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
Arrived yesterday: two bottles of Anchor Christmas Ale just in time for the holidays. This year is the 45th edition of this Christmas classic, and while the recipe is a secret that changes each year, there are hints in the press release about what might have gone into it: “Slightly … Continue reading
With Thanksgiving on top of us, it’s time to plan out your beer selections for the big day. There are a number of ways to approach beers for Thanksgiving. For instance, do you match beer style to menu? Do you have particular favorite beers you always have to have? Or … Continue reading
Every year in December, I run my Beer Advent Calendar feature with a new holiday- or winter-themed beer revealed each day. If possible, I like to run a Chanukah (Hanukkah) themed beer to observe the Jewish festival, but there are few Hanukkah beers available. Portland’s Lompoc Brewing brewed 8 Malty … Continue reading
My latest article to appear in The Bulletin debuted Sunday, and this time around I wrote about Worthy Brewing Company‘s latest limited-release beer: Worthy & Wise coffee cream ale worth a try. (Reminder: I don’t write the headlines, and the online ones are sometimes different than what appears in print. … Continue reading
Several weeks back, while shopping at Trader Joe’s, I came across Howling Gourds Pumpkin Ale, released under the company’s house brand of JosephsBrau Brewing. You won’t find a website for JosephsBrau, but the beers are brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing out of San Jose, California. To be fair, other breweries … Continue reading
Right at the end of last week, I received a bottle of Double Mountain Brewery‘s annual winter ale, Fa La La La La. It’s brewed in the style of a “winter IPA” rather than winter warmer (think Sierra Nevada’s Celebration) with a classic Northwest profile. Here’s the description to accompany … Continue reading
The 7th annual Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival takes place on Saturday, December 14, hosted once again by GoodLife Brewing. This event is a good showcase of the region’s winter beer offerings and is always a fun time. Of course, it’s a mostly-outdoor beerfest (there’s a heated tent) so you’ll … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company announced this week the release of three new seasonal beers, which will hit the market in 16-ounce cans: Coffee ‘N’ Cream, a coffee-infused blonde ale; Sno’d In Winter IPA; and Windward Export Pils, a collaboration brew with Astoria’s Buoy Beer. Coffee ‘N’ Cream is already out, the … Continue reading
Technically not “beer” but still incorporating pumpkin, 2 Towns Ciderhouse crafts a pumpkin cider each year with its Hollow Jack’d. (This is the “Pumpkin Cider Project” post in the series.) 2 Towns recently sent me two bottles of this year’s version which is always a fun one to drink. 2 … Continue reading