Oregon Beer News, 03/05/2012

Oregon Beer News, 03/05/2012

Oregon Beer News for Monday, March 5, 2012. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Received: Deschutes Chainbreaker White IPA

Received: Deschutes Chainbreaker White IPA

Friday I received these from Deschutes Brewery: Three bottles of Chainbreaker White IPA right off the bottling line. (Actually I don’t know that they are “right off the line” but it sounds good so I’m going with it). Chainbreaker is the new year-round bottled addition to Deschutes’ core lineup (something … Continue reading

Received: Widmer 3-pack

Received: Widmer 3-pack

This package arrived Thursday from Widmer Brothers: A bottle each of Pitch Black IPA, Nelson Imperial IPA, and the new Oatmeal Porter, along with a sample bottle of “Bro-Oats” (oats that have been custom roasted specifically for Widmer by Briess Malting) and a Widmer goblet. The three bees are together … Continue reading

The Session #61: What makes local beer better?

The Session #61: What makes local beer better?

It’s the first Friday of the month, and that means it’s time for another round of The Session: collaborative beer blogging in which a given “host” for the month suggests a topic and everyone else (whether “beer” or “regular” blogger) writes something about that topic. Our host will then compile … Continue reading

Bend Brewing anniversary and profile of Head Brewer Ian Larkin

Bend Brewing anniversary and profile of Head Brewer Ian Larkin

Bend Brewing Company is 17 years old this year, and tomorrow, Saturday the 3rd, they are celebrating this 17th Anniversary with specials, live music, and a killer beer line-up: Beginning at 4pm we will have 1/2 priced appetizers, as well as $2.75 pints. At 7pm there will be live music … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 03/02/2012

Oregon Beer News, 03/02/2012

Here’s the Oregon beer news for Friday, March 2nd, and going into the weekend. I’ll be periodically updating this news post throughout the day, so if you have news you’d like to share please contact me and I’ll get it posted. McMenamins held their Hillsdale Brew Festival last Saturday, with … Continue reading

Gluten-free homebrewing

Gluten-free homebrewing

A friend asked recently if I could brew a gluten-free beer for her sometime: a porter since she likes dark beers. Naturally this got me to thinking about various gluten-free (GF) brewing options for homebrewers, and I thought it might be useful to record some of my (initial) thoughts. Commercially, … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 03/01/2012

Oregon Beer News, 03/01/2012

Oregon Beer News for Thursday, March 1, 2012. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Oregon Beer News, 02/29/2012

Oregon Beer News, 02/29/2012

Oregon Beer News for Wednesday, February 29, 2012. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Oregon Beer News, 02/28/2012

Oregon Beer News, 02/28/2012

Here’s the Oregon beer news for Tuesday, February 28—nearly the end of the month but being a leap year we get an extra day tomorrow. As usual I’ll be periodically updating this post throughout the day, so please contact me if you have some news to share. The Lucky Lab … Continue reading