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Long-running beer blog, since 2004.
I wrote Bend Beer: A History of Brewing in Central Oregon, find it here:

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NA beer drinkers take note: Oregon has an exclusively non-alcoholic brewing company in Portland’s Roaming Nobles Brewing, founded by Marla and Liam Hoban in 2021, the state’s first such company. Roaming Nobles has three core brands, all less than 0.5% ABV.
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This Saturday, January 18, @mcmenaminsbeer Cornelius Pass Roadhouse is hosting its 8th annual Wassail Cider Fest, based on the old English tradition of orchard wassailing to “awaken” the apple orchards.

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It’s official: 2024 was the “hardest year for Oregon Craft Brewers,” based on a press release from the Oregon Beverage Alliance. According to the release, more breweries, brewpubs, and taprooms closed than opened last year, for the first time since 2000.

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The latest entrant for Dry January arrived at the doorstep this week from non-alcoholic brewer @RationaleBrews: a German-style K��lsch. To celebrate the new release, the company is offering a Dry January promo on its website for $6.99 per six pack.

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I’m still quite new to non-alcoholic spirits (or rather, spirit alternatives in this case), so I was fairly interested in sampling two of the offerings from Abstinence Spirits, a maker of non-alcoholic spirits and aperitifs from Cape Town, South Africa.

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For your Dry January consideration: Road 2 Ruin Zero, a non-alcoholic IPA from @2RoadsBrewing, the third in the company’s lineup of NA beers and the first that’s a non-alcoholic version of its flagship beer, Road 2 Ruin IPA. (Review)

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Cider folks! The 2025 NW Cider Symposium returns to Tacoma, WA this March for two days of connections, networking, and education for professionals in the cider industry. The various sessions will cover a wide range of topics along with a trade show.

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.@PublicCoastBrew released two new dark beers for the winter, stRANGER Tides Chocolate Cherry Stout and Dunkel Dreams spiced lager. These were brewed in collaboration with Ranger Chocolate and @Smithteamakers. I received cans of the new beers to review.

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At the beginning of September, we were in Tacoma, Washington for a quick trip, and while there I managed to work in several quick visits to nearby breweries. These were ones that were within walking distance of the hotel we stayed at, and all new to me.

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Just in time for Dry January, there are new options for drinking non-alcoholic in the Oregon beer and cider world. I recently received samples of NA beers from Roaming Nobles Brewing and sparkling apple spritzes from Bauman’s Cider to check out.

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.@PortlandCider has a new seasonal cider debuting in January, and the company sent me a can to check out ahead of the release.

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We’ve made it! It’s Christmas Eve and the final beer of the Beer Advent Calendar: Jule Avec, a doppelbock from Berentsens Brygghus of Norway. “Jule Avec” translates to Christmas Eve, making this the perfect beer to enjoy today.

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I have a tradition when posting the annual Beer Advent Calendar, that on the 23rd (my birthday), I select a “birthday beer” for the day. It may not be holiday-specific but it’s a specialty. So for today I chose @bevelbeer's barrel-aged Shot in the Dark.

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Today’s Advent beer pick comes from @Hardywood, and is a barrel-aged version of a specialty favorite: Kentucky Christmas Morning. It's the holiday edition of Hardywood's Gingerbread Stout, aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels.

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Fall has wound down and we are welcoming the first day of winter, and while I’ve been enjoying winter beers already, there are still plenty of fall beers available. Here are reviews for several beers I received from @montaukbrewco and @BluePointBrewer

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Today is the winter solstice, when we experience the shortest day and the longest night of the year, so befitting the observance, today’s Advent beer pick comes from @mcmenaminsbeer: Longest Night of the Year, a barrel-aged English-style barleywine.

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We head into Seattle for today’s selected Advent beer, and visit @Reubensbrews to sip on one of several holiday beers — Festive Ale Winter Warmer. It’s similarly themed to an earlier Advent beer, featuring orange and chocolate to evoke a classic treat.

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Today’s Advent beer pick takes us back to Belgium, to Brewery John Martin for its Gordon Originals series — Gordon Xmas. It’s a big beer with 8.8% alcohol by volume brewed to be rich and malty.

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More than ever before, non-alcoholic beer is being sought out by drinkers, and this year especially it seems much more mainstream. I wanted to highlight one on the Advent Calendar, so today we have Non-Alcoholic S’mores Dark Brew from @untitledartbev.

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Today’s Advent beer pick throws it back to a rich and hearty classic holiday old ale that was first brewed nearly 30 years ago—Christmas Ale from @SaintArnold, billed as Texas’ first craft brewery. It was also the first seasonal beer from Saint Arnold.

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