The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin happened to fall on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, so what else could I do but write about Mexican lager and Bend’s own Mexican-style beer brand, Tranquilo MSA? While there’s no official definition, Mexican lagers typically fall into the spectrum between pale and Vienna … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin this week landed on National Beer Day (April 7), so I took the opportunity to examine a bit of history and pre-Prohibition brewing styles, and suggested a few local beers brewed with this legacy in mind. Prohibition also served as a dividing line between … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is out today, in which I focus on the springtime style of doppelbock. It’s not a widely brewed style among Central Oregon breweries, for whatever reason, but as it happens, 10 Barrel Brewing is currently pouring two, which I profile in this article. Stylistically, … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin covers one of those stylistic quirks that seem to be more gimmick than style: white (or golden) stout. It was prompted by just such a beer from Worthy Brewing, Icarus Blonde Stout, a golden ale brewed with coffee, chocolate, vanilla, and lactose to emulate … Continue reading
I observed recently that cold IPA is the hottest new style, so naturally I had to write about it at some point for The Bulletin. So this week, my latest article for the newspaper covers what cold IPA is (the short version) and rounds up several recent Central Oregon examples. … Continue reading
My most recent article for The Bulletin was out last week: Beers for feasting season. With Thanksgiving coming up this week, we’re entering the holiday season time where big meals, snacks, holiday baking and more are the order of the day. To stock up your beer fridge and to accompany … Continue reading
I’ve been writing beer articles for The Bulletin for five years now and somehow I hadn’t gotten around to writing about brown ale—until this week. My latest article is about the brown ale style with a focus on Wild Ride Brewing’s new Barracuda Brown Ale: Wild Ride Brewing Company recently … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, out this week, tackles triple IPA and GoodLife Brewing’s Lava Cave Triple IPA in particular. Stylistically, there isn’t much to distinguish triple IPA from barleywine. Both feature large amounts of malt, hops and alcohol. Barleywine focuses on rich malt character and full body with … Continue reading
Because you know we can’t get enough of fresh hops right now, my latest article for The Bulletin this week is on the topic as well: Fall is fresh hop season. Late summer and early fall is one of my favorite times of the year, because it means the arrival … Continue reading
Were it not cancelled for the second year in a row, today would have been the first official day of Oktoberfest in Munich, so this week’s article for The Bulletin covered the two appropriate beer styles for the event and pointed readers at some local versions. Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier is … Continue reading