Time for some cider reviews, featuring a selection of fruited ciders from @portlandcider.bsky.social! I’d received these ciders previously and rather than just reviewing them myself, I shared them with family for their feedback in a bit of crowdsourcing. www.thebrewsite.com/portland-cid...

Oktoberfest officially runs from Sep 20 thru Oct 5 this year, and if you can’t make it to Munich, you can celebrate in downtown Portland at The Hotel Zags and PLS on Sixth which have partnered with sponsor Weihenstephaner for an authentic seasonal feel. www.thebrewsite.com/celebrate-ok...

The right beer for our times? Eat the Rich Premium American Lager from Level Beer, light, crisp, and drinkable, and just what we need. Cheers! 🍻

On Monday, we stopped in at B2 Taphouse on the way through Salem and I enjoyed my second #freshhop beer of the season, Killer Red from Double Mountain Brewery. This India Red Ale is infused with fresh Centennial hops fresh off the bine and it's lush with pine and orange notes. Cheers! 🍻

Do you like fresh hop beers? Of course you do! That’s why you should check out this new research project for science, in which you get to drink samples of fresh hop beers and participate in a survey to help figure out why they taste so good. www.thebrewsite.com/drink-fresh-...

Even though summer isn’t over, it’s pumpkin season once again, as marked by the return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte and the release of the Pumpkin Variety Pack from Elysian Brewing, featuring three of its most popular pumpkin beers in cans for the first time. www.thebrewsite.com/received-pum...

On Thursday, August 21, the University of Oregon hosted the launch party for Dang Green IPA, the first official craft beer of the Oregon Ducks (U of O’s athletic teams), brewed in partnership with Eugene’s Hop Valley Brewing. www.thebrewsite.com/university-o...

Bale Breaker Brewing is releasing its latest beer, a fresh interpretation of the company’s original Field 41 Pale Ale—Yakima Pale Ale. Reimagined as a lighter, crisper version of the original, it has 4.2% ABV and 100 calories, while maintaining its hop character. www.thebrewsite.com/bale-breaker...

Summer beers from Cannon Beach’s Public Coast Brewing are out, one of which is a collab with Portland-based Smith Teamaker. The four brews span the gamut of styles from hazy pale to fruit to sour, available in cans and on draft. www.thebrewsite.com/four-new-sum...

Seattle-based Thorntail Hard Agave makes hard seltzers from a base of fermented Blue Weber agave (the same agave from which tequila is made). The company offers five flavors, with the newest launching its Social Justice Series—Spicy Mango Uprising. www.thebrewsite.com/reviewing-th...

Last Friday, Westwood Farms hosted a branch launch celebration at its hop farm in Gervais, Oregon, inviting members of the industry to get a firsthand look at the farm, learn more about its regenerative farming mission, & enjoy dinner & drinks in the hop fields. www.thebrewsite.com/westwood-far...

The Little Woody returns to Bend on Labor Day weekend, August 29 and 30, and this year the wood- and barrel-aged beer festival expands beyond just wood with tree-inspired beverages as well as adding stand-up comedy to the schedule. www.thebrewsite.com/the-little-w...

The 3rd annual Best of the West Coast National IPA Throwdown took place recently, a competition dedicated to West Coast IPA organized by the Oregon Brewers Guild. The results were announced on August 1 at TopWire Hop Project, with winning beers from 7 states. www.thebrewsite.com/best-of-the-...

Time to review some new non-alcoholic beers! I recently received a selection of NA brews from @mashgang.bsky.social, a United Kingdom-based company that contracts with brewers in the United States to produce its line of NA beers. Here are my thoughts. www.thebrewsite.com/mash-gang-no...

Here are reviews of five sparkling hop waters, four under the Easy Living brand from Denver Beer Company (which I received with the collection of samples from Colorado’s Wilding Brands) and one from HOPWTR, Iced Tea & Lemonade. www.thebrewsite.com/review-round...

Westwood Farms is the new regenerative hop farm from Liz and John Coleman, located in Gervais, Oregon, with a core philosophy of meliorism—the belief that progress is possible through human effort. www.thebrewsite.com/westwood-far...

