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It’s been decided: This is the beer of summer.

Refreshing, low alcohol (4.5% ABV) and lightly sweet Swill is the latest release from 10 Barrel‘s brew wizard Tonya Cornett. Officially, the beer is a Berliner-Weisse, a cloudy sour wheat. In Germany, in the 19th century, it was the most popular alcoholic drink in the country. The base of Cornett’s version was made using a grapefruit-infused Berliner-Weisse with soda added.

Personally, I’m thankful to see a local brewery back off the hops (Swill is a pleasant 13 IBUs). My tongue can only take so much. After a summer of Swills and other fizzy straw-colored beers, I’m sure I’ll be ready for fresh-hop season. Until then, keep ’em light, keep ’em different and keep thinking.

This article appears in May 9-15, 2013.

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Beer of the Week: Swill

by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 14, 2013

<h1>Beer of the Week: Swill</h1> <p class="byline">by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 14, 2013</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/beer-of-the-week-swill/u/original/2234655/1368573062-photo-32.jpg" alt="photo-32.JPG" title="" width="480" height="640" /></div> <p>It's been decided: This is the beer of summer. </p> <p>Refreshing, low alcohol (4.5% ABV) and lightly sweet <strong>Swill</strong> is the latest release from <a href="http://www.10barrel.com/">10 Barrel</a>'s brew wizard <strong>Tonya Cornett</strong>. Officially, the beer is a Berliner-Weisse, a cloudy sour wheat. In Germany, in the 19th century, it was the most popular alcoholic drink in the country. The base of Cornett's version was made using a grapefruit-infused <strong>Berliner-Weisse</strong> with soda added. </p> <p>Personally, I'm thankful to see a local brewery <strong>back off the hops</strong> (Swill is a pleasant 13 IBUs). My tongue can only take so much. After a summer of Swills and other fizzy straw-colored beers, I'm sure I'll be ready for fresh-hop season. Until then, keep 'em light, keep 'em different and keep thinking.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/beer-of-the-week-swill-2234650/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=21027&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/beer-of-the-week-swill-2234650/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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