Fresh hop season 2022 – reviews #8

Fresh hop season 2022 – reviews #8

Cranking out the fresh hop reviews slowly but surely! These three are all from Central Oregon breweries. Three Creeks Brewing – Conelick’r Fresh Hop IPA Three Creeks’ annual fresh hop IPA is brewed with fresh Centennial hops, and is always one I look forward to. It’s an award winner as … Continue reading

Fresh hop season 2021 – quick notes #10

Fresh hop season 2021 – quick notes #10

I fell behind a bit in my quest to document all the fresh hop beers I tried this year with this lightning round-style reviews, but I’m close to finishing up. I don’t know if anyone’s still drinking fresh hops now that it’s mid-November but I still do see some on … Continue reading

Latest print article: Appreciating brown ale with Wild Ride

Latest print article: Appreciating brown ale with Wild Ride

I’ve been writing beer articles for The Bulletin for five years now and somehow I hadn’t gotten around to writing about brown ale—until this week. My latest article is about the brown ale style with a focus on Wild Ride Brewing’s new Barracuda Brown Ale: Wild Ride Brewing Company recently … Continue reading

Latest print article: Spring hazy pale ale roundup

Latest print article: Spring hazy pale ale roundup

My latest article for The Bulletin that came out this past week takes a look at hazy pale ales. I’ve noticed this spring a number of local breweries introducing new (or returning) hazy pales, some seasonal, some year round; I don’t know if it’s a trend but I thought it … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News — 04/14/2021

Oregon Beer News — 04/14/2021

Allagash Brewing has declared its annual Saison Day, for today, April 14, 2021, and while this isn’t Oregon-specific news, you can join the digital Saison Day celebration with Allagash at 5pm EST / 2pm PST. Is there any saison-specific Oregon beer news for today? If so I’ll definitely highlight it … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News — 02/04/2021

Oregon Beer News — 02/04/2021

Here’s some late afternoon beer news from around Oregon for  you to help get through this Thursday. As usual I’ll be periodically updating this post through the rest of the day, so come back occasionally to see if there’s anything new!

Fresh hop season 2020 – quick notes #6

Fresh hop season 2020 – quick notes #6

Time for another entry in my fresh hop mini-reviews for this year. It’s sort of been filling the void left from the various beer festivals being cancelled. At any rate, fresh hop beers from RiverBend Brewing, Wild Ride Brewing, and Fort George Brewery to salivate over. Millenials Hate Centennials Fresh … Continue reading

Fresh hop season 2020 – quick notes #5

Fresh hop season 2020 – quick notes #5

Three more fresh hop beer mini-reviews for your reading pleasure! Two from Redmond breweries, and my other homebrewed fresh hop ale. Let’s go! Triumphant Fresh Hop Pale Ale – Wild Ride Brewing Though Wild Ride only packaged Journey to a New Strata-Sphere this year, I was able to pick up … Continue reading