The Brew Site
The Guinness Open Gate Brewery near Baltimore, Maryland doesn’t just brew the ubiquitous Guinness Stout; it’s also home to an experimental brewery and taproom that cranks out a variety of distinctly non-Guinness-Stout beers. Like this Old Fashioned Inspired Ale that the brewery sent to me to review. Based on the … Continue reading
Recently I posted the news about the new Peach Mojito flavor canned cocktail from Craftwell Cocktails (from 2 Towns Ciderhouse), and now I have samples! I received a four-pack of the new product last week. Peach Mojito, like the others in the company’s lineup, is an apple wine-based cocktail that … Continue reading
Cider news from 2 Towns Ciderhouse as the company announced the release of its The Bad Apple imperial cider in cans for the first time. The Bad Apple is 10.5% ABV and is one of the company’s flagship brands. Press release: The #1 independent cidery in the country, the Pacific … Continue reading
It’s the final four beers in the Clown Shoes Beer 12 Beers of Christmas mixed pack reviewed! I drank these four last since they were among the strongest, with potentially the strongest flavors (yes, I somewhat categorized by strength and style as I went). All in all, this was a … Continue reading
You may recall that 2 Towns Ciderhouse offers a line of canned cocktails under its Craftwell Cocktails brand; the new venture launched last spring with an initial offering of four apple wine-based cocktails. (I reviewed them here.) The company announced the latest flavor to join the lineup: Peach Mojito, made … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, which published this week, evaluates Black Butte Whiskey, the collaboration from Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery (from which I’d received samples). Since I normally write about beer for the paper, aside from the obvious beer tie-in of BBW being distilled from a Black Butte Porter … Continue reading
Being January, there’s a fair amount of non-alcoholic beer being promoted for Dry January, so when Guinness (the U.S. branch) reached out with an offer to sample its Guinness 0, the non-alcoholic version of the iconic Guinness Draught, of course I accepted. That arrived this week, in a package of … Continue reading
Sad news about the Oregon Brewers Festival for 2023, as the team behind the long-running brewfest announced recently that it would not return for this year. I don’t envy the organizers for having to make this decision, but I respect it and after reading the statement, I agree it’s the … Continue reading
The first beer of the year in the Cosmic Collaboration series from Ecliptic Brewing sees the company teaming up with Fort George Brewery to release Black Cold IPA, which is just as it sounds—a mashup of black and cold IPA styles. The beer will be released on January 18 on … Continue reading
Okay let’s face it—I’m not going to finish out my 2022 fresh hop beer reviews in the three-at-a-time review posts I’d been doing; there are too many other beer reviews to get to and lots of other writing and work taking up my time. But I still wanted to note … Continue reading