A cross state IPA with honey from each state is the elevator pitch for the new collaborative IPA, Let’s BEE Homies.
Both Stone Brewing and Deschutes Brewing brought their respective sweet stuff to this new hazy
Honey and Honey
Chasing Fresh Bitburger
First Bitburger collaborated with Sierra Nevada and now another heritage brewery meets up with them for so freshies…
Here are the beer details…
“Chasin’ Freshies Fresh Hop IPA A fresh hop collaboration with Bitburger, September release (based on timing of hop harvest) in 12-ounce cans. Deschutes’ #1 fresh hop beer goes international with this Bitbuger collab! A celebration of 2 iconic, independent, family owned breweries exchanging brewing expertise and comradery. This collaboration incorporates the Bitburger influenced German hop “Callista” with Triumph and Cashmere American hops selected during the 2020 hop harvest.”
Bone-chutes
Looks like two Bend, Oregon breweries are partnering…
Most SoCal beer fans will have seen and most likely had a few Deschutes beers but Boneyard does not have a footprint down here so will be lesser known. Think of it as the heritage brewer / older sibling getting together with the rough edged / younger sibling. You can read more HERE. But I expect that more neighboring breweries may combine forces. Some will work and some will divorce later depending on how well they can balance the union.
Fresh Squeezed Soap
Duke Cannon is quite the manly man name for a company. Now you do have to scroll past, Busch, Budweiser and Old Milwaukee soaps to find the one craft brand, which is Deschutes Fresh Squeezed branded soap. Sounds intriguing if expensive at $9.50 for a bar. More of interest to me was the Buffalo Trace version.
32 Buttes
For the special “imperialized” release of Black Butte Imperial Porter XXXII, Deschutes was “inspired by the flair of a Spanish Coffee that’s created table side at Huber’s, a Portland, Oregon bar famous for its version of this cocktail.” Toss in Infused cold brew coffee with nutmeg and vanilla bean and age in 12-year-old Colombian Rum Barrels.
This year, instead of a big wax dipped bomber, the beer will be packaged in a 4-pack of 12oz bottles.
Up from the Cellar – Jubel 2010 (Once a Decade Ale) from Deschutes
So this has been waiting in my cellar for a decade to pass. Couldn’t quite open it in 2014 or 2018. Seemed to need a bigger date for this “Super Jubel” from Deschutes.
Jubel 2010, subtitled Once a Decade Ale. Seemed appropriate that I should crack the wax off of this beer on 1/1/20. Pours a dark amber, close to brown. The aroma filled the room momentarily. Fruitcake comes to mind. Sweet brandy. This beer still holds some ABV kick. This is a quite dry beer. You get that spirit and wine mix but then it flattens into the alcohol. More subtle notes may have been lost in the ten years of aging. Quite good for a beer of this age.
Squeeze Manhattan
I certainly didn’t see this extension of the “squeeze” coming from Deschutes. But seeing as I have liked other beer versions of the classic cocktail, I think I will take a swing at this one to see how the fresh and the bourbon meld.
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It may be the summer celebration today and light beers are the order of this day but I want to talk about Black Butte XXXI.
“Deschutes Brewery’s specialty anniversary reserve, is an annual tradition since the brewery’s 20th anniversary in 2008. The beer is an imperial barrel-aged double version of the brewery’s flagship, Black Butte Porter, that changes every year.
Deschutes brewers love to experiment with this beer and this year were inspired by Turkish coffee and added chocolate, cardamom and cold brewed coffee from Third Rock Roastery, a locally owned roastery by Deschutes Brewery co-owner Scott Hughes. BBXXXI is 80% barrel aged in oak bourbon barrels.”
Up From the Cellar – Collage # 1
One of my goals for late 2018 that will bleed over into 2019, is to clear the ol’ beer cellar to a more manageable size. That means, more of this…
I have been holding onto this beer for quite a while now. Almost opened it on a couple of occasions but I finally broke through and brought it up from the cellar. With the combined knowledge of Deschutes and Hair of the Dog, my worry about how this was holding up was more allayed than for other beers. Initially, there is oak and quickly I learn that Collage #1 is still boozy after all these years.
Cherry and spice swirl around in pie formation but settle into the vicinity of a Flanders Red. For a beer so old, it really tastes bright. Not viscous or weird at all. I probably should have sipped this a bit slower to look for more flavor adjectives but my surprise at its durability had me drinking it quicker.
2018 Holiday Beer # 2 – Jubelale from Deschutes
Another yearly stalwart is Jubelale from Deschutes and its ever changing label art. This year the art comes from in-house.
