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My latest article for the Bend Bulletin ran on Sunday (yesterday), wherein I wrote about one of my favorite styles: Barley wine is right for winter time. At the time I was writing it and turning it in, we hadn’t yet gotten the snow so I didn’t know just how … Continue reading
While tippling a bottle of Deschutes Brewery‘s Hopzeit Autumn IPA the other night (one that the brewery sent me), I was reflecting on the fact that I ran across two other fall seasonals also essentially labeling themselves “hoppy Märzens” recently. (Here’s a bit of background from Hopzeit’s release two years … Continue reading
This month’s edition of The Session is being hosted by Alistair Reece of Fuggled, and his topic for this month: Czech beer, or pivo. Alistair recounts the time he lived in the Czech Republic, and writes: I still remember my first Czech beer in situ, I’d had a couple of Czech … Continue reading
For my latest article for The Bulletin out this week, I tackle the new (sub)style of Brut IPA, and the ones that are starting to show up here in Central Oregon. In June, Boneyard Beer released DryPA Brut IPA, a collaboration with Single Hill Brewing Company of Yakima, Washington. Boneyard … Continue reading
In the world of conferences (be they tech conferences, game conferences, librarian conferences, or, yes, beer conferences), there are generally two or three reasons to attend them: education, networking, and, usually, drinking. The latter two are often indistinguishable, although at the beer conferences I’ve attended, “drinking beer” really is its … Continue reading
I’ve always had an affinity for Cream Ale, that oddly-named light American ale style with nineteenth century roots. All too often it seems to be nudged out of the way by the more prosaically-named Blonde or Golden Ale in many a brewery’s lineup however. Admittedly, digging into the style reveals there … Continue reading
This latest edition of The Session for July 2018 is hosted by Roger’s Beer… and Other Drinks and covers an interesting topic: German Wheat Beers. I would like to clarify for myself the similarities and dissimilarities of weissbeers, kristall weizen, weizen, hefeweizen, etc. I’d love to read about the distinctions … Continue reading
Last month we hosted the monthly group brew for the homebrew club for which I brewed ten gallons of an American cream ale. Because I use a batch sparging method, I can only brew five gallons at a time, which when you’re brewing identical recipes back to back, offers some interesting … Continue reading
This month’s edition of The Session is hosted by David S. of Brewing in a Bedsitter, and he suggests a topic that I don’t believe we’ve discussed as such before: Farmhouse brewing. Whether it’s about the success of modern craft breweries like Jester King and Burning Sky, the worldwide spread … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin hit the stands last week, whereupon I wrote about the surge of fruit beers I’ve noticed lately, be they seasonal or regular. The two I primarily focused on the article, Cascade Lakes Brewing Pineapple Kush IPA and Worthy Brewing Farm Out Passion Fruit, fit … Continue reading