The Brew Site
The 33 Bottles of Beer tasting notebooks produced by 33 Books has a new special edition that just came out—the Fresh Hop Edition. And one just arrived in the mail today for me. Billed as a “journal for hop-forward beers,” this variant on the standard tasting journal is appropriately green … Continue reading
Yes, the time has come for Deschutes Brewery to release a hazy IPA! Actually they’ve already released a number of them, but this one is the first to be packaged: Fresh Haze IPA. The brewery sent me two cans this week. I like the play on “Fresh Squeezed,” both in … Continue reading
pFriem Family Brewers of Hood River recently collaborated with Portland-based Zupan’s Markets to produce Farm to Market IPA, the latest in an ongoing collaboration with the market chain. Late last week I received a bottle of this beer to sample, which the press release described as: “This Northwest style IPA … Continue reading
Completely out of the blue, this arrived today: Pyramid Brewing Coast Day Dry-Hopped Hazy Lager. I say “out of the blue” because as it turns out, I got a press release about this beer a month ago (literally—I just searched my email, and found it dated June 26) but since … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery turned 30 this year, and to commemorate it released the most complex yet anniversary beer in its “Black Butte X” series, Black Butte XXX — a bottle of which I received from the brewery yesterday: I say “most complex” because it is 100% barrel aged, for which the … Continue reading
Right before leaving for Homebrew Con last week, a bottle of The Ages, one of the latest beers in the Reserve Series from Deschutes Brewery, arrived on the doorstep. It’s in the new 500ml bottle format that the brewery is rolling out for new limited editions in the Reserve Series—I … Continue reading
Two bottles of the latest 2 Towns Ciderhouse seasonal that I included in my news roundup last week arrived yesterday: Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy Cider. This one is made with Meyer lemons and raspberries, and is 5% abv. As a summer seasonal it should be available through August. I’m not … Continue reading
Quite an interesting package arrived today, containing three bottles in all—only one of which is a beer. Ostensibly it’s from Double Mountain Brewery out of Hood River, Oregon, but represents more than just the brewery. Double Mountain partnered with Hood River Distillers to produce a Hopped Whiskey, something I haven’t … Continue reading
So these were sitting on the porch yesterday: I did not have a clue that Deschutes Brewery was putting Passion Fruit IPA into bottles; this was a beer that debuted last year as draft only but I hadn’t even heard if it was coming back. And of course, the return … Continue reading
While I’ve been mostly offline from the blog, The Bruery sent me a bottle of its latest release from the Bruery Terreux series, Saison Ardennes. It was released in 375ml bottles and this is what the Bruery says about it: Saison Ardennes is a tart saison, hand-crafted to embody the … Continue reading