Oregon Beer News, 06/04/2012

Oregon Beer News, 06/04/2012

Oregon Beer News for Monday, June 4, 2012. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Oregon winners at the North American Beer Awards

The North American Beer Awards were just handed out Friday by the North American Brewers Association for their annual competition, and a number of Oregon breweries (of course!) brought home medals. The North American Beer Awards, held in conjunction with the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest, is a unique event sanctioned … Continue reading

The Session #64: Pale in Comparison

The Session #64: Pale in Comparison

Today is the First and first Friday of June, and among the beer blogs that means it’s time for The Session, a monthly collaborative blogging project wherein a different “host” for the month selects a topic to write about, and then compiles and links to all the various participating blogs who … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 06/01/2012

Oregon Beer News, 06/01/2012

Oregon Beer News for Friday, June 1, 2012. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Bull Ridge Brewpub is brewing beer

Bull Ridge Brewpub is brewing beer

Baker City’s second brewery, the Bull Ridge Brewpub that I first blogged about nearly a year ago, is now officially brewing beer! I noticed the updates on their Facebook page (here and here) which read: WE ARE OFFICIAL!!!!! We have been granted the Authority to Operate by the OLCC, and … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 05/31/2012

Oregon Beer News, 05/31/2012

Oregon Beer News for Thursday, May 31, 2012. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Oregon Beer News, 05/30/2012

Oregon Beer News, 05/30/2012

Oregon Beer News for Wednesday, May 30, 2012. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!

Hop in the Dark (2012)

Hop in the Dark (2012)

I will admit it (and I may have said this before): Cascadian Dark Ale is not my favorite style. For me it’s too much of a weird clash of dark, roasty, possibly astringent malt character with the floral, herbal bitterness of the hops—and too often, they’re not brewed well enough … Continue reading

Quick note: Twilight Summer Ale (2012)

Quick note: Twilight Summer Ale (2012)

A quick note to acknowledge the drinking of the Twilight Summer Ale that was sent to me by Deschutes Brewery, though I didn’t do a formal review of it this year—I figure past reviews from 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 have pretty nailed it. Suffice to say this is (still) … Continue reading

Oregon Beer News, 05/29/2012

Oregon Beer News, 05/29/2012

Oregon Beer News for Tuesday, May 29, 2012. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!