The Brew Site
The tinyHaus series from 10 Barrel Brewing focuses on small batch beers brewed on the small innovation and R&D pilot brewery, led by Tonya Cornett. It’s a bit of a playground for the brewers, with the beers releases in limited edition cans; here’s the company’s short description of the project: … Continue reading
Sweet Jane IPA from Double Mountain Brewery is the latest of the brewery’s beers to be released “From the Vault,” as I detailed here, a series featuring recipes from the brewery’s archives making a return appearance. Sweet Jane was originally released in 2017; the brewers tweaked the original recipe a … Continue reading
Cascade Lakes Brewing is getting close to opening its new east Bend pub (though I do not have a final date for that yet), and for the opening the company plans to release a new collaboration beer brewed with Old Standby Brewing of Salem, Helles for Habitat. I wrote about … Continue reading
Double Mountain Brewery has a new line of reserve ciders out now, specialty ciders crafted to showcase old world cider traditions and specialty apple varietals. As part of the rollout, the brewery sent me a bottle of Irene Rosé Red Fleshed Cider to sample. Details from the press release: Double … Continue reading
Craftwell Cocktails, the ready-to-drink cocktail brand of 2 Towns Ciderhouse, is releasing a new top-shelf premium cocktail lineup in bottles, featuring four flavors. These premium editions are nearly twice the strength of the original canned cocktails, at 20.5% ABV, and according to the press release they are best served over … Continue reading
For Pride Month, Double Mountain Brewery released its annual collaboration beer with Basic Rights Oregon, Basic Rights IPA. A portion of the beer’s proceeds will benefit Basic Rights Oregon, so the more you drink, the more you help! The brewery sent me a bottle to review for which I will … Continue reading
It’s not beer, but I recently received samples of tonic sodas and mixers from Top Note Tonic, several of which recently won awards in specialty competitions. Several flavors were included in the shipment: the Classic Tonic Water, Grapefruit soda, Bitter Lemon soda, and Indian Tonic Water. These are small(ish) bottles, … Continue reading
A compilation of a number of beers I’ve recently received that I’m behind on posting: Von Ebert Brewing: Pils, Sector 7 Hazy IPA, Volatile Substance IPA Last month, Von Ebert’s Pils won gold at the World Beer Cup in the German-style Pilsener category, and both Sector 7 and Volatile Substance … Continue reading
Cascade Lakes Brewing is celebrating Pride Month with a special edition of its flagship Blonde Bombshell that will raise money for Queer Creators’ Collective in Central Oregon. Pride Blonde Bombshell features Pride flag colors, and the release party is taking place June 7 at the company’s west Bend pub (the … Continue reading
Bend’s Avid Cider Company is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, and has a lineup of 10 cider releases along with a slate of events for the month of June. It all culminates on June 30 with the “Cheers to 10 Years” concert and celebration, with all 10 ciders on … Continue reading