The Crux Fresh/Wet Hops: An Embarrassment of Riches
Here in the cradle of the world’s hops production, the use of and experimentation with hops borders on a religion. And Larry Sidor is arguably the High Priest.
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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 Brewery: Bravely Done…Again!
I have found NO single brewery in this country that exceeds Deschutes in across-the-board consistency of quality, beer after beer, year after year, without fail.
Deschutes The Abyss and The Dissident: Two Bottles of Hot Sex
The Abyss and The Dissident, 2018, are like bottles of delightfully naughty sex; like you just might enjoy either one enough that it would be unseemly to have anyone watching.
Crux Fermentation Project: Tough Love, Lost Love, and The Snow Cave
Crux Fermentation Project is one of the three to five best breweries in the United States and they haven’t yet even hit their stride.
Deschutes “The Ages: As in “One For…”
It comes as NO surprise to me at all that The Ages is among the top two American Gueuze ales that I’ve tasted yet.
Deschutes “Twilight” and Passion Fruit IPA: One Birth, One Resurrection
It’s entirely in keeping with Deschutes’ communal aesthetic that they would wade into a trend but do it their own way, without compromise.
Crux Fermentation Project: The Perfect NWPA
This is the defining classic Northwest Pale Ale and one that is so brilliantly approachable and drinkable that even your Mass-Produced-Pilsner-Addicted pals will find nothing to bitch about. And a LOT to love.
