“Go Time” in this case refers to “Go Time Xtra Pale Ale,” the very first beer brewed by Bend’s Worthy Brewing which hit the taps at a few select places this past Friday. So, Friday after work we headed over to the Broken Top Bottle Shop to grab some dinner and try this first beer. You can see it’s a bright copper color with a creamy head. Not sure I myself would have called it … Continue reading →
When I moved to the Bay Area a few months ago, many friends and colleagues, knowing my love of beer, recommended Oakland’s Beer Revolution as a must-visit. It sounded like a place I could disappear into for days but sadly it took me a while to make it over (despite it only being about 5 miles from my office). The stars aligned recently and my co-workers and I stopped in ready to join the revolution. … Continue reading →
I’d been sitting on the bottles of Red Chair NWPA that Deschutes Brewery sent me last month (hey, what can I say, there’s just too much beer around the holidays!), and figured honestly there’s not much I could say that I haven’t said already—it’s a great beer to be sure, but at some point I’m just repeating the same stuff I’ve written before. And then I remembered that Red Chair was declared the “World’s Best … Continue reading →
The “India Red Ale” style seems to be on the rise of late, characterized by the marriage of the Northwest “Red” Ale with the IPA into a beer with a malty-roasty body and IPA-like hop characteristics (of course this is my own fast and loose definition), and McMenamins is stepping onto the field with their new winter seasonal, Red Riser IRA. My local McMenamins here in Bend, the Old St. Francis School, got in touch … Continue reading →
It seems befitting of a New Year’s day post to review a beer cocktail: in this case, the Elderfire Golden Ale mixed up from the package Kona Brewing sent me a few weeks ago, containing Kona’s Big Wave Golden Ale, Bombay Sapphire Gin, and St. Germain liqueur. I thought this was a very clever idea, sending not just a beer but the makings of a beer cocktail, and they helpfully included the recipe and backtstory: … Continue reading →