I recently received samples from the Firestone Mixed Pack, hoppy ales from Firestone Walker Brewing, just in time for National IPA Day on August 7. www.thebrewsite.com/received-fir...

I'm back with a roundup of reviews of brews from Wilding Brands out of Colorado, including Great Divide Brewing, Howdy Beer, and Sunnyside Hard Lemonade. www.thebrewsite.com/a-variety-of...

This Saturday, July 12, UPP Liquids of Bend, Oregon is hosting its official grand opening party starting at 4pm. www.thebrewsite.com/upp-liquids-...

Recently, the awards party for the Northwest Cider Association’s 2025 NW Cider Cup took place in Portland, highlighting many of the best ciders in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. www.thebrewsite.com/the-nw-cider...

. @mashgang.bsky.social is a new (to me) brewer of non-alcoholic beers, founded in 2020 and dedicated to crafting NA beers that are “Expertly brewed to strength at 0.5% ABV using natural ingredients” (0.5% being the legal limit to be called non-alcoholic). www.thebrewsite.com/received-mas...

I recently received two of the latest ciders from Schilling Cider, fruit-forward products from the company’s Legends of Cider line: Grapefruit and Chill, a seasonal specialty, and Strawbeary Rhube Awakening, newly added to the year-round lineup. www.thebrewsite.com/received-new...

Reviewing the Mind Haze Hazy Pack beers from Firestone Walker Brewing. www.thebrewsite.com/the-mind-haz...

We are blessed with @portcitybrew.bsky.social Optimal Wit, and @allagashbrewing.bsky.social White is plentiful, but BJ's version is a bit spicier and more acidic; it's worthy of a place at our table, and yours, as well.

I do quite enjoy a Belgian-style witbier during summer, with the coriander and orange spice profile over a bright, crisp wheat which just hits right in hot weather. So I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to review Nit Wit White Ale from BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse. www.thebrewsite.com/bjs-brewhous...

Seattle's Thorntail Hard Agave has a new flavor in its lineup of hard seltzers, Spicy Mango Uprising, and it’s part of the company’s new Social Justice Series which sees proceeds supporting “local nonprofits doing work around equity and access in the PNW.” www.thebrewsite.com/thorntail-ha...

I’ve been drinking through a selection of lemonade-inspired beverages I’d received as promotional samples, and with the start to summer upon us, it’s a good time to post some thoughts on them. www.thebrewsite.com/warm-weather...

Wilding Brands is a Colorado craft beverage company representing various brands, including Denver Beer Co, Great Divide Brewing, Funkwerks Brewing, and more. Recently I received a number of samples from the company representing a slice of their various offerings. www.thebrewsite.com/received-a-s...

Bend’s newest brewing venture opens up to the public this Thursday, June 5! UPP Liquids is the company started by Tonya Cornett and the former 10 Barrel innovation brewing team; on Sunday, UPP hosted a soft opening, offering up a first look at the refreshed space. www.thebrewsite.com/first-look-a...

The Farm to Market beer series from Zupan's Markets is a collaborative project, where the Portland-based grocery teams up with local breweries. The latest beer in the series sees Zupan’s working with Breakside Brewery to release a modern take on a West Coast IPA. www.thebrewsite.com/breakside-zu...

Firestone Walker Brewing has a new campaign promoting its Mind Haze lineup of hazy IPAs that it’s calling The Mind Wanderer, featuring three of the Mind Haze variants: the original Mind Haze IPA, Cosmic Crusher IPA, and Brain Melter Imperial Hazy IPA. www.thebrewsite.com/received-min...

Oregon Homegrown is a new beer collaboration project put together by @oregonbeer.bsky.social. Two dozen breweries collaborated with nine hop farms, Indie Hops, and Wyeast Laboratories to craft a variety of beers featuring Strata hops. www.thebrewsite.com/oregon-homeg...

UPP Liquids is the newest brewing venture from Tonya Cornett, officially launching in Bend, Oregon in partnership with Immersion Brewing. Cornett was the R&D brewmaster at 10 Barrel Brewing before being laid off along with the innovation brewing team last year. www.thebrewsite.com/upp-liquids-...

