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 →

Best of The Northwest 2014: Breakout Breweries Break the Mold

This time of year – every year for the past six – I’ve compiled my most memorable experiences from travels 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 →

Zarabanda! Deschutes, Spain, and Getting Outside the Box

This past spring, a young home brewer pal of mine messaged me and asked if I’d suggest a recipe for Continue reading →

Deschutes “Hop Trip” and “Chasin’ Freshies”: Wet-Hopped Wonderation!

Fresh hopped beer. Wet-hopped beer. Call it anything you like, it’s one of my true passions and this time of Continue reading →

Deschutes Jubelale 2014: A Little Extra Jubelation!

No, I’m not gonna tell the whole sordid story. Let’s just leave it at this: Because of a very strange Continue reading →

America’s 20 Best IPAs: Hoptimum Bitterness

I posted the first entry in the Seattle P-I version of this blog on May 6th, 2009. On May 9th, Continue reading →

Deschutes Brewery: Going Dark, A Belgian Foray, and “Dinkel” Spelt Correctly

(Quick Note: When I posted this piece, it contained some rather comically WRONG information about the new Black Butte XXVI…Yes, XXVI, NOT XXVII. Continue reading →