The Brew Site
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
Toward the end of last year, Double Mountain Brewery released Sweet Nothings Blonde Coffee Stout, a so-called “blonde stout” brewed with cocoa nibs and coffee in collaboration with Ranger Chocolate and 10-Speed Coffee Roasters. (I’m always a bit skeptical of the blonde/white stout sub-style.) It’s a bit of a change … Continue reading
For my first article of the year for The Bulletin, out this week, I profiled a new barrel-aged barleywine from Redmond’s Initiative Brewing, released in time for the holidays that the brewery called Non-DenominationALE (a name I think is very clever actually.) According to brewmaster Chris Brumley, it’s the first … Continue reading
10 Barrel Brewing revamped its main lineup of India pale ales late last year, both in brewing process and in branding, pulling them into its new HopBurst family line. HopBurst is named for the “hop bursting” method of only adding hops at the end (and after) the boil to extract … Continue reading
My final article of 2023 for The Bulletin came out just before Christmas, and in it I profiled a new holiday beer from Wild Ride Brewing—Jingle Hop Winter Red Ale. Released at the beginning of the month, Jingle Hop was brewed at Wild Ride’s Prineville brewery by Prineville brewer Matt … Continue reading
One of Bell’s Brewery’s signature beers is its seasonal Oberon Ale, an American wheat ale available every spring and summer that has garnered quite a following over the years. The brewery has released a number of variants on the classic Oberon recipe, including Mango Habanero, Cherry, and Citrus Oberon, all … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin takes a look at the newest in the Coolship Experiment beer series from Crux Fermentation Project, Crux Coolship Experiment No. 6. Crux teamed up with Rogue Creamery of southern Oregon to brew a lambic-style ale in which the same microorganisms used to create Rogue’s … Continue reading
Earlier this fall Avid Cider released the latest addition to its year-round imperial cider lineup, Blueberry Pom Imperial Cider. Like the others in the imperial series, it’s 8.5% alcohol by volume, instead of the 6-to-6.2% of its other ciders. The recipe is an imperialized version of the cidery’s classic Blueberry … Continue reading