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This year’s fresh hop season looks a bit different with the COVID-19 pandemic. Events have been canceled, and I’m not planning on running all over the place looking for draft pours (it’s a pandemic, folks—stay home and wear a mask and maybe we can actually get things under control like … Continue reading
Three new canned beers from Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project are on the market now, and I’ve received samples of all three from the brewery: Pert Near Fresh Hop IPA, Solar Sailor IPA, and Shakeside Stout. I had already also purchased a couple of cans of Pert Near for my first … Continue reading
Last weekend, Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project celebrated its eighth anniversary with a lower-key party than usual in this COVID-19 era and a release of a special anniversary lager. As a nod and a tip of the hat to one of the region’s best breweries, here are reviews of two of … Continue reading
Back when Crux Fermentation Project released Gypsy Coolship No. 2 in March, two other newly canned beers were introduced as well: Bubble Wrap Hazy IPA and Battlestar IPA. I’d gotten samples of each and included a short bit about them in my article on the Coolship—but they are pretty tasty … Continue reading
Before the week is completely over—this week I received a bottle of Crux Fermentation Project’s latest [Banished] series limited beer: Bramble Candy Barrel-Aged Blackberry Sour Ale. This definitely looks like an interesting one: After months ripening in red wine barrels with a tangled blend of brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pediococcus, we … Continue reading
My latest print article for The Bulletin is finally out today (there’s been a bunch of shuffling due to coronavirus and such), highlighting Crux Fermentation Project’s three new beers (new as of a month ago) with a focus on Gypsy Coolship No. 2: Bubble Wrap has been the brewery’s top … Continue reading
Crux Fermentation Project announced earlier this week the release of three new packaged beers: Bubble Wrap Hazy IPA, Battlestar IPA, and Gypsy Coolship No. 2. I was already planning an article for The Bulletin on the Coolship and Crux generously provided me samples of all three beers. Don’t worry—they all … Continue reading
Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project recently released a new year-round beer in its simply-named Crux IPA, billed as “an everyday India pale ale.” It’s certainly a sessionable IPA at only 5.8% alcohol by volume (though it’s not targeting the “lifestyle” niche) and interestingly, it is only available in cans with no … Continue reading
News about new beer releases from four different Bend breweries came down the wire today, so I thought I’d round it all up into one aggregate post. There’s some great stuff coming out of Bend (as usual!) so you’re going to want to be here to check things out. Boneyard … Continue reading
I received two bottles from Crux Fermentation Project‘s [BANISHED] beer series last week: this year’s vintage of Tough Love Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout, and the brand new Ribbon of Darkness Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter. Both are available right now in 500ml bottles, with Tough Love being in general distribution and Ribbon … Continue reading