The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin features Stout Month, which celebrates stouts throughout the month of February. Along the way I picked up three stouts from Bend breweries to highlight. Did you know that February is Stout Month? It may only be an informal designation, but for many years, Astoria’s … Continue reading
St. Louis’ Schlafly Beer announced the return of its Stout Bout winter sampler pack, featuring four different stouts created around particular themes or flavors, including Mexican Chocolate Stout and Coconut Coffee Stout. In addition to drinking stouts, you’ll also be able to vote on your favorite as well as submit … Continue reading
The winter seasonals from Double Mountain Brewery are out—released (and sent to me) early last month—and this year’s editions of Fa La La La La Winter Ale and Chocolate Stout are drinking awfully fine. Since it’s now officially December, let’s kick off a season of holiday beer reviews with these … Continue reading
This fall, Crux Fermentation Project reintroduced its Crux Stout into retail packaging, in the 16-ounce can format. Crux Stout is the brewery’s original American stout, which was released in bottles when Crux starting packaging, but for whatever reason the bottled format didn’t sell well with consumers (likely because it was … Continue reading
This is the second year in a row that Double Mountain Brewery and Ranger Chocolate have teamed up to brew Chocolate Stout, and the second year that I’ve received a bottle from the brewery. The accompanying press release is pretty much the same as last year’s, with a different brewer … Continue reading
Yes, Double Mountain Brewery released its Chocolate Stout as its final seasonal of 2020 in November (when I received a bottle), but I drank it the first week of this year as a nice transition into this new decade. Chocolate Stout is a moderate-strength 6.8% ABV with 55 IBUs, and … Continue reading
I’ve written about Sufferfest Beer Company before, the California-based company that brews “functional” or “purpose-brewed” beers (read my review of FKT Pale and Shakeout Blonde here), and recently included its Repeat Kolsch in my article on lifestyle beers. Repeat was one of the beers that arrived along with Head Start … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin dropped on Sunday: Stouts to try this fall. (The print version headline is how stout is the comfort food of beer.) Yes, fall is also fresh hop season, and pumpkin beer season, but a good, no-frills stout is a great beer this time of … Continue reading
My latest article for the Bulletin is out today in print, and while it’s still two weeks until Valentine’s Day, I took it that direction: Dessert beers sweeten Valentine’s Day. In which I review Crux Fermentation Project‘s new Coco(a) Stout seasonal that they gave me (spoiler: it was good!), touch on … Continue reading
My latest print article in my local Bend Bulletin hit today: Forget green beer — drink Irish stout. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, of course! I delve into the history of the style, with the obligatory Guinness mention, and touch base with a couple of local brewers: Mike White … Continue reading