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Deschutes Brewery announced today a new addition to its non-alcoholic beer lineup in the form of Fresh Squeezed NA IPA—the alcohol-free version of its flagship Fresh Squeezed. It joins Black Butte NA, and it’s the first NA beer to be made entirely in-house; previously, the brewery’s non-alcoholic beers were crafted … Continue reading
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published on this day 180 years ago, and to commemorate this true Christmas classic I’ve selected one of my all-time favorite winter warmers, also a classic, for today’s Advent beer: Deschutes Brewery Jubelale. This holiday ale has been brewed since 1988, the year Deschutes … Continue reading
This year, Deschutes Brewery’s Reserve Series Flanders-style Oud Bruin (sour brown ale), The Dissident, turns 15. To commemorate the milestone, the brewery returned to the beer’s recipe roots and brewed the 2023 edition with cherries, something it hadn’t done since 2019. First appearing in 2008, The Dissident represented a huge … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery’s The Dissident returns for 2023, and the brewery sent me two bottles recently—one of this year’s vintage, and one of the 2019 vintage. Why 2019? Because that was when Deschutes last released a version of The Dissident brewed to its original recipe, with cherries, until this year. In … Continue reading
One of the newest beers added to the Deschutes Brewery year-round lineup this year is Symphonic Chronic Double Dank IPA, a resinous and fruity ale that “combines West Coast kettle hopping with East Coast dry hopping” in a big beer with 9% alcohol by volume. While not part of the … Continue reading
This Saturday, July 15, Bend’s Deschutes Brewery is hosting its Damn Tasty Beer Fest at its Beer Garden next to the production brewery. It takes place from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., and will feature a host of Central Oregon breweries in addition to Deschutes (listed below). Tickets cost $10 to … Continue reading
Last week I received cans of a new beer from Deschutes Brewery—Symphonic Chronic Double Dank IPA. It’s an amped up version of the brewery’s Symphonic Chronic, first brewed several years ago, and weighs in at 9% alcohol by volume with 60 IBUs. Interestingly it’s only available in 19.2-ounce cans. The … Continue reading
The newest entry to the “Fresh Family” series of IPAs from Deschutes Brewery is Tropical Fresh IPA, which was released at the beginning of 2023 and was rolling out nationally in March. This new beer is brewed with Mosaic, Simcoe, and Strata hops, as well as a new Experimental 586 … Continue reading
A surprise package from Deschutes Brewery arrived this week, containing three cans (and some swag) of the brewery’s newest entrant to its Fresh family of IPAs: Tropical Fresh IPA. I haven’t yet received a press release, but this hit the market locally at the start of the year, and will … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, which published this week, evaluates Black Butte Whiskey, the collaboration from Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery (from which I’d received samples). Since I normally write about beer for the paper, aside from the obvious beer tie-in of BBW being distilled from a Black Butte Porter … Continue reading