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.
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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.
Crux “PCT”: Evolving The Perfect Porter
I write what I taste and Crux Fermentation Project PCT Porter is, to me, the Perfect Porter
Deschutes Jubealale, 2015 Edition: #BestJubelYet
I can tell this twisted tale now, with a year’s remove, because A) it’s kinda funny, now, and B) Continue reading
THREE (Post) Christmas Miracles from Deschutes!
I bow to no man (or woman or any other sentient being in the universe who’s capable of operating a Continue reading
Deschutes “The Abyss 2014”: Deep Thoughts
For this year’s review of Deschutes “The Abyss” Imperial Stout 2014, I was thinking, honestly, of just cut ‘n’ pasting Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery “Not The Stoic” and “Hop in The Dark”: Spring Forward!
The inner workings of a beer reviewer’s thought processes: Yet another Deschutes review….What to say without reading like a huge Continue reading
Deschutes Mirror,Mirror: Back with a Vengeance and Gratuitous Seahawks Moment
Five years ago, after a string of four amazing editions of the classic Deschutes “Mirror, Mirror” Barrel-Aged Barleywine, the Continue reading
