Tag Archives: Brewing

Making Mead From Buckwheat Honey

Posted on October 17, 2016 by waywardwine

At some point I thought making alcohol out of honey sounded like a great idea. I enjoy mead but tire of so many sweet and simple styles. Just because honey is its source does not necessitate it become a desert drink. Why can’t mead have the gravitas of wine? Why can’t it taste dry, complex, and be a friend to food? Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brewing, dessert, dessert wine, drink, drinks, fermenting, Food, Honey, mead, travel, wine | 2 Comments

Kegging Golden Oak: Willamette Week Pro AM Beer Lange Winery Rogue Brewery

Posted on October 10, 2016 by waywardwine

My wife’s beer, “Golden Oak” nears completion. Inspired by Lange Estate Winery’s iconic, barrel-fermented Pinot Gris, Jesse Lange lent her a barrel to ferment her Belgian Golden Strong (read about the journey here). After two months it has absorbed all that magic Pinot Gris from the barrel. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barrel, Beer, Brewery, Brewing, drinks, Food, Lange, Rogue, travel, willamette Week, wine, Winery | 6 Comments

Golden Oak: Wine Beer Fusion Lange Winery Rogue Brewery Willamette Week ProAm 2016

Posted on September 20, 2016 by waywardwine

Go to Willamette Week’s Fourth Annual Beer Pro/Am Saturday, October 15th in Portland, Oregon (tickets: here). Why? To witness my wife crushing the competition with her revolutionary Belgian Golden Strong Ale.

This is her journey: Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ale, Beer, Belgium, Brewing, competition, drinks, Duvel, Oregon, Rogue, travel, Willamette Valley, Willamette Weekly, wine | 2 Comments

Fresh Hop Butternut Saison Belgian Beer

Posted on November 4, 2015 by waywardwine

Today, around 6:30 pm at the Green Dragon in Portland, Oregon, my wife and I will release a beer. But not just any beer. Our beer. Our take on a Belgian Saison, which coincidentally occurs while Wayward Wine reminisces on our EU Austerity Drinking Tour in Belgium (read recent post on Bruges: here). But there is a twist. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beer, Brewing, butternet squash, fall beer, green dragon, Portland | 5 Comments

GUINNESS FACTORY: DRINK IN DUBLIN DAY 3: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #33

Posted on July 29, 2013 by waywardwine

Our seven month, thirteen country, EU Austerity Drinking Tour continues today with the pint that defines Ireland: Guinness. Last week’s posts visited the decent (but now defunct) Messrs Maguire Brewery Pub and the bolder (and now international) The Porterhouse. Today, … Continue reading →