The inaugural Bend Brews & Beyond is taking place this Memorial Day weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25. Taking place in Bend’s Drake Park, this new fest is not only celebrating beer, but other fermented beverages as well, both alcoholic and non. www.thebrewsite.com/bend-brews-b...

Here's a roundup of some news and changes to the Bend, Oregon beer scene that have been taking place this spring. www.thebrewsite.com/changes-to-t...

You never know where you'll stumble across great #CraftBeer! This is a glass of 120 Minute IPA from Dogfish Head Brewing, on tap at the Beachcomber Pub in Florence on the Oregon Coast. The whole taplist here is good—they also have Mother of All Storms from Pelican Brewing!

I recently received a six-pack of Nit Wit White Ale from BJ's Brewhouse to review. BJ's is a nationwide restaurant and brewpub chain which has been brewing since 1996; Nit Wit is an award-winning seasonal specialty. www.thebrewsite.com/received-bjs...

Reviewing a big beer: Mat’ Pivo 2023 Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout from Tiger Town Brewing of Mitchell, Oregon. www.thebrewsite.com/tiger-town-b...

The latest beer in the collaborative Farm to Market beer series from Zupan’s Markets has the grocery chain teaming up with Breakside Brewery to release a modern take on a West Coast IPA. The beer is available now at Zupan’s various locations. www.thebrewsite.com/zupans-marke...

I recently received a selection of specialty ciders from @portlandcider.bsky.social, fruit-forward ciders that comprise a new year-round imperial cider and “the return of two fan-favorites.” www.thebrewsite.com/received-por...

Last year I traveled to Austin, TX for a few days for work, and while it wasn’t a beer trip, I did get a chance to check out several breweries and enjoy some good beer. One such visit was to Hold Out Brewing on a free night, to grab some dinner and try the brews. www.thebrewsite.com/hold-out-bre...

Reviewing this year's edition of ClusterF#ck IPA from Double Mountain Brewery. www.thebrewsite.com/clusterfck-i...

The 9th annual Baker’s Dozen Fest returns this month, featuring 13 breweries, coffee roasters, and bakers teaming up to present coffee beers and doughnut pairings for a specialty brewfest experience. It takes place Saturday, April 19, hosted by Zoiglhaus Brewing. www.thebrewsite.com/the-9th-annu...

It's #NationalBeerDay today, commemorating the beginning of the end of Prohibition in the U.S. in 1933. I'm celebrating with a bottle of Clusterf#ck IPA from Double Mountain Brewery, a single hop IPA from the brewery's From the Vault series. Cheers! 🍻

I haven't posted much lately, so here's a beer I enjoyed recently: We Love LA, a West Coast style pilsner, brewed by Sunriver Brewing as a wildfire relief beer. 100% of the proceeds from the beer are benefitting the Los Angeles communities affected by the devastating wildfires earlier this year.

Recently Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery announced its two newest releases in beer and cider, and I received a bottle of each: ClusterF#ck IPA, in the brewery’s From the Vault series, and Zora Hard Cider, a new addition to its seasonal ciders for 2025. www.thebrewsite.com/received-dou...

Judging for the 2025 #BestOfCraftBeerAwards took place this past weekend, and today the final results were released. More than 1200 beers across 45 award categories yielded some interesting results. www.thebrewsite.com/best-of-craf...

I hope everyone remembered to set their clocks ahead and is enjoying that "extra" hour of daylight today! Even if not, this Spring Forward #cider from 2 Towns Ciderhouse is the beverage of the day. It includes strawberry and cherry to sweeten it with luscious, bright flavor and aroma. Cheers!

Two of the new releases this year from Public Coast Brewing were darker beers for the winter months: stRanger Tides, a chocolate cherry stout, and Dunkel Dreams, a lager with chai spiced tea, respective collaborations with Ranger Chocolate and Smith Teamaker. www.thebrewsite.com/public-coast...

Explore Lincoln City, the tourist agency for Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast, hides glass floats on the beach for people to find. The program celebrates 25 years this year, and ELC partnered with Beachcrest Brewing to release a special beer—Finder Keepers IPA. www.thebrewsite.com/beachcrest-b...