The Brew Site
The 805 Family of beers from Firestone Walker Brewing is a workhorse for the company, accounting for more than 50 percent of the brewery’s production. The mainstay is the 805 Original, a light, easy-drinking blonde ale, named for the 805 telephone area code representing Firestone Walker’s region on the Central … Continue reading
Talus is a relatively new hop, formerly known as HBC 692 before earning its name, developed as a daughter of Sabro and commercially released in 2020. In that time it’s earned some recognition for its tropical fruit and some neomexicanus characteristics, this spring Double Mountain Brewery highlighted it in its … Continue reading
One of the newest beers added to the Deschutes Brewery year-round lineup this year is Symphonic Chronic Double Dank IPA, a resinous and fruity ale that “combines West Coast kettle hopping with East Coast dry hopping” in a big beer with 9% alcohol by volume. While not part of the … Continue reading
Bell’s Brewery started distributing to the Pacific Northwest this spring, bringing classics like Two Hearted IPA and Oberon Wheat (and possibly others) to the region, and the company sent me samples of its flagship Two Hearted as part of the rollout. I suspect it’s a distribution push made possible because … Continue reading
Here are my reviews on two of the three beers that Public Coast Brewing sent to me a little while back; the third, StackStock Candy Cap Stout, is one I’ve reviewed before so didn’t include it here. Let’s jump in to these other two, Uncle Fred’s and Violent Violet. Uncle … Continue reading
Rick’s Near Beer is a relatively new non-alcoholic beer brand out of Austin, Texas, which hit the scene this year with Rick’s Original Pils as its entry into the lifestyle NA space. Since the launch of Original Pils, Rick’s has also introduced a non-alcoholic Hazy IPA, though the website indicates … Continue reading
For my latest article for The Bulletin, I reviewed the latest collaboration beer from Bend’s Newport Avenue Market and Bend Brewing—Canapalooza Big Top IPA. It was released for the Market’s Canapalooza event a few weeks ago, in which local breweries were on hand pouring samples in a mini-fest for the … Continue reading
Schilling Hard Cider of Seattle offers a line of imperial ciders under its Excelsior series, all at least 8% alcohol by volume and branded with a space theme (or “Space Giraffe” might be a better descriptor, based on the labels). The latest in the series is an imperial pineapple cider, … Continue reading
Parabola is the signature barrel-aged imperial stout from Firestone Walker Brewing, a massive, vintaged beer released each year, sometimes aged in bourbon barrels; I believe I may have a bottle squirreled away among my boxes of beer. The brewery also releases variants based on Parabola, and one of those is … Continue reading
In my opinion, you cannot go wrong with any beer from Germany’s Ayinger, no matter what time of the year you drink it. I happen to think Celebrator Doppelbock is one of the world’s best beers, and the rest of the Ayinger lineup is a world class selection of German … Continue reading