Tag: Crux Fermentation Project

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Cheesy

I totally get a cheese and beer pairing but a cheesed up beer? Well Oregon’s Rogue Creamery has collaborated with  Crux Fermentation Project  in Bend on limited-edition, lambic-style ale brewed at Rogue Creamery’s cheesemaking facility.  And it didn’t utilize the ingredients of any cheese.  It was the cheesemaker’s famous blue cheese, Rogue River Blue.

Crux filled up their Coolship portable vat with uninoculated wort, drove that Coolship to the Creamery.  Rogue River Blue cheese was pitched into the beer wort and overnight inside Rogue’s facility the yeast and the went to work.  

Two years later that beer is now ready.  I will be following reviews on Untappd to see what the tasting experience is like.

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Sean Suggests for February 2017

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For February, let’s go with the color red. I know it is a day after Valentine’s Day but beer (like cards and chocolates) shouldn’t be just one day a year.

~LIGHT
Dieu du Ciel/ Rosee D’Hibiscus 5.9% ABV
“The Rosée d’Hibiscus is a soft spoken wheat beer. The rose colour comes from the hibiscus flowers added during the brewing process. The aromas and flavour of this tropical flower are very prominent in the beer, giving it a slight acidity and a very agreeable fragrance. It is the perfect thirst quencher on a hot summer day.”

~MEDIUM
Crux Fermentation/ Banished-Better Off Red 7.00% ABV
“Flanders Reds may be called the Burgundies of Belgium, but we age our take on this complex, slightly tart style in Oregon Pinot Noir barrels for nearly a year. A fresh batch will present spicier notes while older versions pick up more oak and yield cherry flavors. So we blended them figuring we’re better off presenting this exotic mélange simultaneously. “

~DARK
Logsdon/ Ceraus 8.5% ABV
“From Hood River, Oregon near the orchards of the Fruit Loop, a Flanders Style Red Ale with organic cherries.”

All of these beers can be found at Sunset Beer Co. (unless they got bought up real quick)

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Review – Two IPA’s from Crux Fermentation Project

When you get a WOW! beer.  You just can’t get enough.  I review many beers on this blog but very few make me go WOW! Off Leash from Crux Fermentation Project is such a beer.

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A mega amount of Belgian Farmhouse funk is here but it doesn’t overwhelm like it can.  Why?  The hops are right there.  Fruit and mango and pineapple in abundance.  Then there is a spice note that is just as strong.  And yet, it works. Despite having three major competitive forces.  Which is usually a death knell for a beer.

This beer makes me want to find any other beer with a combination of Crystal, Citra and Centennial hops.

I am a cat person but the dogs and bones on this label might change me.  The beer is that good.

And since, Off Leash was so good, the next night I uncapped the Outcast IPA in search of another hop experience and I got it.  A notch or two below but since that is in comparison to a WOW! beer that is still pretty darn good.  Lots of grape notes here.  Almost Concord-y in intensity.  The bitterness is a lighter shade to my overworked palate but it is still a zippy beer. The Galaxy hops come through with flavor and aroma and the bitterness doesn’t fight the malt but work as an undercurrent to it.

Both beers show a deft touch for balancing flavors and I wish I had bought more.  ‘Cause I got no bottles left.

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A Hitch in my Giddy Up

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Hands down winner of best beer label design and also winner of (the probably) most costly label award to (for cutting out the arrows) are from Crux Fermentation Project and another cool label is ready for the Mosaic IPA (imperialized) which they describe as….”Hops climb up twine that’s just loosely tied to the trellis with a half hitch knot— and this Imperial IPA is just loosely tied to tradition. The Mosaic hop imparts surprisingly floral aromas instead of the more expected grapefruit-y notes. On the palate, complex layers of flavors might remind you of guava, mango, stone fruit and lemon, unraveling your idea of what an Imperial IPA should be.”

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Video Review – Double Cross from Crux Fermentation Project

When in Portland recently, I picked up my first (well designed) bottles from Crux Fermentation in Bend, Oregon.  Here, is my review of the Double Cross, a strong Belgian dark….

Here is the description from the Crux website, “Crux’s interpretation of a Strong Dark Belgian Ale is a blend of Belgium malts, Belgium dark candi sugar, Oregon Sterling hops and Yakima Delta hops for flavors that are deceptively sweet and innocent.”

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Video Review – Impasse Saison from Crux Fermentation Project

When in Portland recently, I picked up my first (well designed) bottles from Crux Fermentation in Bend, Oregon.  Here, is my review of the Impasse Saison….

Here is the description from the Crux website, “Saison, French for season, was traditionally brewed during the harvest season for Belgian Farm workers. With the harvest season upon us, we bring to the table our Saison, teasing with hints of citrus and spices. Hops and malt are well-balanced and layered with just a touch of sourness.”