The Brew Site
Hop Valley Brewing has a new mixed pack of hazy IPAs out this month, its Hazy Daze 12-pack. The brewery is positioning it as a vacation pack (ideal for spring break, and so on) with a variety of hazy tropical flavors. I received a 12-pack this week to review. Details … Continue reading
It’s Monkey Time: I received a six-pack of Berry Monkey, the fruited sour Belgian-style tripel from Victory Brewing this weekend. I’d posted the press release about the new beer a couple of week ago, and the brewery offered to send samples, which I accepted. Berry Monkey is 9.5% ABV and … Continue reading
Some Pennsylvania beer was sent out to me this week, from Iron Hill Brewery: a six-pack of the brewery’s newly-canned King’s Gold American Pilsner. As part of the package, a toy gold medal and several chocolate gold coins were included, to highlight the beer’s gold medal-winning resume. A blurb from … Continue reading
This week I received samples of cider from 2 Towns Ciderhouse—two six-packs of its new Cosmic Crisp® cider variants that the cidery launched in its Cosmic Explorer Series. These are imperial ciders with 8% ABV, with Cosmic Crisp apples as the base cider. First is the Imperial Blueberry: Crafted with … Continue reading
This week Rogue Ales sent out samples of its chocolatey, boozy Valentine’s Day offerings, and two cans of Espresso Martini canned cocktail arrived at the doorstep. It’s a brand new seasonal in the company’s canned cocktail lineup, available from January through April. The description says: Inspired by Portland, Oregon’s incredible … Continue reading
I recently posted the news of Deschutes Brewery’s release of Black Butte Non-Alcoholic, the company’s second NA beer, and a week ago the brewery provided me some cans of both Black Butte NA and Black Butte Porter to sample and compare side-by-side. You can read the details in the press … Continue reading
Just over a year ago I reviewed the core non-alcoholic offerings from Partake Brewing, a Canadian NA brewer that produces a range of styles from Blonde to Dark (called Stout back when I reviewed it). In addition to having less than 0.5% ABV (to legally qualify as non-alcoholic), they are … Continue reading
Last week a surprise packaged arrived at the doorstep, a bottle of Sally Can Wait Dark Export Lager from Double Mountain Brewery. It’s the first seasonal beer of 2022 for the brewery, and this year the seasonal lineup is going to include scannable QR codes on the bottles that will … Continue reading
A can of Harpoon Brewery’s Imperial Harpoon IPA arrived recently, a sample from the Boston-based brewery to accompany the press release I ran a couple of week ago. As a quick refresher, Harpoon riffed on its flagship Harpoon IPA with this beer: “Taking their iconic IPA recipe and jacking the … Continue reading
Now that Christmas weekend is past and the Beer Advent Calendar is over, I can get caught up on a few things, starting with receiving some non-alcoholic and “alt” beverages (as in, alternative to beer). These were sent the past couple of weeks though I hadn’t gotten to sharing. The … Continue reading