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Serious times call for serious ciders (or beers, or whatever you’re drinking) and that’s a goofy intro to segue right into Serious Scrump Imperial English Cider from 2 Towns Ciderhouse. 2 Towns had sent me two bottles of Scrump to review. This 11% imperial cider is made by first concentrating … Continue reading
Even with the COVID-19 pandemic interfering with normal business operations, many breweries that can are still brewing and releasing beer. Worthy Brewing is among those, and announced today the release of its newest seasonal, Tenmile Dry Hopped Lager. This beer will be available in cans with highly eco-friendly packaging, getting … Continue reading
Crux Fermentation Project announced earlier this week the release of three new packaged beers: Bubble Wrap Hazy IPA, Battlestar IPA, and Gypsy Coolship No. 2. I was already planning an article for The Bulletin on the Coolship and Crux generously provided me samples of all three beers. Don’t worry—they all … Continue reading
Boulder, Colorado-based Sanitas Brewing Company recently released a new specialty IPA, Mama Peaches IPA, which was brewed to celebrate the birth of Sanitas co-founder Michael Mimsic’s first child. Last month, before the COVID-19 restrictions hit, I received a six-pack of Mama Peaches as part of the PR roll-out with Sanitas’ … Continue reading
It’s been coming for awhile: the owner of the property here in Bend that houses The Brew Shop and the Platypus Pub is planning to raze the building to put in a drive-thru coffee stand and retail space. The Brew Shop is the region’s sole homebrew supply store, and unfortunately … Continue reading
It occurs to me that as we’re all sitting at home drinking beer under the COVID-19 social distancing orders, we may not be getting the daily activity in that we’re used to. (Especially those of us with desk jobs working remotely, like I’ve been for over a week now.) So … Continue reading
It’s a bit different than the normal beat I cover on this site, but Mancan Wine approached me to see if I’d be interested in reviewing its latest canned wine offerings. I figured why not? So these arrived today, four 250ml cans of California wine: Red Wine: The Red Wine … Continue reading
Even though the COVID-19 coronavirus has everything locked down, I can still share beer and cider reviews among other things to everyone something to read while you’re cooped up! Portland Cider Company released Blueberry Bourbon Basil at the beginning of the year (and good news—according to the original press release, … Continue reading
With the current COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants, bars, and taprooms across the state, breweries are feeling the impact along with other businesses and are turning to alternatives to get their beer to people. Jeff Alworth posted a buying guide to Oregon beer during this time, and the Oregon Brewers Guild … Continue reading
I know we’re all under relative lockdown from coronavirus right now, but we can still read about beer, and my latest article for the Bulletin came out on Sunday, in which I profile the new raspberry porter from Silver Moon Brewing, Raspberry Nights: Head brewer Jeff Haskins started by tinkering … Continue reading