The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin takes a look at Kaffir Lime Sea Salt Gose from Spider City Brewing, and considers lime gose as a base for the beer cocktail known as a beerita. It’s perfect for summer! The concept behind the beerita is simple. Start with a classic margarita, … Continue reading
The 805 Family of beers from Firestone Walker Brewing is a workhorse for the company, accounting for more than 50 percent of the brewery’s production. The mainstay is the 805 Original, a light, easy-drinking blonde ale, named for the 805 telephone area code representing Firestone Walker’s region on the Central … Continue reading
Talus is a relatively new hop, formerly known as HBC 692 before earning its name, developed as a daughter of Sabro and commercially released in 2020. In that time it’s earned some recognition for its tropical fruit and some neomexicanus characteristics, this spring Double Mountain Brewery highlighted it in its … Continue reading
One of the newest beers added to the Deschutes Brewery year-round lineup this year is Symphonic Chronic Double Dank IPA, a resinous and fruity ale that “combines West Coast kettle hopping with East Coast dry hopping” in a big beer with 9% alcohol by volume. While not part of the … Continue reading
Cascade Lakes Brewing of Redmond, Oregon, has been building out a new pub on Bend’s east side, and recently the brewery was finally able to give a limited opening date for the new location—July 19. Located at the corner of 27th Street and Reed Market Road, the buildout was originally … Continue reading
Bell’s Brewery started distributing to the Pacific Northwest this spring, bringing classics like Two Hearted IPA and Oberon Wheat (and possibly others) to the region, and the company sent me samples of its flagship Two Hearted as part of the rollout. I suspect it’s a distribution push made possible because … Continue reading
This Saturday, July 15, Bend’s Deschutes Brewery is hosting its Damn Tasty Beer Fest at its Beer Garden next to the production brewery. It takes place from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., and will feature a host of Central Oregon breweries in addition to Deschutes (listed below). Tickets cost $10 to … Continue reading
Here are my reviews on two of the three beers that Public Coast Brewing sent to me a little while back; the third, StackStock Candy Cap Stout, is one I’ve reviewed before so didn’t include it here. Let’s jump in to these other two, Uncle Fred’s and Violent Violet. Uncle … Continue reading
Rick’s Near Beer is a relatively new non-alcoholic beer brand out of Austin, Texas, which hit the scene this year with Rick’s Original Pils as its entry into the lifestyle NA space. Since the launch of Original Pils, Rick’s has also introduced a non-alcoholic Hazy IPA, though the website indicates … Continue reading
For my latest article for The Bulletin, I reviewed the latest collaboration beer from Bend’s Newport Avenue Market and Bend Brewing—Canapalooza Big Top IPA. It was released for the Market’s Canapalooza event a few weeks ago, in which local breweries were on hand pouring samples in a mini-fest for the … Continue reading