The Brew Site
For my first article of the year for The Bulletin, out this week, I profiled a new barrel-aged barleywine from Redmond’s Initiative Brewing, released in time for the holidays that the brewery called Non-DenominationALE (a name I think is very clever actually.) According to brewmaster Chris Brumley, it’s the first … Continue reading
Portland’s Breakside Brewery is replacing Salted Caramel Stout in its seasonal beer lineup this year, and the new LIFE Barleywine is taking its place. Not content with simply releasing LIFE, over the next four months the brewery will be releasing five additional variants, showcasing different malts from renowned maltsters. All … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin this week covers the first packaged, barrel-aged beer (ever) from Cascade Lakes Brewing—Midnight Drift, a bourbon barrel-aged barleywine. It was aged in Oregon Spirit Distillers bourbon barrels for six months, and packaged in 16-ounce cans; the brewery had provided me with a four-pack to … Continue reading
December 6 is Saint Nicholas Day, the feast day in many western European countries celebrating Nicholas of Myra, from which “Santa Claus” is derived. As befitting a day dedicated to Santa Claus, today’s beer Advent pick is Doggie Claws, from Portland, Oregon-based Hair of the Dog Brewing. Doggie Claws is … Continue reading
I think we could all use a barleywine to get through this crazy election season (as well as this whole year in general), and Deluxe Brewing Company, of Albany, Oregon, is offering up its American Barley Wine as “the right answer for 2020.” Deluxe is best known for its lagers, … Continue reading
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
Today is my birthday, and has been my tradition each year on the Beer Advent Calendar, I get a bit self-indulgent and pick a special beer “for myself” to share with everyone. For today’s birthday/Advent beer I’ve picked one out that I’ve never had (it doesn’t get distributed in Oregon) … Continue reading
From Winter Warmers to spiced specialties to IPAs to strong Belgian ales, Christmas beers are offered up in a variety of styles to celebrate the holidays, and sometimes nothing is more comforting that a big, old-school, malty, warming barleywine: the perfect Christmas Eve tipple by the fire, after the meal … Continue reading
Today is my birthday! And as is traditional with the Brew Site Beer Advent Calendar, today’s beer is entirely a vanity pick: it may not be a Christmas beer per se (or at all), but it’s one I pick “for myself” and it’s always something special. For this year, since … Continue reading
You can’t really talk about Barleywines without talking about another San Diego standard: Stone Old Guardian. I first reviewed this back in 2007, and it’s interesting to note that each year’s vintage has a slightly different alcohol content: the 2007 was 11.26%, while this 2010 bottle indicates 11.1%. And the … Continue reading