The Brew Site
This week, Double Mountain Brewery sent out samples of its two returning winter beers, and I received a bottle of each: Fa La La La La Winter Ale and Chocolate Stout. The brewery wrapped them up with its press release for the “cozy season,” with Fa La La La La … Continue reading
Zupan’s Markets had two back-to-back releases in its Farm-to-Market collaboration series recently, its 20th and 21st releases in the series: with Wayfinder Beer for a Festbier, and Bauman’s Cider for a Barrel-Aged Estate Cider. This week, samples of both arrived via PR firm. The Festbier is a modern Wiesn lager, … Continue reading
Last week, I received the four-beer lineup of the Harpoon Brewery Dunkin’ collaboration brews that I posted about last month. There’s one inspired by pumpkin spice latte, one inspired by coffee roll, a cold brew inspired coffee porter, and hazelnut blonde stout. I’ve reviewed Dunkin’ Pumpkin (two years ago) when … Continue reading
This year, Double Mountain Brewery is releasing four fresh hop beers in the “Killer” series—and this week I received a bottle of Killer Green Fresh Hop IPA from the brewery. The usual three return—Killer Green, Killer Red, and Killer Juicy—and this year, the brewery also releases a special fresh hop … Continue reading
After posting the news about the return of Hollow Jack Pumpkin Cider from 2 Towns Ciderhouse, I received two bottles of this year’s version from the cidery. Hollow Jack is always created from apples and heirloom pumpkins, and this year the spice blend is changed up in favor of a … Continue reading
The latest samples to drop on the doorstep come from Urban South Brewery: the company’s latest seasonal specialty sour, Oh! The Humidity, brewed with cantaloupe and mango. I’d posted the press release about the beer a little while back with details; here’s a short refresher: Hundreds of pounds of fresh … Continue reading
A surprise package arrived late last week from Pennsylvania’s Wallenpaupack Brewing, with two cans each of the brewery’s seasonal Oktoberfest and For the Love of Lager German Style Dark Lager. According to the sheet that was included, For the Love of Lager is third in the brewery’s FTLOL series celebrating … Continue reading
This week, Deschutes Brewery sent out samples of Farmstand Fresh, its mango-infused entry into the Fresh Family IPA series. It’s one that’s been out for a while, presumably in development, and has made it into cans available year round. The capsule description from the email I received said, “Farmstand Fresh … Continue reading
Cans of Harpoon Brewery’s first non-alcoholic beer arrived this week, its Open League Non-Alcoholic Hazy IPA, the release for which I posted about here. It’s in the lifestyle “League” series of brews, typified by low-alcohol, low-calorie beers created with buckwheat, chia seeds, and sea salt. No details on how it’s … Continue reading
As I posted about last week, Public Coast Brewing has three seasonal summer beers out now—Peach Pie Smoothie Gose Sour, Blueberry Wheat Ale, and S’mores Bonfire Stout—and today samples of each arrived from the brewery. The Peach Pie and S’mores are both basically dessert beers, brewed with peach, nutmeg, and … Continue reading