I picked up these three at Deschutes Brewery the other night:
Collage, AKA Conflux No.1, the Deschutes/Hair of the Dog collaboration beer. It comes in 12-ounce bottles and costs $11 per bottle(!). I’ll be drinking one, and putting the other two away for awhile.
The next Session is taking place on Friday, June 1, and it’s being hosted by Carla Companion, The Beer Babe, that month. She’s bringing us back to styles and has selected what may be the most underrated style to write about these days:
What is the one beer style usually makes up the first position in the sample flight, but yet is usually the one that we never get really excited about? The Pale Ale.
While this style serves as the foundation to its big-hoppy-brother the India Pale Ale, lately “Pale Ale” has become a throwaway term. I hear bartenders and servers using it to describe everything from Pilsners to unfiltered wheat beers (I wish I was kidding).
Your mission – if you choose to accept it – it so seek out and taste two different pale ales. Tell us what makes them special, what makes them forgettable, what makes them the same or what makes them different. Then, share it with us. (By writing a comment below on June 1st with a link to your post).
It’s going to be interesting to see the results of reviewing this overlooked style from everyone.
Here’s the Oregon beer news for Thursday, May 17. As always I’ll be periodically updating this post throughout the day, so check back often for updates; and if you have news you’d like to share please contact me so I can get it updated.
The Green Dragon (Portland) is hosting a meet the brewer tonight featuring Bend’s 10 Barrel Brewing and brewer Shawn Kelso: the beers will be tapped at 5pm, and the meet the brewer portion starts at 6. The beers that Kelso is bringing are Sinistor Black Ale, India Session Ale (ISA), Apocalypse IPA (the new tweaked recipe I believe), Oregon Brown Ale (seasonal), and the new Small Tank series Cynical CDA. Should be a good evening!
Full Sail Brewing (Hood River): Today is the Hood River brewpub’s release party and meet the brewer for Allman’s All Mild, from 5 to 6:30pm: “Allman’s All Mild is a beautiful light copper colored English Mild Ale, using a blend of 2-row Pale, Munich, English crystal and brown malts that provide a toasty biscuit character and a dry and balanced finish. Golding and Willamette hops impart an herbal aroma and subtle hop finish that complements the malt complexity. The ale’s low carbonation delivers an incredibly refreshing and light beer perfect for summertime enjoyment. ABV 4.1% IBU 25″ The beer was crafted by lead Lab Technician Joshua Allman to help kick off American Craft Beer Week.
Here’s the Oregon beer news for Wednesday, May 16, curated from various sources. As usual I’ll be updating this post periodically throughout the day so check back often for the latest news. If you have news to share, please contact me and I can get this post updated.
Central Oregon Beer Week starts up next week! From May 21 through 27 it’s a week-long celebration of beer for the region—with 13 active breweries and even more on the way, we have a lively and hopping beer culture here! Take a look at the events and come on down anytime next week to Central Oregon to enjoy the beer!
This weekend the 6th annual Brewer’s Memorial Ale Fest is taking place in Newport, the dog-friendly brewfest held by Rogue “created in memory of Rogue Brewmaster John Maier’s faithful companion Brewer, who passed away on May 20, 2006.” Times and dates: Friday the 18th from 4 to 10pm, Saturday the 19th from noon to 10pm, and Sunday the 20th from noon to 4pm. (Facebook page.) The fest will be held inside Rogue’s Newport brewery and “includes 50+ Microbreweries, Live Music, Doggy Musical Chairs, Dog Wash, Dog Dancing and Celebrity dog look-alikes (Rin-Tin-Tin, Lassie, Benji and of course, Brewer).” Cost is $10 admission which gets you 4 taster tickets (with more available for purchase), and it’s 21+ only (except for the dogs of course).
The first-ever Central Oregon Beer Week kicks off on Monday next week (from May 21 through 27) and the events are filling out with a nice lineup of things going on all week. I’m not covering all of them here—go check out the page for the full listing—but here are some highlights:
There are of course a lot more events taking place all week, and I’ll be doing my best to hit a good number of them (I’m definitely interested in the beer cocktails at 10 Below restaurant, which are going on all week). It’s going to be a good week!
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