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Portland’s Breakside Brewery is replacing Salted Caramel Stout in its seasonal beer lineup this year, and the new LIFE Barleywine is taking its place. Not content with simply releasing LIFE, over the next four months the brewery will be releasing five additional variants, showcasing different malts from renowned maltsters. All … Continue reading
The winter seasonals from Double Mountain Brewery are out—released (and sent to me) early last month—and this year’s editions of Fa La La La La Winter Ale and Chocolate Stout are drinking awfully fine. Since it’s now officially December, let’s kick off a season of holiday beer reviews with these … Continue reading
Portland’s Hopworks Urban Brewery released its final two beers of the year, Winter Ritual Cold IPA and Bog Monster Cranberry Orange Gose, slotting them into the winter seasonal schedule in time for the holidays. Press release details: Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB), the first B Corp brewery in the Pacific Northwest, … Continue reading
More fresh hop beer reviews from this season’s catch, as I continue to document the various ones I drank this year. I’m getting close to finishing this series out, so bear with me. Kings & Daughters Brewery – Fill Your Cup Fresh Hop Soft IPA Portland’s Kings & Daughters is … Continue reading
Today is Black Friday (here in the U.S.), the post-Thanksgiving biggest shopping day of the year, and New Orleans’ Urban South Brewery is hosting a number of Black Friday events and beer releases at both its New Orleans and Houston taprooms. All the details from the press release: Experience Holiday … Continue reading
The latest Cosmic Collaboration Series beer from Ecliptic Brewing sees the company teaming up with Colorado’s Crooked Stave to release Passionfruit Guava Hazy IPA. It’s the fifth Cosmic Collab of the year so far, with a sixth and final one slated to come out in December. Details: Ecliptic Brewing has … Continue reading
The holiday season at Tröegs Independent Brewing means not only the return of the brewery’s Mad Elf, but also the specialty edition of the holiday ale—Mad Elf Grand Cru, showcasing Balaton cherries in a corked and caged bottle to brighten up your holiday feasting. Press release: Tröegs Independent Brewing announces … Continue reading
Perfect for heading into the Thanksgiving holiday week—more pumpkin beer reviews! These follow up on the first batch of reviews I posted a few weeks ago, and there’s more to come. Shades Brewing – Pumpkin Pie Cream Ale I picked up a can of this beer without knowing much of … Continue reading
Mogul Madness is a winter ale brewed by Rogue Ales that originated in the early 90s that’s come in and out of the brewery’s rotation. For the 2022 winter season, Rogue announced the return of Mogul Madness with new can art and four varieties of hops. From the press release: … Continue reading
Stone Brewing is bringing its Stone Imperial Stout back to close out 2022, as the final release in its Fan Favorite Series as voted by fans of the company. Alongside the Stout is Stone Imperial Stout Whiskey, created from the base wort of Imperial Stout, which is a whopping 127 … Continue reading