The Hard Seltzer Thing: NOT Buyin’ It
If you walk into a brewery taproom and start extolling the virtues of seltzer over beer, expect to evoke laughter and derision.
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Double Mountain Brewery: How d’Ya Like Them Apples?
With every new iteration, Double Mountain has NAILED – I mean like with a sledgehammer – what they were going for in these bottles. Every time, with zero missteps.
Deschutes “Only Slightly Exaggerated” IPA: One of THOSE Beers
This is a bottle of Magic…one of those beers. From one of those places. At one of those times when we all could really use a little touch of Something Wonderful.
Crux Coolship Series: A Fundamental Denial of The Box
Crux Gypsy Coolship – the idea and this beer – is a blast of fresh air, fresh inspiration, and fresh flavors that blows the cobwebs off a crowded beer culture.
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.
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.
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.
The Pour Fool 