Bad news for the folks at Rogue came down with flooding at their Chatoe Rogue Hopyard in Independence, Oregon that stranding personnel working at the farm. Here’s the news directly from Rogue Ales themselves: Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on January 26, 2012
How far are brewing style guidelines to be pushed? Brown Porters, Black IPAs, Strong Pale, and now, after a series of tinkering with various recipes, Deschutes Brewery is unleashing their Chainbreaker White IPA in bottles. You may remember their collaborative Conflux 2 release White IPA release done in conjunction with Boulevard Brewing of Kansas City. This beer, though sharing some similar characteristics, is much different. Slated to be released in late March 2012, Chainbreaker is described by the brewery as a “hop-forward, citrus-packed beer with an unmistakably smooth character” with distribution expanded throughout the 19 states where Deschutes send their goods.
“We’re always experimenting with new ingredients and new styles at the brewery,” said Cam O’Connor, brewmaster for Deschutes. “In the case of Chainbreaker our Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on January 26, 2012
The five day extravaganza that is Holiday Ale Fest (HAF), you know, the biggest winter beer fest on the West Coast, is upon us. Beginning at 2PM on Wednesday November 30, 2011 and lasting throughout the weekend, this beer lover’s occupation of Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse square once again will bring merriment to the space beneath several heated tents.
Each day at HAF brings to light new select vintage and one-of-a-kind brews not to be missed. As a whole, the selection is quite daunting, with mostly above 7% ABV one-offs as the focus. Curator Preston Weesner, who also works as general manager at Cascade Brewing’s Barrel House, a boutique pub mongering some of the region’s most touted sours, has been calculatingly stowing away special kegs while encouraging breweries to formulate new and insightful styles. This year’s lineup is no exception to the ever awe-inspiring score of brews HAF has continued to build upon. Here’s ten beers that we greatly look forward to tasting, and if you are as fanatical about beer as we are, you might just want to seek out as well: Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on November 30, 2011
Thanks to Hops 2 You/Seven Brides Brewing’s Jeff DeSantis for giving us another wonderful tour or the Annen Brothers Farm in Mt. Angel, Oregon. Thanks also to John Annen, fourth generation hops farmer for his hospitality. Cheers!
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This post was written by Angelo on September 13, 2011
After spending some much needed time relaxing and escaping the recent mini heatwave of the Portland, I headed back to the Willamette Valley to where hops grow aplenty and one nearby brewery takes full advantage.
Silverton, Oregon is the home of Seven Brides Brewing. Occupying a gigantic warehouse space that was previously home to Traeger Grills Co, Seven Bride’s new digs now offers a spacious brewpub dining area, a vast back section for the brewhouse, and even more expanse for special events like beer dinners, wedding receptions, and family gatherings. The space is also shared with Vitis Ridge Winery. This grants the brewhouse access to Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on September 13, 2011
Seven Brides Brewing of Silverton, Oregon know the benefits of being located in the heart of the Willamette Valley’s hop growing region. Just a few miles down the road is the village of Mt Angel, home to Annen Brothers Farms where a much of the states hops are harvested each year.
Seven Brides co-founder Jeff DeSantis for the past few years has been working with Annen Brothers, a fourth generation grower of the flowers used to spice beer and provide both balancing bitterness and a range of floral aromatics. DeSantis has contracted some of Annen’s hops to provide regional craft breweries with supplies throughout the year. His outfit, Hops 2 You, distributes places like Upright, Laurelwood, and Amnesia with many ripe dried and fresh hops for their sought after brews. As an added bonus, Seven Brides also reaps the sticky lupulin reward of having some of the first batches of fresh hop beer in the country. While many brewers are just gearing up to brew up their annual late summer fresh hop beers, Seven Brides has had theirs on tap at their Silverton brewpub for a week now. “It’s been crazy busy in our taproom,” he says with a grin. When he’s not here overseeing much of the business operations he can be found at the hopyard. As he watches the conveyor loaded with newly picked Cascades go past, he acknowledges an unquestionable benefits of his brewhouse’s proximity to the farm. “One of cool things about being so close to the hop farm is that the first truckload of hops go right to the beer.” Head brewer Josiah Kelley says “It’s the freshest fresh hop beer on the planet.” The brew employed 65 pounds of almost all fresh Fuggles hops in a 10 barrel batch, or six pounds per batch. “It took literally five minutes to get (the hops) from the picker to the kettle,” he says.
Seven Brides first fresh hop brew of the season was a rendition of their year round Emily’s Ember, an American amber/red ale. “Typically fresh hop beers use a pale malt base,” DeSantis says, “but we decided to put a different twist on things.” The base beer for the fresh hopped Emily’s uses Munich, Crystal 120L, and some Chocolate malt. To add a bit of a piquant snap at the end, the beer features a touch of dry Sorachi Ace hops to finish.
