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A Few New Things…

A couple quick website updates and a comment on the “new” homebrew-restricting OLCC’ law should do it for today.

Eugene Beer Directory When I posted my Eugene Beer Directory a few weeks ago, Bill and Jack were quick to point out that the Beer Mapping [...]

The Vine Tasting at Sixteen Tons – 6/24

Just a quick note that Curtis from Cascade Brewing will be at Sixteen Tons tomorrow (6/24) from 3-5pm offering tastings of The Vine.

Beer Description

Cascade The Vine spends over a year of lactic fermentation and aging in small oak barrels. This “Northwest Style Sour Ale” is a blend [...]

Bend Beer Blogs

While I have been pleading for some additional Willamette Valley beer bloggers, Central Oregon has been chewing through them. Bend’s long-running (since ’06) homebrew blog Brewerman abruptly stopped in January and ’10 newcomer The Bend Beer Blog petered out in May, after just three months.

Jon Abernathy seems to [...]

Review: Group “Y” Analysis

Now that the last games have been played, let’s take a look at the results from group Y.

Beer MP W D L GF GA Pts Oak Aged Yeti 3 3 0 0 5 1 9 Regular Yeti 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti 3 1 1 1 2 [...]

Adventures in Homebrew: Sour Mash Belgian Pale

Last week I brewed my first sour mash beer, a Belgian Pale. Before we start; yes, Belgian Pales are not traditionally sour. This bastard recipe actually began life as a clone of Russian River’s Redemption; one of the few commercially brewed Belgian Singles of Enkels. Vinnie Cilurzo (RR Brewmaster) had graciously provided the following [...]