Recent print article: Specialty stouts from Immersion Brewing

Recent print article: Specialty stouts from Immersion Brewing

My latest article for The Bulletin, which came out last week on Leap Day (the bonus day!), features Immersion Brewing and two recent specialty stouts released by the brewery: Meraki and Onism. Both are blended, barrel-aged stouts, with Meraki a blend of stout and barleywine and Onism a blend of … Continue reading

Latest print article: GABF winners featuring Immersion Brewing

Latest print article: GABF winners featuring Immersion Brewing

My latest article for The Bulletin, out a week and half ago, covered the local Great American Beer Festival winning beers and breweries, with a focus on Immersion Brewing, a first-time GABF winner this year with its Poggers fruited sour ale. Immersion has previously won awards at other competitions, including … Continue reading

Latest print article: Harvest beers (and ciders) of fall

Latest print article: Harvest beers (and ciders) of fall

My latest article for The Bulletin that came out last week embraced the changing of the seasons with a look at some of the harvest themed beers and ciders of autumn. The beginning of autumn heralds shorter, cooler days, changing colors of the leaves, apple cider, pumpkin patches, and the … Continue reading

Latest print article: Pumpkin beer season, with Immersion Brewing

Latest print article: Pumpkin beer season, with Immersion Brewing

In my latest article for The Bulletin, out last week, I revisited one of my favorite seasonal styles: pumpkin beer! It had actually been three years since I wrote about pumpkin beers for the paper, and Immersion Brewing recently released its small batch Stingy Jack which gave me an excuse … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 05/17/2019

Oregon Beer News, 05/17/2019

TGIF! Are you ready for the weekend? If you’re around Central Oregon there are a bunch of things going on with COBW kicking off for ten days—I’ll be rounding up the various events for each day so plan your schedule accordingly. There is also other Oregon beer news to cover … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 04/19/2019

Oregon Beer News, 04/19/2019

Happy Friday! We have an eventful weekend in store, celebrating both Easter on Sunday and Earth Day over the weekend (though Earth Day officially takes place on Monday). And of course, 4/20 which doesn’t pass without associated dank and snackworthy celebrations. What are your plans for the weekend? Maybe the … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 02/01/2019

Oregon Beer News, 02/01/2019

Welcome to the first weekend of February! It’s a busy one too, with Groundhog Day tomorrow and something I heard about sports on Sunday… Here’s the news in Oregon beer for this weekend, which I’ll be updating throughout the day on Friday. Friday, Feb. 1 Migration Brewing (Portland) is releasing … Continue reading

Immersion Brewing expands into cans

Immersion Brewing expands into cans

Bend’s Immersion Brewing has been bottling several of its beers for a while now, as well as offering growlers and crowlers to go, and this week the brewpub announced its move into 12-ounce cans. Four of its beers will be available, and the company has announced a release party on … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 01/24/2019

Oregon Beer News, 01/24/2019

Today is Beer Can Appreciation Day, recognizing this day in 1935 when beer was first sold in cans. Celebrate by opening a canned beer today, for which Oregon has many! Here is also the other Oregon beer news for this Thursday, January 24; as usual I’ll be updating this post … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 01/07/2019

Oregon Beer News, 01/07/2019

Welcome to the new year! Here’s the first Oregon beer news for 2019, catching up on a few tidbits over the past week or so and looking forward into January. As usual I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with the latest, and if you have news to share … Continue reading