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Deschutes Brewery introduced the latest addition to its “Fresh” family of beers in September, Royal Fresh Imperial IPA, joining the year-round lineup alongside best-selling Fresh Squeezed IPA, Fresh Haze IPA, and Lil’ Squeezy Juice Ale (and now, apparently, Squeezy Rider West Coast IPA). It’s a behemoth at 9% ABV and … Continue reading
The Abyss is back from Deschutes Brewery for 2020, its seminal barrel-aged imperial stout, and this year it’s packaged in a new format. Every year previous, The Abyss has been bottled in wax-dipped 22-ounce bombers; this year, it’s going into 12-ounce bottles, and sold in four packs. Details from the … Continue reading
Jubelale returns from Deschutes Brewery! Even better, because it’s that once-a-decade time again, Super Jubel returns also! Deschutes announced the details this week for the winter beers, along with Chasin’ Freshies Fresh Hop IPA and the full lineup of fresh hop beers that will be on tap at the pubs. … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is out today, in which I profile the new Rip City Lager from Deschutes Brewery (which the brewery recently sent me). You can tell from the headline the angle I took: Rice adds crispness to Rip City Lager. The brewery describes Rip City as … Continue reading
I posted last week about Deschutes Brewery’s latest beers coming out, including Royal Fresh Imperial IPA, and yesterday three bottles arrived at the doorstep. As a reminder, Royal Fresh joins the “Fresh Family” series that started with Fresh Squeezed IPA. Here’s the blurb from the press release: “Royal Fresh has … Continue reading
September marks a number of new beer offerings from Deschutes Brewery, detailed in a press release from the brewery last week. The new releases (not counting the general release of Rip City Lager which is also on shelves in cans) include a new year-round beer in the “Fresh” series, a … Continue reading
At the end of last month, Deschutes Brewery announced Rip City Lager, its co-branded beer in partnership with the Portland Trail Blazers NBA basketball team. Available initially on draft, the brewery is rolling out cans of Rip City across Oregon and Washington starting September 1st. And, the brewery sent me … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery has been adding lifestyle or “better for you” beers into its lineup over the past year, and this week announces the latest addition that also pushes it into a new space: Non-Alcoholic Irish Stout. It’s an interesting move and an intriguing style to start with for an NA … Continue reading
Today, June 27, marks the thirty-second anniversary of Deschutes Brewery here in Bend. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the brewery is not hosting an anniversary party this year, but it is releasing its Black Butte XXXII in 12-ounce bottles for the first time. Today’s reviews are a nod towards the … Continue reading
32 years ago this Saturday, June 27, Deschutes Brewery opened its doors in downtown Bend. This year’s COVID-19 pandemic has put a damper on anniversary celebrations but the brewery is still releasing its anniversary specialties. Here are the details from the press release: Deschutes Brewery, Bend’s original craft brewery born … Continue reading