The Brew Site
Three bottles of Deschutes Brewery‘s latest seasonal arrived some time last week while I was away: Slightly Exaggerated IPA. It’s a collaboration with Travel Oregon, which is interesting because the brewery also recently released a seasonal collabo IPA for the Deschutes County Fair. Here’s a bit from the press release: … Continue reading
Time to catch up on some backlogged business. (I’d been out of town most of last week.) First up, a bottle of the new Apricot Golden from Crux Fermentation Project. Drink in the golden goodness of summer courtesy of our latest brewing creation. A tad tart with an underlying sweetness … Continue reading
Late last week the latest release from Double Mountain Brewery arrived, a collaboration IPA with Barley Brown’s Beer: Coyote Sunset IPA. According to the press release: With this West Coast IPA, Double Mountain Brewery is releasing the newest addition to their seasonal beer lineup. A collaboration with Barley Brown’s, this … Continue reading
I really kind of like that Portland-based Zupan’s Markets has been partnering with local breweries to create new releases in the Farm To Market beer series. The latest release is a lager brewed in partnership with Zoiglhaus Brewing, and I received a six-pack of it this week. Zupan’s Markets has … Continue reading
10 Barrel Brewing is adding a new Crush sour flavor, Strawberry, to its lineup this summer, and reached out to me this week to offer me samples. I picked up the case(!) of the beer from the brewery. According to the PR email: R&D Brewmaster, Tonya Cornett, has been experimenting … Continue reading
Last week Silver Moon Brewing reached out and provided me samples of this year’s F* Cancer IPA—two six-packs and a T-shirt. The F* Cancer campaign this year is bigger than ever, and the brewery’s goal is to earn $75,000 for its non-profit partner organizations through beer and swag sales. It’s … Continue reading
At first glance that might read as a “black cider” but in fact, Double Mountain Brewery’s latest seasonal cider is made from Arkansas Black apples. And a bottle arrived today, and promises to be dry, and “savory and earthen.” Double Mountains ciders have been quite good, so this will an … Continue reading
A couple of beers arrived in time for the weekend: Deschutes Brewery‘s new Lil’ Squeezy Juice Ale, a gluten-reduced pale ale in the “Fresh Squeezed family,” and Double Mountain Brewery‘s Basic Rights IPA, in support of LGBTQ rights with Basic Rights Oregon. It’s graduation weekened, with family in town, so … Continue reading
The latest cider release from 2 Towns Ciderhouse arrived in time for the weekend: Afton Field, an American farmhouse cider. These bottles are the 2017 vintage, which have been barrel aging for at least a year in chardonnay barrels. Naturally it picks up some wild yeasts and rustic character and … Continue reading
No sooner than I had received the email press release for Double Mountain Brewery‘s new IPA, Simcoe a GoGo, than I receive a bottle the same day (yesterday). The beer is a single hop IPA featuring Simcoe, and is 6.5% ABV with 55 IBUs. Here’s the blurb I ran in … Continue reading