Switchback Brewing releases new DIPA Cat series beer — Wai-iti Cat

Switchback Brewing releases new DIPA Cat series beer — Wai-iti Cat

Vermont’s Switchback Brewing released the latest in its DIPA Cat series of double IPAs earlier this month, showcasing the New Zealand Wai-iti hop—Wai-iti Cat. The beer is 9.1% ABV and available on a limited basis in four packs of 16-ounce cans. Press release: New 9.1% DIPA becomes 6th in Cat … Continue reading

Rogue Ales expands the Dead Guy line with Dead Guy IPA

Rogue Ales expands the Dead Guy line with Dead Guy IPA

When Rogue Ales announced and released its new Dead Guy IPA, there was consternation among fans that the new beer was replacing the original Dead Guy Ale. Not so! The new IPA is a line extension to the brand, while the original Dead Guy (brewed in the style of a … Continue reading

Bale Breaker’s Frenz Collaboration Series is back for 2023

Bale Breaker’s Frenz Collaboration Series is back for 2023

Washington’s Bale Breaker Brewing is partnering with friends once again this year as its Frenz Collaboration Series returns for 2023, and the first release in the series is with Georgetown Brewing. Press release: Bale Breaker Brewing Company’s Frenz Collaboration Series is getting a glow-up this year, featuring new can artwork … Continue reading

Latest print article: February is Oregon Craft Beer Month

Latest print article: February is Oregon Craft Beer Month

My latest article for The Bulletin, published last week, highlights February as Oregon Craft Beer Month with a Central Oregon angle. Deschutes Brewery is the largest and oldest of Bend’s breweries, having opened its doors in 1988. But it was not the first in Central Oregon; that honor belongs to … Continue reading

Tröegs Independent Brewing releases Hop Horizon IPA for the spring

Tröegs Independent Brewing releases Hop Horizon IPA for the spring

Hop Horizon IPA returns from Tröegs Independent Brewing once again this year, which the brewery is positioning as its transitional seasonal for the coming of spring. It’s the first of the four Hop Cycle series IPAs released for the year, loaded with Citra, Mosaic, and Sabro hops. Details: Tröegs Independent … Continue reading

Buoy Beer 2023 beer lineup

Buoy Beer 2023 beer lineup

Buoy Beer Company of Astoria, Oregon released the news of its 2023 beer lineup, featuring a new addition to the year-round beers with Double IPA, a new Benefit Series partnership with some new recipes, the second year of its Lager series, and more. Press release with all the details: YEAR-ROUND … Continue reading

The Walla Walla Brewfest takes place tomorrow (Saturday, Feb 18)

The Walla Walla Brewfest takes place tomorrow (Saturday, Feb 18)

Walla Walla, Washington is largely known for wine (and onions) but the beer scene has been growing over the past decade or so, and these days there’s even a beer festival. The Walla Walla Brewfest is taking place tomorrow, Saturday, February 18, taking over the downtown area to offer a … Continue reading

Hillsbrew — Hillsboro’s Biggest Beer Fest — returns this month

Hillsbrew — Hillsboro’s Biggest Beer Fest — returns this month

The Oregon Brewers Festival was canceled this year, but Hillsboro, Oregon’s “Biggest Beer Fest,” the Hillsbrew Fest, is coming up on the final weekend of this month, from February 24–26. It’s the second annual occurrence of this brewfest that will showcase around 40 craft brewers and cidermakers pouring up to … Continue reading