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It's the first Friday of the month, and that means among the beer blogosphere it's time for The Session! Beer bloggers everywhere get together (in a virtual sense) and write about a given theme which is selected by that month's host. Said host will then round up all the various Session writings and link and summarize them in one place. (I haven't yet downloaded the new Session logos that you'll...

Jubelale Turns 21 This Year A winding, abstract river runs through the open spaces of Central Oregon's desert, surrounded by fluttering snowfall... this is the 2008 label of Deschutes Brewery's wildly popular holiday ale, Jubelale. Each year the brewery commissions a different Central Oregon artist to capture the essence of this winter seasonal beer. Pam Jersey Bird, based in Sisters, Oregon,...

We visited Rogue in Newport, Oregon, this past weekend, and while I didn't do the full review treatment, I did snap a few pictures and have some things to write about. Aside from Rogue's Dead Guy Ale being on tap around town (naturally), there are three primary Rogue locations you can visit: their Public House on Newport's Historic Bayfront; their main Brewery, which also houses their Brewers on...

From Central Oregon where I sit, you just can't get enough of Deschutes. (I know, I'm sounding like a broken record with all that I blog about them.) Tonight's no different; I opened up the bottle of 20th Anniversary Wit that the Brewery sent me last week, and enjoyed it thoroughly—enough so that I shamelessly included a blatant promotional photo of the beer below the review. They've...

Coming up in the next day or so: some photos from the Rogue Brewery (and Distillery) over in Newport (Oregon), and some notes about it. Not a full review, though we had dinner at the Public House on the Bayfront; more of a mini-review, I suppose. I'm sure I've expressed this before, but if you're a beer lover on the Oregon Coast then Newport is a good place to be....

You may remember that I reviewed Long Hammer IPA from Redhook last year around this time. (Don't mind the beer, but generally can't stand the all-Flash website.) This year, the packaging is getting a revamp. Nation's Most Popular IPA Continues to Lure Fans to the Hop Side Redhook Ale Brewery today announced new packaging for its Long Hammer IPA, the nation's number-one selling India Pale Ale....

July is Oregon Craft Beer Month and the Oregon Brewers Guild is partnering with Oregonlive.com for a unique contest to give one local beer enthusiast a complete Oregon Craft Beer Month Prize Package. The contest officially begins today, Friday, June 27th and runs through Sunday, July 13th. Entry is simple, users visit http://www.oregonlive.com/ contests/craftbeer and fill out the entry form for a...