Deschutes Black Butte Non-Alcoholic, side-by-side with Black Butte Porter

Deschutes Black Butte Non-Alcoholic, side-by-side with Black Butte Porter

Non-alcoholic beer is getting better. I’ve observed (and tasted) this just over the past two years alone, and with a growing number of breweries dedicated to all NA brewing (Athletic, Surreal, Partake), the bar continues to get higher. Here in Central Oregon, both Deschutes Brewery and Crux Fermentation Project are … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery releases non-alcoholic Black Butte Porter

Deschutes Brewery releases non-alcoholic Black Butte Porter

Deschutes Brewery has been working on non-alcoholic beer for about two years now, focusing primarily on its NA Irish Style Dark (which I wrote about here). This past week the brewery announced the next logical step: a non-alcoholic version of one of its flagships, Black Butte Porter. Having an NA … Continue reading

The Session #142: One more for the road

The Session #142: One more for the road

It’s the last edition of The Session. Since March of 2007, The Session has been a group blogging project based on the premise that one person would “host” each month, suggesting a topic and then compiling everyone’s posts into a roundup so we could read about beer from a variety … Continue reading