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Talus is a relatively new hop, formerly known as HBC 692 before earning its name, developed as a daughter of Sabro and commercially released in 2020. In that time it’s earned some recognition for its tropical fruit and some neomexicanus characteristics, this spring Double Mountain Brewery highlighted it in its … Continue reading
Sweet Jane IPA from Double Mountain Brewery is the latest of the brewery’s beers to be released “From the Vault,” as I detailed here, a series featuring recipes from the brewery’s archives making a return appearance. Sweet Jane was originally released in 2017; the brewers tweaked the original recipe a … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery has a new line of reserve ciders out now, specialty ciders crafted to showcase old world cider traditions and specialty apple varietals. As part of the rollout, the brewery sent me a bottle of Irene Rosé Red Fleshed Cider to sample. Details from the press release: Double … Continue reading
For Pride Month, Double Mountain Brewery released its annual collaboration beer with Basic Rights Oregon, Basic Rights IPA. A portion of the beer’s proceeds will benefit Basic Rights Oregon, so the more you drink, the more you help! The brewery sent me a bottle to review for which I will … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery revamped the look for its line of ciders this year, one that is inspired by matchbook designs from the 1940s and 1950s according to the press release. Along with the new designs, the brewery slated six ciders for release this year, and sent me three … Continue reading
Go Ask Talus is the latest single hop IPA from Double Mountain Brewery, featuring (as you might expect) the Talus hop, a relatively new variety formerly known as HBC 692 that is a daughter of Sabro. I received a bottle of this new beer last week in conjunction with the … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery is revisiting past beers in its From the Vault series, and last week the brewery sent me the latest release in the series: Sweet Jane IPA, first brewed back in 2017. As with other specialty beers, the brewers paired the beer up with a Spotify … Continue reading
For the last several years (since 2020), Double Mountain Brewery had put its annual anniversary block party on hold, but that ends this week—on Saturday, March 18, Double Mountain is celebrating its sixteenth anniversary with the return of its block party. 4th Street in front of the brewery will be … Continue reading
This week Double Mountain Brewery announced the lineup for 2023 in its seasonal cider line, along with a refreshed branding for the series. There are six ciders on the books, and the brewery sent out samples—I received three yesterday. Here are the details from the press release: You’ll notice a … Continue reading
The first seasonal beer of 2023 from Double Mountain Brewery is Never Too Loud, a German-style Schwarzbier that the brewery released last month. As Double Mountain has done in the past, the beer is paired with a playlist of music that you can find on Spotify, that was compiled by … Continue reading