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Here we go with the third installment of this year’s fresh hop beer reviews. Ferment Brewing – Fresh Hop Centennial Pale Ale Fresh Hop Centennial is in Ferment Brewing’s Top Ferment beer series, clearly brewed with Centennial hops. The description says: An American sweetheart since its 1990 release, Centennial hops … Continue reading
Fresh hop beer details from Crux Fermentation Project, including info on its Hop Pickin’ Party coming up on September 12 to pick the hops on the property for Off the Fence Fresh Hop Pale Ale. The brewery’s Pert Near Fresh Hop IPA is on tap now, and the others are … Continue reading
I’ve long been a fan of Crux Fermentation Project’s saison ale, Crux Farmhouse, which debuted ages ago and still returns as a seasonal offering. Crux has released a number of other farmhouse-styled beers over the years, many of which are barrel-aged specialties, but Crux Farmhouse is essentially its standard version … Continue reading
Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project opened its doors! In that time, the company transformed a former auto transmission shop into a destination brewery and tasting room, opened a production brewery, started a coolship program, brewed thousands of beers across a galaxy of styles, … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin came out last week, and in it I reviewed Tropicano IPA from Crux Fermentation Project—labeled as a “tropical IPA” so I explored a bit of what that means. It’s also one brewed with experimental hop HBC 586, so I touch on that as well. … Continue reading
Happy Cinco de Mayo! To commemorate the day (which originally had nothing to do with drinking—that’s the Americanized version of course), I’ve got reviews of two Mexican-style lagers for you, both of which were just recently released. Cheers! Iron Hill Brewery Lemon Cerveza Mexican Style Lager I had received a … Continue reading
Yesterday I picked up a selection of samples of new canned beers from Crux Fermentation Project, four of the brewery’s latest releases: Boss Battle IPA – the collaboration with Portland’s Level Beer El Crucero Mexican-style Lager Crux Farmhouse – the classic saison is back Tropicano Tropical IPA – the very … Continue reading
Beer news from Crux Fermentation Project out of Bend, Oregon on new beers and returning that are out this month! A collaboration brew, bracket-winning hazy IPA, Mexican-style lager and more highlight this spring news. Details from the email newsletter: BOSS BATTLE IPA Boss Battle IPA, is a collaboration with Level … Continue reading
Crux Fermentation Project is expanding its non-alcoholic beer lineup, recently adding NØ MØ Hazy IPA which joins its original NØ MØ IPA. This new hazy is brewed with BRU-1 and Sabro hops, which should give the tropical, juicy flavors drinkers look for in the style (without the alcohol). Details from … Continue reading
Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project joins the small club of breweries that have released their own whiskey, with the announcement of its Straight Bourbon Whiskey, produced in partnership with Pursuit Distilling. It’s not a whiskey distilled from an existing Crux beer, but brewmaster Larry Sidor did create a custom wash (basically, … Continue reading