The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin is out today: Two Words: Beer Delivery. There are two approaches I took with this article: first, trying out the local beer delivery options with everything under COVID-19 lockdown; and, I wanted to highlight the fact that breweries such as Boneyard Beer and Barley … Continue reading
Bale Breaker Brewing is bringing some COVID-19 relief to Yakima, Washington, in teaming up with non-profit I Heart Yakima to release You Are Not Alone Hazy IPA, with all profits donated to the We Are Yakima fund. This will support the local food and beverage industry impacted by the coronavirus … Continue reading
2 Towns Ciderhouse in Corvallis recently received approval to start producing hand sanitizer for the COVID-19 crisis, and began large-scale production at the end of April. The cidery joins the growing list of others pivoting into manufacturing sanitizer, a crucial necessity especially for health and other front line workers during … Continue reading
I’m a week behind posting this bit of brewery pandemic support news, but that’s okay—it’s good news for the Columbia Gorge area around Hood River. Double Mountain Brewery established the Double Mountain Foundation to help support employees impacted by COVID-19, and seeks to expand to cover other hospitality workers in … Continue reading
Here’s kind of an amazing story on COVID-19 pandemic support with an angle I wouldn’t have foreseen: California’s Sierra Nevada Brewing is able to help a local hospital with coronavirus testing by producing viral transport medium in its lab. Here’s the press release the company issued yesterday: Sierra Nevada Brewing … Continue reading
I’m a few days late posting this, but this is such a great cause: Deschutes Brewery is brewing a beer to support the LGBTQIA+ community, Bubbles & Brunch. Deschutes Brewery, a tried and true brand celebrating thirty two years of craft brewing this June, announces a limited release to embrace … Continue reading
Hophead Imperial IPA has long been a classic, award-winning DIPA from Bend Brewing Company, first winning a gold medal at the 2006 GABF. Created by Tonya Cornett, it was her first GABF medal since starting at BBC in 2002. It remains a world-class beer, a solidly bitter IPA full of … Continue reading
Newport, Oregon’s Rogue Ales & Spirits pivoted its distillery into producing hand sanitizer late last month, making it available for first responders and other essentials during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rogue’s “Helping Hand Hand Sanitizer” has been donated to fire departments from Newport, Toledo, Waldport, Yachats, Depoe Bay, and Lincoln City, … Continue reading
This week I received a six-pack of Worthy Brewing’s latest seasonal, its Tenmile Dry Hopped Lager (which I posted about here). Worthy focused heavily on the sustainability issues with the release of this beer, from the compostable cardboard-like six-pack holder to the water-based digital label printing on the can, and … Continue reading
I’ve never received PR from Lone Star Beer before, but the Texas-based company is launching a new seasonal beer, a Mexican-style lager named Rio Jade. In conjunction with that launch, the company is also kicking off its “Keep The Lights On Y’all” initiative to help support the Texas bar and … Continue reading