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Are you familiar with candy cap mushrooms? These fungi are unique among edible mushrooms due to their intense aromatic quality of maple syrup. From a culinary standpoint, this makes them well-suited for use as a flavoring in desserts and sweet dishes. Candy caps are being used in a similar fashion … Continue reading
The Suttle Lodge is a rustic resort on the shore of Suttle Lake in the mountains of the Deschutes National Forest near Sisters, Oregon, about 45 minutes northwest of Bend. At the end of this month, from Thursday, January 30 through Saturday, February 1, the Lodge will be hosting its … Continue reading
Portland-based Green Zebra Grocery recently took a page from the Zupan’s Markets playbook and teamed up with a local brewery to collaborate on a custom “house” private label brand of beer: Green Zebra IPA. Level Beer worked with the grocery chain to craft this first India pale ale, and Green … Continue reading
On Saturday, January 18, McMenamins Old St. Francis School in Bend once against hosts its annual High Gravity Brewfest, featuring over two dozen strong and intense beers from around the region. I really like this festival; not only are beers pouring from other McMenamins locations as well as local and … Continue reading
Technically, one of these isn’t “new” — it was released last summer—but I’m rolling with it anyway: two new IPAs from Three Creeks Brewing, which I received today. The beers are Suttle Haze IPA, named for nearby Suttle Lake, and Winter IPA in a new Hop Head IPA Series. I … Continue reading
Seattle’s Reuben’s Brews announced its 2020 beer lineup today, featuring a new year-round beer joining the core offerings and several series and seasonal updates. Not surprisingly, IPAs of various kinds make up a big part of the schedule, and there’s plenty of good stuff coming for the year. Here is … Continue reading
My first article for the new year in The Bulletin is out today, in which I examine a new up-and-coming style: Learn more about Italian-style pilsner in 2020. I tackle the roots and history of the style and review Milano Italian Lager from Boneyard Beer, an authentic rendition. Dry hopped … Continue reading
Zupan’s Markets has been very smart in choosing brewing partners for its Farm To Market series of collaboration beers, and the latest double release I received—beer and cider this time—continues the trend. Breakside Brewery and Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider were the collaboration partners this time around, here’s the blurb from … Continue reading
The beer release calendars continue, with Hopworks Urban Brewery revealing its 2020 lineup. Interestingly, HUB is going the opposite direction as other schedules I’ve seen, opting to focus on a core lineup of four year-round beers and three seasonals, all in cans. There are of course other beers HUB will … Continue reading
Rogue Ales dropped its 2020 beer release schedule today, featuring a lineup of dozens of beers with a number of new offerings. One of the notable new beers is a foeder-aged sour ale in Côtes du Rogue, and then there’s Shavasana, a granola blonde,” and the hoppy duo of Newport … Continue reading