“I’m really happy that this beer didn’t have a grassy hay bail character to it like many wet hopped beer,” Kelley asserts. This can be a common issue for using damper green strobiles. Currently the beer is flowing at Seven Brides Taproom in Silverton, so go by and have yourself a taste.
Also, DeSantis informs us that a mini-fresh hop fest is scheduled for Saturday September 24, 2011 at the brewery. He expects there to be about a dozen breweries showcasing their freshly hopped brews including Upright, McMenamins, The RAM, Migration, and Laurelwood. The event will run from 11AM until 11PM. There will be a people’s choice and a celebrity beer judges’ choice for top brews announced around 8PM.
Seven Brides Brewing is located at 990 N. First Street in scenic Silverton, Oregon. For more information, call them at (503)874-4677.
Visit Seven Brides Brewing’s website online here.
Read our past article about Seven Brides and their proximity to the hop fields here.
Learn more about past hop harvests at Annen Brothers Farms here.
More on Hops 2 You can be found here.
More on Annen Brothers and other hops farms here.
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This post was written by Angelo on September 1, 2011
Hey, Hopheads, mark your calendars for July 16 and 17th for Saraveza‘s 2nd Annual IIPA Fest. Since two I’s are better than one, the award winning staff at one of Portland’s greatest craft beer havens will be serving up more than 20 Imperial India Pale Ales for your palate’s pleasure. In fact, some of the beers will even be IIIPAs, or as Boneyard Beer-folk like to call it: the TRIPA! Hops galore! IBU to the high heavens! Look for one-of-a-kind rarities at this lupulinpalooza! Saraveza will doubling up on the food, too, with housemade B.B.L.T.s (yes, that’s Bacon Bacon) and live music. Look for your “free jar” tickets the week before the festival.
This year’s event reveals some one-of-a-kind Imperial IPAs exclusive to this festival, as well as many rare and sought after specialties.
Here’s the list so far: Read More…
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This post was written by Angelo on July 16, 2011
Join Tony Lawrence and the crew from Bend’s Boneyard Beer for a special evening of hopped up brews. Try their pale ale, IPA, IIPA, and even an IIIPA. All this at Eugene’s finest, The Bier Stein.
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This post was written by Angelo on July 14, 2011
Hood River, Or – Oregon’s Cascade Mountains are named for the multitudes of cascading waters that rush from their glacial peaks. Oregon’s rushing rivers, cascading streams and thundering waterfalls all flow through the deep forests and rolling foothills. It is from these epic elevations that every batch of Full Sail beer sources its water. Full Sail’s new Brewmaster Reserve release, Elevation Imperial IPA, is brewed to celebrate these snow-capped mountains and their bounty of pristine, crystal clear water.
This Imperial IPA’s full malt body is elevated by the richness of hop flavor and bitterness. Generous amounts of Read More…
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This post was written by admin on May 25, 2011
The sun is shining and we couldn’t be happier! Even better, this Friday and Saturday at Sidebar is Hop Head Night. We’ll be turning over the Sidebar taps to a celebration of lupulin indulgence! The lineup includes Peregrine Imperial IPA, a hop bomb that pours a medium orange color with a hoppy aroma reminiscent of tropical fruit and pine needles. Its flavor is massively hoppy but balanced by Golden Promise, Crystal and Aromatic malts; C-Son’s Greetings, our holiday Imperial IPA brewed and dry-hopped with all seven “C” hops (Crystal, Cluster, Cascade, Chinook, Centennial, Columbus and Challenger) for a full hop flavor. It’s deep copper in color with a piney, citrusy, floral and resinous aroma to complement its rich caramel malt finish and endless developing hop presence; Genesis IPA – In the beginning there was only…..IPA. The first beer ever brewed on Lompoc’s new brew system, Genesis has a copper color, slight bitterness and hoppy aroma; Centennial IPA, a classic Northwest IPA brewed with Crystal malts that give it a rich golden color. Centennial hops provide a floral nose and sharp bitter finish; Kick Axe Dry Hopped Pale Ale, our tribute to the Timber’s Army. This crisp, easy drinking pale ale was dry-hopped in the fermenter with Cascades giving off a huge hop aroma; and finally, C-Note Imperial Pale Ale – to call this beer hoppy would be an understatement. It’s brewed with the seven “C” hops and pushes the bitterness limit to 100 International Bitterness Units. Sidebar is open Friday 4-10 pm and Saturday, 2-10 pm and is located at 3901 N Williams, just past Pix Patisserie.
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This post was written by admin on May 20, 2011
