The Brew Site
I’m not quite sure how this all converged, but three different packages of beers arrived yesterday (Black Friday) from various sources. The first were three barrel-aged and cellar reserved beers from North Coast Brewing: Old Stock Ale Cellar Reserve 2018, and two bottles of Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin XXII, one aged … Continue reading
California’s North Coast Brewing Company has a lineup of several seasonal fruited Berliner Weisse style beers, which might be somewhat surprising as the brewery is perhaps best known for its Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. I believe these sour beers were introduced only within the last several years, and the … Continue reading
Last week was all about beer samples, it seems, as I received two more in addition to the three others I posted about. North Coast Brewing sent along its Tart Cherry Berliner Weisse, and Monkless Belgian Ales gave me a can of its new Curtain Closer. The Tart Cherry has … Continue reading
There is particular weight attached to the term “old school” as a descriptor, often used in an approving way to refer positively to how things used to be, though in beer I’ve just as often seen or heard it used in more of a disparaging way, when it comes to … Continue reading
This week I received a four-pack of North Coast Brewing‘s first seasonal of the year, Beachmaster Imperial IPA. This is a 9% ABV, 100 IBU behemoth, very on-brand for the brewery. Here’s the press release that accompanied: North Coast Brewing Company, an independent craft brewery producing exceptional, award-winning beers, is … Continue reading
Today is my birthday, and as is my tradition each year, the Advent beer pick is one that isn’t necessarily a Christmastime selection, but is one that I’d like to drink as a special birthday beer. This year I’ve chosen an old favorite, Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout from North … Continue reading
For today’s Advent beer pick we head to the beautiful, rugged, and isolated northern California coast in the city of Fort Bragg to find North Coast Brewing, one of the “Old Guard” of American’s craft breweries, founded in 1988. While they don’t brew a seasonal holiday beer per se, their … 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 … Continue reading