The Brew Site
This week I received a fresh hop beer from Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery, the new Iowa Bar Fight Fresh Hop IPA, a collaboration with Solera Brewery of nearby Parkdale. Iowa Bar Fight joins Double Mountain’s fresh hop Killers lineup, brewed with fresh Strata hops sourced from Crosby Hops. Killer … Continue reading
I received a package from 10 Barrel Brewing this week with a sneak peek of a new (re)branded product line the company is introducing—and late yesterday the official email hit my inbox. The short version: 10 Barrel is rebranding its main year-round IPA lineup under a new HopBurst Family label. … Continue reading
Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery is one of the most reliably consistent breweries in the state, best known for its hoppy ales while handling other styles, and even cider, with ease. The brewery sent me several samples to review this summer—two beers and a cider—and while my review notes below … Continue reading
Deluxe Brewing of Albany, Oregon opened its doors in 2013, with a primary focus on brewing lagers. it was also the city’s first brewstillery—brewery and distillery combined in the same building—with the concurrent launch of Sinister Distilling. This week, from September 18 through 24, the company is celebrating its tenth … Continue reading
Bend’s Avid Cider announced the latest addition to its Imperial Cider series this past week, an imperialized version of its classic Blueberry Pom Cider, the third in the series. Blueberry Pom Imperial joins Golden Delish and Royal Apricot in the year-round imperial lineup, with 8.5% ABV. The company also sent … Continue reading
This week, I received several seasonal beers from Hopworks Brewery, including the new Tequila Barrel-aged Rindless Watermelon Gose, a version of the company’s Rindless aged for six months in tequila barrels. It was just released this month and made an appearance at The Little Woody in Bend over Labor Day … Continue reading
Craftwell Cocktails added to its lineup of ready-to-drink cocktails this year with a “Top Shelf” collection of flavors, all featuring cocktails with 20.5% ABV, nearly twice that of its canned lineup. A division of 2 Towns Ciderhouse, all of the Craftwell cocktails have a base of apple wine rather than … Continue reading
It’s fresh hop season once again, and my latest article for The Bulletin, naturally enough, is about the topic. This time around, I take a look at the fresh hop technique of flash freezing the hops with liquid nitrogen and then shattering them to expose as much of the lupulin … Continue reading
Boston’s Harpoon Brewery released two American-style lagers in partnership with organizations that benefit families of United States veterans and service members: American Flyer and American Flyer Light. $1 of each case sold will go toward the respective beneficiaries: “American Flyer Light is a light lager that benefits Folds of Honor. … Continue reading
When it comes to summertime beers, it’s hard to beat a radler for refreshing drinkability—if you don’t mind your beer blended with lemonade, soda, or other alcohol-free juice-like drink. Traditionally, radlers (and shandies) are mixed with a lemon-lime beverage, typically a soda or a lemonade. But the one I received … Continue reading