The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin highlights the newly-canned Bavarian Lager from GoodLife Brewing, and digs into the Helles lager style to understand how its different from pilsner. Helles lager, like other pale lagers, is all about subtlety and balance. To casual (and even experienced) drinkers it may be indistinguishable … Continue reading
Here’s some quick Halloween-themed beer news to enjoy: New Orleans’ Urban South Brewery recently released three beers in its “Goodies” series, which are brewed with candy. Starting with a cream ale base, the beers are conditioned on 50 pounds or more of each type of candy. Beers in the Goodies … Continue reading
Time for another entry in my fresh hop mini-reviews for this year. It’s sort of been filling the void left from the various beer festivals being cancelled. At any rate, fresh hop beers from RiverBend Brewing, Wild Ride Brewing, and Fort George Brewery to salivate over. Millenials Hate Centennials Fresh … Continue reading
Silver Moon Brewing revealed the first eight beers in the Oregon Winter Take-Home Brewfest mixed case yesterday; it’s an interesting starting lineup, a mix of several regulars with seasonals and/or specials that look promising. The beers are: Silver Moon Brewing – Olde Mill 800 – Craft Malt Liquor Crux Fermentation … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse is on a roll this year, and that’s only a little bit pun intended (see first review). The Corvallis, Oregon cider maker has rolled out several new ciders in 2020, not to mention picking up Nectar Creek Mead and partnering on a canned wine. I’ve got a … Continue reading
Here’s a Halloween-themed beer review to help get you in the mood for the spooky season: Rogue Ales Dead ‘N’ Dead, a barrel-aged version of Dead Guy Ale aged in Dead Guy Whiskey barrels. This one was actually the 2019 edition, sent to me ages ago by the brewery, and … Continue reading
Halloween season looks a bit different this year (along with everything else!), but at least breweries are having some fun with specialty releases. For instance, this week I saw a story about Buffalo Creek Brewing of Illinois releasing a candy corn beer—a cream ale brewed with actual candy corn candies. … Continue reading
Three more fresh hop beer mini-reviews for your reading pleasure! Two from Redmond breweries, and my other homebrewed fresh hop ale. Let’s go! Triumphant Fresh Hop Pale Ale – Wild Ride Brewing Though Wild Ride only packaged Journey to a New Strata-Sphere this year, I was able to pick up … Continue reading
Bold Leaf Wine is a collaboration between 2 Towns Ciderhouse and Stoller Wine to bring casual, everyday wine to drinkers in cans. The venture offers three varieties currently: Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, and Bubbly Rosé. The website offers up a succinct bit of background: Nestled into opposite ends of the … Continue reading
Yesterday I received fall themed beers (and a cider) from Harpoon Brewery / Mass. Bay Brewing—three of which are pumpkin, which I can’t help but admire. Here’s the PR email I got for the beers: Mass. Bay Brewing Company, the brewers of Harpoon, UFO Beer, and City Roots Cider, have released all your … Continue reading