Oregon Beer News, week of 10/29 – 11/04/2018

Oregon Beer News, week of 10/29 – 11/04/2018

I have an abbreviated week for being online, so I won’t be able to reliably have daily news posts up, so here is the summary of news and events for this final Halloween week of October all in one. I will work on keeping this post updated with the latest … Continue reading

New Holland Brewing’s “Share a Legend” story contest offers $5,000

New Holland Brewing’s “Share a Legend” story contest offers $5,000

Michigan’s New Holland Brewing is re-branding its flagship beer, the barrel-aged imperial stout Dragon’s Milk, and as part of the rollout (which includes a new website) the brewery launched the “Share a Legend” story contest which encourages people to submit a personal story about the beer for a chance to … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 10/26/2018

Oregon Beer News, 10/26/2018

We are going into the final weekend of October which means you should be thinking of Halloween and pumpkin beers! That sounds like a pretty good weekend to me, but here’s the rundown of beer news and events for this October 26-28. As usual I’ll be updating this post throughout … Continue reading

Beer TV: Understanding Beer with The Beerists

Beer TV: Understanding Beer with The Beerists

This was a fun one to watch, even though I found a couple of inaccuracies early on to be slightly distracting: Understanding Beer (Featuring The Beerists) – Dec. 16, 2016 – 23:56 John Rubio and Grant Davis of The Beerists podcast saw some episodes of The Modern Rogue and were appalled … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 10/25/2018

Oregon Beer News, 10/25/2018

Here is the Oregon beer news for this Thursday, October 25, rounding up the happenings and news from around the state. As usual, I’ll be periodically updating this post throughout the day, so check back in from time to time. And of course feel free to contact me anytime with … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 10/24/2018

Oregon Beer News, 10/24/2018

Happy Hump Day! We’re exactly one week away from Halloween so I hope you’re planning your beer and events accordingly. I’m not tracking Halloween-specific events unless they are directly beer related, but they are not hard to find either. In the meantime, here is the news for this Wednesday, October … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 10/23/2018

Oregon Beer News, 10/23/2018

Here is the news in Oregon beer for this Tuesday, October 23; as usual I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with the latest news so check back often. If you have news to share, please feel free to contact me and I can get that updated as well. … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 10/22/2018

Oregon Beer News, 10/22/2018

Happy Monday! Here’s the Oregon beer news to kick off the start of a new week for this October 22 with a roundup of news and events taking place. As usual I will periodically update this post throughout the day with the latest news as I find it, so check … Continue reading

Contemplating hoppy Märzens, or fall/autumn IPAs

Contemplating hoppy Märzens, or fall/autumn IPAs

While tippling a bottle of Deschutes Brewery‘s Hopzeit Autumn IPA the other night (one that the brewery sent me), I was reflecting on the fact that I ran across two other fall seasonals also essentially labeling themselves “hoppy Märzens” recently. (Here’s a bit of background from Hopzeit’s release two years … Continue reading