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Judging by the contents of my beer fridge, it’s definitely holiday ale season. Among those beers are samples I’ve received of various Oregon breweries’ winter ale efforts, and interestingly, hoppy red ales make a not-insignificant showing. Here are my reviews of three winter red ales I received of late. Widmer … Continue reading
I always look to include Belgian Christmas beers in the Advent calendar each year, as many of the country’s bières de Noël rank among some of the best in the world. Today’s beer comes from a Belgian brewery I’ve never featured before on this calendar: Val-Dieu Bière de Noël from … Continue reading
Last year at this time, I wrote, “What a year 2020 has been!” Well, it seems like 2021 said, “Hold my beer” and here we are. At least it’s December 1st already, and the start of another Beer Advent Calendar! This is the 17th year(!) I’ve been running this feature, … Continue reading
One of the recent beers from Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project is Strange Behavior, a hazy IPA brewed with kveik yeast as the brewery’s fall seasonal (available through December). The brewery has been dabbling with kveik fermentation, as many others are, and it seems that hazy IPAs are the primary application … Continue reading
It’s getting close to Beer Advent Calendar time again, so while I’ve been working on assembling the (secret…ish) list of this year’s daily Advent picks, I’ve also been making a note of the various press releases hitting my inbox for holiday themed specialty packs—mostly in the format of Advent calendars … Continue reading
My most recent article for The Bulletin was out last week: Beers for feasting season. With Thanksgiving coming up this week, we’re entering the holiday season time where big meals, snacks, holiday baking and more are the order of the day. To stock up your beer fridge and to accompany … Continue reading
Finally made it! My final fresh hop “quick notes” review of the year! All in all I counted 36 different fresh hop beers I tried this year. That’s not to say I might not have more—there are still some on the shelves—but I’m done writing these up at this point; … Continue reading
Rolling out three more fresh hop reviews as I wind down the season, with beers from Breakside Brewery, Sunriver Brewing, and Three Creeks Brewing to share. Breakside Brewery – Fresh Hop IGA (India Golden Ale) Breakside took it’s IGA (India golden ale) and gave it the fresh hop treatment, with … Continue reading
I fell behind a bit in my quest to document all the fresh hop beers I tried this year with this lightning round-style reviews, but I’m close to finishing up. I don’t know if anyone’s still drinking fresh hops now that it’s mid-November but I still do see some on … Continue reading
This is the second year in a row that Double Mountain Brewery and Ranger Chocolate have teamed up to brew Chocolate Stout, and the second year that I’ve received a bottle from the brewery. The accompanying press release is pretty much the same as last year’s, with a different brewer … Continue reading