The Brew Site
This week, Crux Fermentation Project provided me with two of its recent beers: Tough Love Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout and Doublecross Dark Belgian-Style Ale. The Tough Love is special because this year’s is the 10th anniversary edition of the beer; the barrel-aged version is part of the brewery’s Banished series, and … Continue reading
More fresh hop beer reviews from this season’s catch, as I continue to document the various ones I drank this year. I’m getting close to finishing this series out, so bear with me. Kings & Daughters Brewery – Fill Your Cup Fresh Hop Soft IPA Portland’s Kings & Daughters is … Continue reading
San Diego’s Coronado Brewing and Stone Distributing recently announced a distribution partnership for Southern California. Coronado joins a lineup of 40 other brands in the Stone portfolio, which range from beer to cider to hard kombucha and other categories. Press release: Regional Powerhouse Coronado Brewing Joins Stone Distributing’s Diverse SoCal … Continue reading
Bend’s Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery have again teamed up to release Black Butte Whiskey, the American malt whiskey created from the wash of Black Butte Porter. This year, in addition to the standard five-year whiskey, the duo is also releasing a special single barrel cask strength edition, which is 125.8 … Continue reading
When Clown Shoes Beer announced the return of its 12 Beers of Christmas mix pack, samples were offered for holiday coverage and I assumed that meant the company would send three or four cans from the 12-pack. I requested samples and to my surprise, the full mix pack arrived on … Continue reading
This week, I received beers from 10 Barrel Brewing in the company’s tinyHaus small-batch series: Sugar High, a pastry stout with coconut and almonds, and Goat Thievin’ Low Life, a cocktail-inspired beer. Sugar High is the newest release, a big 11% ABV brew that’s essentially a liquid dessert; the description … Continue reading
Portland Cider Company released its holiday ciders this month, highlighting the return of its popular Crangerine and packaging taproom favorite Santa’s Sauce in cans for the first time. If you’re looking for specialty ciders to pair with your holiday feasting, now’s the time to seek these out. Press release: Portland … Continue reading
Today is Black Friday (here in the U.S.), the post-Thanksgiving biggest shopping day of the year, and New Orleans’ Urban South Brewery is hosting a number of Black Friday events and beer releases at both its New Orleans and Houston taprooms. All the details from the press release: Experience Holiday … Continue reading
The latest Cosmic Collaboration Series beer from Ecliptic Brewing sees the company teaming up with Colorado’s Crooked Stave to release Passionfruit Guava Hazy IPA. It’s the fifth Cosmic Collab of the year so far, with a sixth and final one slated to come out in December. Details: Ecliptic Brewing has … Continue reading
The holiday season at Tröegs Independent Brewing means not only the return of the brewery’s Mad Elf, but also the specialty edition of the holiday ale—Mad Elf Grand Cru, showcasing Balaton cherries in a corked and caged bottle to brighten up your holiday feasting. Press release: Tröegs Independent Brewing announces … Continue reading