week, Double Mountain Brewery sent out samples of its two returning winter beers, and I received a bottle of each: Fa La La La La Winter Ale and Chocolate Stout. The brewery wrapped them up with its press release for the “cozy season,” with Fa La La La La … Continue reading
Zupan’s Markets had two back-to-back releases in its Farm-to-Market collaboration series recently, its 20th and 21st releases in the series: with Wayfinder Beer for a Festbier, and Bauman’s Cider for a Barrel-Aged Estate Cider. This week, samples of both arrived via PR firm. The Festbier is a modern Wiesn lager, … Continue reading