The Brew SiteThe good folks over at the excellent blog Brewpublic have been in Bend recently: not only did they publish a blog post about Bend Brewing yesterday, but they completely scooped me today’s posts about Boneyard Beer (I’ve been drinking through a growler of their “Black 13” beer the last couple … Continue reading
Jeff over at Beervana (one of the best of the Oregon beer blogs) has a great three-part series he wrote last week on reviewing beer that I think should be required reading for those of us in the beer blogging world, or the beer rating sites, or, well, anyone interested … Continue reading
My article on Hop Press is up today, and the topic is the Bend Ale Trail: Starting on June 1st, you can use the Bend Ale Trail Map and Passport available in the latest Discovery Map of Central Oregon to discover Bend’s 7 breweries – and for extra credit, head … Continue reading
You may recall a while back I was calling for a Beer Bloggers Conference that sparked some good commentary including some info from the organizer of the Wine Bloggers Conference, indicating they were looking to get a BBC started. Good news! Beernews.org broke the story earlier this month that the … Continue reading
My Hop Press article today is titled, “Good beer in unlikely places: Pacific City, Oregon” and reviews a bit of our Memorial Day trip to the Oregon Coast last weekend: specifically, a visit to the Pelican Pub & Brewery. Long-time readers will remember that I’ve reviewed the Pelican before—way back … Continue reading
My article today on Hop Press: Indigenous American beer styles: an overview of the beer styles that have developed, or are still emerging, that are uniquely American in origin. I’ve spent some time writing about these beers at length here—particularly Cream Ales, fresh hop beers, and pumpkin beers—so it should … Continue reading
One of the (stranger) beer news stories that’s making the rounds this week is how 7-Eleven is going to sell its own private label beer, “Game Day.” (Gotta love MSNBC’s headline for the story—“It pairs with microwave burritos”!) It’ll be canned, of course. Game Day comes in two varieties. Game … Continue reading
There’s a nice article that appeared today in the Wall Street Journal online: “Revolutionizing American Beer,” being primarily an interview with Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company (brewers of the Sam Adams line of beers). It’s the 25th anniversary of Sam Adams, so it’s apropos, and a good read. For … Continue reading
You all remember the Cherry Oak Doppelbock which was the first in Widmer‘s new(ish) Brothers’ Reserve series, right? Right. The #2 release is out now, and it’s a doozy: Prickly Pear Braggot. Our friends Paul and Sandi brought this one over last weekend, and I’m pretty sure it’s the first … Continue reading
We got back Friday late from our spring break trip: South Lake Tahoe. (About 8.5 hours of driving to/from Bend.) This weekend has mostly been about vegging (or “decompressing” to make it sound more important) but I did get a Hop Press post written: about the small-ish beer scene in … Continue reading