The Brew Site
I haven’t really blogged at all yet about fresh hop season (except here)—one of my favorite times of the beer year—even though everybody seems to be pointing out that (some of) the crops are coming in early this year and there are already a few fresh hop beers in the … Continue reading
This week’s latest print article in the Bend Bulletin is (of course) on The Little Woody taking place this weekend: The Little Woody offers the best of the best brews. It’s a roundup for Bulletin readers of several of the local-to-Central-Oregon barrel brews to look for and sample. I highlighted seven … Continue reading
Here’s a summer cider concept for you: lemonade. After drinking through a couple of bottles of the latest limited-release cider from 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy, that’s my impression. 2 Towns had sent me these to sample, and overall it’s an interesting concept: Citrusy and refreshing, Easy Peasy … Continue reading
The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival begins in two days, and features 23 breweries and cideries pouring a variety of barrel-aged (and non-barrel-aged) beers and ciders. Of the wood-aged offerings it looks like a pretty strong list this year, and you can judge for yourself below. Within the … Continue reading
One of Bend’s most highly-anticipated beer events, The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival, returns this Labor Day weekend for its tenth annual celebration of wood. As always, it takes place on the grounds of the Deschutes Historical Museum, and starts Friday, August 31 at 5pm, continuing through … Continue reading
In today’s craziest beer news (and it’s only Monday morning), Bend’s 10 Barrel Brewing announced that it is teaming up with Bend’s Blockbuster video store—recently in the news for officially being the last Blockbuster store in the lower 48 states—to brew a collaboration beer named… you guessed it… The Last … Continue reading
I received the bottles of 2 Towns Ciderhouse Pacific Pineapple cider back in February and enjoyed a bottle early on, but saved one for the summer months for which I found it to be a great hot weather cider. 2 Towns introduced this to its year-round lineup at the beginning … Continue reading
Back when craft breweries were just starting to can their beers, Oskar Blues introduced its Ten Fidy Imperial Stout in cans, which I thought was brilliant and quite the novelty. (High gravity imperial stout in a can! No wax-dipped bottle!) These days canning big beers has become much more mainstream, … Continue reading
There is a town in Oregon named Boring—no, really, and even better, it’s the sister city to the village of Dull in Scotland—and naturally it is home of Boring Brewing Company. We’ve passed through Boring many times, going to and from Portland, but have yet to stop and visit the … Continue reading
Earlier this year I found myself in Golden, Colorado on a brief overnight trip. Golden is of course home to Coors Brewing Company, whose tour I would love to take at some point (apparently the physical brewery/plant is the largest in the world), but instead there was just time for … Continue reading