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In the spirit of goodwill and trying new things for Christmas, today’s beer pick is Lagunitas Sucks Holiday Ale, subtitled “Brown Shugga’ Substitute.” Why do they suck? This sad holiday season we didn’t have the brewing capacity to make our favorite seasonal brew, the widely feard BrownShugga’ Ale. So this … Continue reading
It’s the first Friday of the month and here at The Brew Site, and other beer blogs, that means it’s time for The Session: collaborative blogging around a common beer-themed topic suggested by a different host each month. This month, host Phil Hardy of Beersay suggests a suitable Christmas theme: “A Christmas … Continue reading
Here the news in Oregon beer for Friday, December 2nd, and going into the weekend. I’ll be updating this post throughout the rest of this day so if you have any news you’d like to share, contact me and I’ll get it out there. Deschutes Brewery (Bend) is having their … Continue reading
The Christmas season is the traditional time (and setting) for the popular ballet The Nutcracker, and so today’s pick is, accordingly, Boulevard Brewing’s Nutcracker Ale: a rich, malty Winter Warmer that is 5.8% alcohol by volume. Boulevard describes it thusly: Nutcracker Ale is Boulevard’s holiday gift for real beer lovers. … Continue reading
This is the seventh year in a row that I’ve been doing the Beer Advent Calendar and I love to find others doing similar things—like the “real” beer calendars such as this one or this one, or other bloggers with the same ideas (Advent calendars, “12 beers of Christmas”, etc.). So … Continue reading
Here’s the Oregon beer news for Thursday, the first of December. The Holiday Ale Festival is in its second day in downtown Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square, and if you’re heading down there you should check out Angelo’s write-up of must-try beers over on Brewpublic. In the meantime, I’ll be updating … Continue reading
Welcome to the first day of the Beer Advent Calendar for 2011! This year’s Christmas season starts out with a bang as today’s selection is only the strongest lager in the world: Austria’s Samichlaus Bier, a 14% abv Doppelbock (Quadrupelbock?) brewed once a year on December 6th, Saint Nicholas Day, … Continue reading
…Tomorrow’s the first day of the Beer Advent Calendar!! I’m excited because it’s one of my favorite times of year to blog, thinking up the beers to reveal each day. Although (in true blog vs. day job fashion) I’m also (still/pertpetually) a bit behind on nailing down the beers for … Continue reading
Here’s the beer news from around Oregon for this last day of November. Don’t forget the Holiday Ale Festival kicks off today, heralding the… well, not exactly start of the Christmas beer season, but close enough. I’ll be updating this news page throughout the day, so if you have any … Continue reading
I’m a big fan of collaboration brews, and here in Bend Tonya Cornett of Bend Brewing is the go-to brewer for collaboration: in addition to numerous collaboration with Sean Paxton (the Homebrew Chef), she has also brewed with Tomme Arthur of The Lost Abbey and JD Wetherspoon’s in England. And … Continue reading