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I wrote earlier today about the New Belgium Brewing Voodoo Ranger Thirty Games, wherein NBB has two new IPAs in the Voodoo Ranger series and want consumers to vote on which will be the first Rotator IPA for 2021. The brewery sent both beers for me to sample and share … Continue reading
This is late to post, but I just received the sample beers yesterday: Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing is asking consumers to help choose the next Voodoo Ranger Rotational IPA by voting on a number of aspects of the new beers in what the company is calling the Thirsty Games. September … Continue reading
Arrived yesterday afternoon: a mixed 12-pack of 10 Barrel Brewing Crush series beers, and a six-pack of the new Nature Calls Mountain IPA. My timing is off: theoretically I should have received these before September 27, which was National Crush a Can Day, but I’d been late in replying to … Continue reading
Pelican Brewing in Pacific City announced the release of a new year-round IPA, Cape Crasher, and last week a six-pack arrived on my doorstep from the brewery to sample. Technically, the brewery is calling this a PNW (Pacific Northwest) IPA, so not hazy or juicy and such. Here are details … Continue reading
Jubelale returns from Deschutes Brewery! Even better, because it’s that once-a-decade time again, Super Jubel returns also! Deschutes announced the details this week for the winter beers, along with Chasin’ Freshies Fresh Hop IPA and the full lineup of fresh hop beers that will be on tap at the pubs. … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse has introduced a new year-round imperial cider to the lineup, and sent me a couple of bottles: Tropical Mayhem. It’s a 9% cider made from apples, passion fruit, and pineapple, and seems like welcome addition to fall. The cidery also included two bottles of its returning Hollow … Continue reading
One of the better bits of beer-adjacent news to come out of 2020 so far is the revival of Nectar Creak Mead by 2 Towns Ciderhouse in Corvallis. You might recall that the Philomath-based meadery closed its doors in October of last year, illustrative of the struggles of making an … Continue reading
Here’s the next batch of mini-reviews in my quarantine at-home fresh hop season. I’ve started with my own homebrew featuring Santiam hops, then check out one from Migration Brewing. Desert Harvest Fresh Hop Ale – Santiam – Homebrew I try to brew a fresh hop ale every year with the … Continue reading
I received a couple of cans of Crux Fermentation Project‘s next fresh hop beer of the year, Sabro Hazy Fresh Hop IPA. In addition to the Sabro hops I’m told there is also fresh Strata used as well. Here’s the description: With so many of our locally grown hop species … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is out today, in which I profile the new Rip City Lager from Deschutes Brewery (which the brewery recently sent me). You can tell from the headline the angle I took: Rice adds crispness to Rip City Lager. The brewery describes Rip City as … Continue reading