Three bottles of Deschutes Brewery‘s new seasonal beer arrived yesterday—Luna Jo Cold Brew Coffee Lager, its collaboration beer with Riff Cold Brewed Coffee. “Lager” and “coffee” is not something I would expect a regular collaboration to arrive at (pastry IPAs or cold cereal sours seem to be all the rage right now) so this is a welcome change.

Here’s a blurb from the press release.

The Deschutes and Riff experimental brewing teams collaboratively explored the space of beer and coffee combinations utilizing cold brew, a fast-growing sector in the ready-to-drink beverage category and arrived at an unexpected pairing of a light-bodied, dark Mexican style lager that matched beautifully with vibrant coffee aromas and flavors of Riff’s Off The Cuff cold-brewed coffee.

Luna Jo is 5% ABV with 25 IBUs, and I’ll have notes on how it drinks posted at some point soon.