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Brux Domesticated Wild Ale (A Russian River & Sierra Nevada Brewing Collaboration) Bottle No. 12 – 4/26/2018

Posted May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 Christopher BarnesLeave a commentPosted in Beer Reviews, Beer Writing, Brettanomyces, Brux Project Slider, California, California Beer Slider, Wild Yeast

Twelve bottles and five and a half years went into this project, the first of my cellar series and the beer that gave it its […]

Brux Domesticated Wild Ale (A Russian River & Sierra Nevada Brewing Collaboration) Bottle No. 11 – 9/4/2017

Posted September 5, 2017October 8, 2017 Christopher BarnesLeave a commentPosted in Beer Reviews, Brettanomyces, California, California Beer Slider, Cellared, Wild Yeast

This is the second to last bottle of the case of Brux I laid down just over 5 years ago. Who knew where this journey […]

Sierra Nevada Ovila White Ale

Posted June 30, 2017August 5, 2017 Christopher BarnesLeave a commentPosted in Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, Orange Peel, Wit/Blanche/White Ale

Ovila Abbey Ales is a collaborative project between Sierra Nevada Brewing and the Trappist Abbey of New Clairvaux in central California. The latest beer is […]

Brux Domesticated Wild Ale (A Russian River & Sierra Nevada Brewing Collaboration) Bottle No. 10 – 3/12/2017

Posted March 15, 2017August 13, 2017 Christopher BarnesLeave a commentPosted in Beer Reviews, Beer Writing, Brettanomyces, Brewing, Brux Project Slider, California, California Beer Slider, Cellared

Here we are! We’re in double digits with the 10th bottle of The Brux Project (You can read about the project and see the previous 9 reviews)! […]

Sierra Nevada Brewing Harvest Single Hop Yakima #291 Hops

Posted March 24, 2014August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes1 CommentPosted in Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, Hops, IPA/India Pale Ale, Single Hop

Sierra Nevada Brewing has long been a pioneer in the use of hops. They’re the largest purchaser/user of whole cone hops in the world, enabling […]

North Coast Brewing Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

Posted November 16, 2013August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes12 CommentsPosted in Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, High Alcohol, Imperial Stout, Stout

North Coast Brewing celebrates their 25th anniversary in 2013 and has done so in collaboration with other “Class of ’88” breweries Deschutes Brewing and Rogue […]

Russian River Redemption

Posted August 14, 2013August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes4 CommentsPosted in Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, Single/Pater

Russian River Brewing‘s Redemption falls in the oft overlooked part of their portfolio that isn’t an IPA or a Sour. Redemption falls in their Belgian […]

Ballast Point Victory At Sea

Posted July 4, 2013August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes4 CommentsPosted in Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, Coffee, Imperial Porter, Porter, Vanilla

I thought I’d do a fun, “thematic” review for the 4th of July. I decided to go with an American brewery that had an unintentional […]

Ballast Point Sculpin IPA

Posted July 1, 2013August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes13 CommentsPosted in Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, Hops, IPA/India Pale Ale

San Diego, California’s Ballast Point Brewing just arrived in Oregon and Washington in June of 2013. Because I’d heard rumors they were coming to Oregon, […]

Sierra Nevada Ovila Abbey Saison

Posted June 4, 2013August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes6 CommentsPosted in Adjuncts, Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, Fruit, Saison/Farmhouse

Sierra Nevada‘s Ovila project is a joint venture with the Trappist monastery of New Clairvaux in Vina, California. This project began in 2011 with the release of an Abbey […]

Dogfish Head + Sierra Nevada Rhizing Bines

Posted March 28, 2013August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes3 CommentsPosted in Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, Collaboration, Delaware, IPA/India Pale Ale

Rhizing Bines marks the 3rd beer in the “Life & Limb” collaboration series between Dogfish Head Brewing and Sierra Nevada Brewing. The first two Life […]

Green Flash Flanders Drive

Posted February 14, 2013August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes5 CommentsPosted in Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, Flemish Reds/Browns, Sour, Wild Yeast

Green Flash Brewing’s Flanders Drive is a Flemish-style sour Red Ale that was released for the brewery’s 10th anniversary in 2012. Chuck Silva, brewmaster, toyed […]

Sierra Nevada Ovila Abbey Quad with Plums

Posted February 12, 2013August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes7 CommentsPosted in Adjuncts, Beer Reviews, California Beer Slider, Fruit, Quadrupel

Sierra Nevada‘s Ovila project is a joint venture with the Trappist monastery of New Clairvaux in Vina, California. This project began in 2011 with the […]

Russian River Brewing Consecration (Batch 008)

Posted January 9, 2013August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes1 CommentPosted in Adjuncts, Beer Reviews, California, California Beer Slider, Flemish Reds/Browns, Sour, Wild Yeast, Yeast

Russian River Brewing is probably one of the hottest names in the American craft brewing scene. Vinnie Cilurzo has reached the status of a cult […]

Sierra Nevada Brewing 2012 Narwhal Imperial Stout

Posted November 20, 2012August 5, 2017 Christopher Barnes10 CommentsPosted in Beer Reviews, California Beer Slider, Food Pairing, Imperial Stout, Stout

It seems like there is no shortage of new and interesting beers from Sierra Nevada Brewing these days. What with their Ovila line, new 4-pack […]