PAUSE: The Enemy of Beer of Wine of Whiskey…of Life
When I was a child, it was fairly rare to find a family touched by cancer. Today…it’s rare to find any single individual who doesn’t own a storehouse of pain from the loss of someone they loved.
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Veteran writer, Steve Body, on beer, wine, spirits, the Business Of, and those who make them…
Deschutes “Lil’ Squeezy”: Hedonistic Goes Lite!
This may be one of the most timely, most surprising, most cleanly flavorful, most wildly and compusively drinkable, and most purely delicious ales I’ve ever tasted from The Folks On Simpson.
Mimao and El Chapparal vs. The Wine Weenies: A Spanish Conundrum
Spanish Grenache has a life and verve and even terroir notes that frequently leaves its northern cousins gasping for air – and at prices that are usually a mere fraction of the French stickers.
Double Mountain “Simcoe A GoGo”: One-Hop Wonder
Double Mountain “Simcoe A GoGo” is one of my favorite ales to come out of the PNW, here in 2019…Just a fine, classy, casually-brilliant beer.
Crux “Lawn Party” and “Cruising Altitude”: Two More Definitives from Bend
As with everything else from Crux, Job One is drinkability and in that both Lawn Party and Cruising Altitude prove out among the best beers from the Northwest, in 2019.
Ochoa Chardonnay/Viura:WHY Is This Not YOUR Summer White?
Truly spectacular, planet-class fruit, 174 years of winemaking expertise, and the unfailing judgment and humility required to taste your grapes, trust their character, and say, “Let me let these speak for themselves”, results in little miracles like this, one of the best value wines of any type it has ever been my pleasure to taste.
Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey: Something Like Redemption
Uncle Nearest is Brilliant. I’m repeating myself but that’s the nutshell: Brilliant. A major, howlin’, smokin’ value whiskey because it delivers what you’d reasonably expect to get from a $120 bottle.
Deschutes “Black Mirror”: Utter Perfection
“Black Mirror” is one of those works of brewing genius that steps out and announces itself as such in undeniable terms, instantly.
