These arrived today from Deschutes Brewery: The newest addition to their year-round line of beers, Deschutes River Ale, a true session beer at 4% abv that’s set to be officially released on March 4th. I’m not entirely sure I’m sold on the label; the light, neon-esque blue is a little off-putting, somehow, and that’s not even taking into consideration the orange on the edges (not pictured). Otherwise, my main thought is, this should be in … Continue reading →
I’d been sitting on the bottles of Red Chair NWPA that Deschutes Brewery sent me last month (hey, what can I say, there’s just too much beer around the holidays!), and figured honestly there’s not much I could say that I haven’t said already—it’s a great beer to be sure, but at some point I’m just repeating the same stuff I’ve written before. And then I remembered that Red Chair was declared the “World’s Best … Continue reading →
It must be Deschutes Brewery week at my house, because in addition to the bottle of Hop Henge I received the other day, yesterday I also received a trio of their Red Chair NWPA (Northwest Pale Ale), another January-release beer (so officially a 2013 beer). I know I always receive these beers early (and in the case of Hop Henge, it was officially released a couple of days ago), but an amused part of me … Continue reading →
In a fortuitous bit of timing, I received this bottle of Deschutes Brewery’s Hop Henge Experimental IPA (or Imperial IPA really) yesterday, the same day Hop Henge was officially released at both Pubs: This is the 2013 version, even though it hit a few weeks early, and will be generally available from January through April. This year’s version is 10.6% alcohol by volume (according to the label; the PR material indicated 10.5%), quite a bump … Continue reading →
Earlier this year I was chatting with Deschutes Brewery‘s Gary Fish about various beery things, and he had mentioned the “Class of ’88″ concept—those breweries along with Deschutes that started in 1988—and how they should all get together to commemorate 25 years of brewing in 2013. At the time, I figured it meant throwing a big “birthday” type party at the GABF or similar, but the news came out yesterday just what it is they … Continue reading →
