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Bend Brewing Company announced the release of its two returning winter seasonals this past week, Sno’d In Winter IPA and Waist Deep Winter Ale, both available on draft and in cans. I wrote about Sno’d In for the Bulletin two years ago, when it had been retooled into its present … Continue reading
It’s still (barely) October, so I thought I’d share reviews on a handful of Oktoberfest beers I’ve had over the past month. No, it’s not even close to how many fresh hop beers I got my hands on, but these lagers are the other sublime brews of the season, and … Continue reading
Two beers from Hopworks Urban Brewery arrived on the doorstep this week: Ace of Diamonds West Coast Imperial IPA, the final in the imperial “Ace” series for the year, and Abominable Winter Ale. Both are out now, but Ace of Diamonds is the one that got the press release also … Continue reading
Winter beers are rolling out, with many favorites returning to help us through this second year of pandemic winter. This week Cascade Lakes Brewing announced the return of its Slippery Slope Winter Ale, first released in 2011 I believe, replacing Santa’s Little Helper. Slippery Slope is a northwest-inflected winter warmer, … Continue reading
Working through more of these fresh hop reviews, with three more here to check out. Breakside Brewery – Fresh Hop IPA Breakside brewed a marathon number of fresh hop beers this year, and I only scratched the surface of what they had to offer. This can was the Fresh Hop … Continue reading
Bend’s Deschutes Brewery released its annual winter ale, Jubelale, last month, a perennial favorite that features a new, original piece of artwork for the label. This year, the brewery changed its selection process (detailed the press release below) and the artwork is by Stephanie Littlebird Fogel featuring a winter moonscape. … Continue reading
Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project consistently puts out good and interesting beer, and one of the more interesting undertakings that the brewery has engaged in the past several years is its coolship program. Crux built its own mobile coolship, a broad, shallow, open-top vessel that looks something like a giant cake … Continue reading
Even more Bend fresh hop beers to share, with a wider variety of hops than last time (since the previous three were all hopped with Strata). Bridge 99 Brewery – Fresh Hop IPA Bridge 99 brewed one fresh hop beer this year, with fresh Cascade and Chinook hops from Tumalo … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, out this week, tackles triple IPA and GoodLife Brewing’s Lava Cave Triple IPA in particular. Stylistically, there isn’t much to distinguish triple IPA from barleywine. Both feature large amounts of malt, hops and alcohol. Barleywine focuses on rich malt character and full body with … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery is once again releasing its Fa La La La La Winter Ale in six-packs for 2021, and this week the brewery sent me a bottle along with the release. Fa La La La La is a hoppy, malty red ale brewed with Centennial hops, and … Continue reading