SMH: DB+CHR+VAN+JUBL = OMG!
What comes out of this bottle is rich and palate-painting but where you would normally expect something like this to be impossibly sweet, it really is not. What it IS…is Perfect.
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Deschutes Whiskey Butte: The Dangerous Sublime
Whiskey Butte is, ho-hum, just another significant Achievement from a brewery that produces such New Classics as casually as Mozart wrote symphonies.
Deschutes “Jubelale”: An American Icon, Reimagined
Jubelale’s immense popularity sets a tone that lets other brewers experiment with making winter seasonals that go beyond the high ABV warmers of our past and into styles that hold their interest year-round.
Crux Bucks Up the Late Summer Beer Blues
Crux is one of the true American sources for real brewing ingenuity and innovation and with these two new ales, they are really hitting on all cylinders.
Holiday Smack-Up: Crux “Tough Love”: The Dark Side of the Holidays
Tough Love 2020, for all my purposes, is Perfect. It leaves NOTHING to be desired. It’s malty, rich, deep, complex, chewy, BALANCED, food-friendly, complete, and immensely thoughtful; one of the brainiest jobs EVER of crafting a great beer.
Deschutes “Luna Jo”: Happily Married
If you are going to push hard on the stylistic envelope and try to marry Lagers with Java, Luna Jo is what you pray you come out with.
Crux Fermentation Project: An “Official” IPA…And a WHEATWINE!
Crux Fermentation Project is one of the five most significant new breweries to open in the US in the past ten years. Period.
Bend, The Rules: America’s Stylistically Liberated Beer City
This somewhat cloistered little city, out in the middle of the Central Oregon High Desert, is to brewing what Rome is to religion, Detroit is to cars, and Seattle is to dateless techies.
The Pour Fool 