The Brew Site
Portland’s Ecliptic Brewing announced big news this week—it’s opening a second location, dubbed The Moon Room, which will be taking over the former Base Camp Brewing location in southeast Portland. Base Camp closed its doors last summer in the wake of covid, and early this year the owner announced he … Continue reading
The latest Farm to Market collaboration beer from Zupan’s Markets, this time teaming up with Von Ebert Brewing, arrived over the weekend: Modern Citra Pilsner. It’s the 14th beer in the series, which sees the Portland-based grocery chain teaming up with local breweries to offer exclusive beers. The PR agency, … Continue reading
The newest year-round beer from Pelican Brewing Company is Paddleback Oceanic Pale Ale, taking the brewery’s pale ale offering in a New Zealand direction. Pelican recently sent me samples of the beer to review; it’s 5.7% ABV with 40 IBUs, and this bit from the press release is a good … Continue reading
Here’s a Friday roundup of the week’s news in beer from around Oregon. I hope everyone has a good weekend in store, but take it easy as COVID-19 levels are on the rise again; counties might be going back to “Extreme” risk within a week. As usual I’ll continue to … Continue reading
The Brouwerij St. Bernardus in Watou, Belgium, turns 75 this year, and befitting the occasion the brewery shared news about big projects it has planned for this year. For those unfamiliar, St. Bernardus is one of the best-known Belgian breweries to beer fans (at least, outside of Belgium), with highly … Continue reading
It’s 4/20, so why not a round of theme drinking as a tip of the hat to the unofficial holiday? We recently found 4 & 20 Imperial Black IPA from Culmination Brewing, and though the label’s proliferation of blackbirds is meant to evoke “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” we all … Continue reading
Michigan’s New Holland Brewing is growing its hard seltzer line with the release of Dragon’s Share, a hard seltzer aged in bourbon barrels. There are four flavors: Original, Blackberry, Cherry, and Orange. The brewery sent me samples—a full half-case worth, with all four flavors. Here is the press release on … Continue reading
This weekend I received the latest samples from Pelican Brewing Company with its Slide Tackle Hazy IPA, a collaboration beer with the Portland Thorns soccer team. Originally designed and slated to be released a year ago, it was put on hold with covid and the cancellation of the Thorns’ season. … Continue reading
The early spring specialties from Hopworks Urban Brewery dropped just last month, and I’d received samples of both: Joker Imperial Hazy IPA and High Lift Cherry Sour, both in 16-ounce cans which is the format HUB is favoring for these lines. Let’s do some reviews! Joker Imperial Hazy IPA Joker … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, out this week, takes a look at Raspberry Black Butte Porter from Deschutes Brewery. I bought a four-pack to try it out and review it, and reached out to the brewery for some background. “We asked ourselves what we could do to play with … Continue reading