With hop harvest season in the rearview mirror for another year and the outside temperature dropping, local taplists have begun to turn from lupulin-saturated fresh hop IPAs and pale ales to malt-driven red ales, brown ales and winter warmers. Though hops may be the most talked about ingredient in beer, malt is the most important. Without […]
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Boss Rambler Beer Club Opens
A brewery like no other
Boss Rambler Brewing opened to the public April 20. I made it in the next day to check it out. The first thing you notice is how much the outside of the building has changed from when it was a board shop. It’s bright and inviting with an enormous “Beer Club” sign. The outdoor seating […]
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Big Rig Bitter
An oldie but goodie at Deschutes Brewery
Bitter beers are a style from the old world—the mid-19th century, to be exact. The bitter ale came to be an alternative to porters and stouts across the pond. It’s not actually bitter unless you compare it to porters and stouts (as a rule of thumb). In Central Oregon, Deschutes Brewery has been brewing bitter […]
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Today’s IPA Forecast: Cloudy
New England-style hoppy, hazy-ales invade Portland
It takes a lot to stick out in the beer scene in Portland. The metro area has 100 breweries and counting at this point, from old standbys like Bridgeport and Lompoc to Grixsen Brewing, which began slinging brew from its SE Portland garage just two weeks ago. But Great Notion Brewing, which opened in December, […]
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Need an IPA? Ask Melvin
Why Wyoming beer will soon loom large in Oregon
The annual India pale ale collaboration between Astoria’s Fort George Brewery and two other craft outfits, 3-Way IPA, brings an annual introduction to other regional beer talents. This has included Seattle’s Georgetown, pFriem from Hood River and Block 15 Brewing based in Corvallis. The 2016 version, due out this summer, is the work of Fort […]
