Featuring a selection of our favorite crux beers, many of which dont typically travel beyond our bend tasting room. Bends crux fermentation project has sent me several beers, several of which have been put away for later consumption tough love, freakcake, a couple of which i have drank and enjoyed and written up notes for. Were crux fermentation project housed in a former aamco transmission plant and inspired by our location right in the heart of bend, oregon. The aging process smooths out the edges on an otherwise bold statement, and bitterness succumbs to tender strokes of vanilla beans. Therefore consumers are advised to check the ingredient lists on the package for substances that might be incompatible with them before ingestion. Crux fermentation project, bend updated 2020 restaurant. I received two bottles from crux fermentation projects banished beer series last week. So youve got an extralong weekend and only want the. Tough love is bold but nuanced, an homage of sorts to the traditional russian imperial stouts and the ruling style of catherine the. Central oregon breweries like crux fermentation project and 10 barrel brewing in bend have nailed the outdoor scene with big ole fire pits to gather around and keep you warm during the winter and cool high desert nights. Bringing with him more than a decade of highend craft brewing experience, cam significantly expands the talent bandwidth allowing crux to focus more time, imagination and energy on hightouch experimental brews such as their banished series of barrelaged beers. Crux fermentation project names cam oconnor as new head. Crux fermentation project debuts pct porter supporting.
Had some good beer and relaxed crux fermentation project. Just over two weeks ago, crux fermentation project released in the pocket, the latest in its banished series of barrelaged specialty beers. Feb 10, 2017 crux fermentation project has a new beer called pct porter that supports the pacific crest trail association. We construct it with dark roasted malts, malted rye, and oaksmoked wheat, and then banish it in kentucky bourbon barrels. Dec 06, 2014 crux fermentation project is coming to seattle december 10th 57pm at chucks hop shop tap take over and more. May 06, 2016 i said, in 2014, that crux fermentation project freakcake is the best belgianstyle american ale ever madeand my opinion hasnt changed at all. Crux fermentation project southern crossing bar pub. Tough love, revised edition christian books, bibles. Crux fermentations 2017 banished series leads off with in. Since moving to the pacific northwest, crux fermentation project has consistently been one of my favorite breweries. Beer lovers go behind the scenes at zwickelmania local. Come spend the night with founder and master brewer, larry sidor, in our barrel room and see where the magic happens. Bend, or crux fermentation project announced this week that cam oconnor joined the team as its head brewer.
One of cruxs brewers will commence the event with a toast. Festival of dark arts dark arsenal fort george brewery. Crux is one of my favorite bend breweries right now, though sadly i dont visit nearly as often as id like. Beer, at its most basic, is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from water and cereal grains, but there are numerous variations on this theme and countless permutations of each varia. If you want something to eat, pair your sampler with their project board, a platter of artisan cheeses, cured meats, seasonal fruit, bacon wrapped figs, tough love bacon jam, and a crux spent grain baguette. Crux fermentations 2017 banished series leads off with in the pocket saison. Tough love barrel aged imperial stout 2018 bold, but nuanced. Tour central oregon breweries beyond great beer, there are killer patios, lawns and even an observatory. Crux fermentation projects tough love all about beer. Oregon boasts some of the finest craft ales in the united states, but its not just portland with the best independent breweries.
Crux fermentation project of bend will hold a 10day popup starting friday at function pdx on northwest 23rd avenue, where it will take over the taps to offer an array of its beers, including. Today columbia distributing announced a new partnership to distribute cruxs beers in oregon and washington starting in october. Bend, oregons crux fermentation project has released their annual vintage of tough love their popular barrelaged imperial stout. Recipes for making and cooking with fermented foods a cookbook.
Stores and prices for 2007 crux fermentation project banished freak. Crux fermentation project has a new beer called pct porter that supports the pacific crest trail association. Crux doesnt introduce many new ideas beyond some environmentalism, and this is generally a good thing, as in many cases of nearterm scifi the first book is great and believable, and the sequels start to get way too fantastic. Crux fermentation project 2017 banished tough love pour. Nov 08, 2017 crux fermentation project is set to release its 2017 banished tough love at events this week at its tasting room in bend and at the beermongers in portland. Enjoyed every beer we tried french connection, half hitch, tough love. Crux fermentation project signs distribution agreement. Tough love is bold but nuanced, an homage of sorts to the traditional russian imperial stouts and the ruling style of catherine the great. Crux fermentation project find their beer near you. Crux fermentation project of bend finishes a 10day popup this weekend at function pdx on northwest 23rd avenue, where it has since last week taken over the taps to offer an. Banished tough love crux fermentation project beeradvocate. Crux fermentation project of bend, oregon, creates pct porter. Garrett oliver garrett oliver is the brewmaster of the brooklyn brewery, the editorinchief of the oxford companion to beer, the author of the brewmasters table, and the veteran host of more than 900 beer dinners in 15 countries.
Weekend entertainment boise, id december 1517, 2017. I said, in 2014, that crux fermentation project freakcake is the best belgianstyle american ale ever madeand my opinion hasnt changed at all. Columbia distributing is the largest distributor in the pacific northwest. Crux tough love and ribbon of darkness the brew site. Crux fermentation project announces the introduction of two of its most popular beers crux pilz and cast out ipa in newto crux 6pack formats. Tough love banished 2018 crux fermentation project untappd. Jul 17, 2019 larry sidor, cofounder of crux fermentation projectlocated in the korpine areasaid crux is 100% behind the core area projectif all new roads are built to city standards. Tough love is a gift of love and a gift of life for those who practice its plan. Jan 24, 2017 in a state with such a vital craft beer culture, willamette week found it strange that there was no award ceremony to celebrate the best of the industry. Not only are their core beers spoton, but they also nail the small batch barrelaged beers put out in what they call the banished series. Crux was as great as the first novel, nexus, and i eagerly await the release of the final book in the trilogy, apex. Crux fermentation project in seattle banished tough love. If you happen to be served by alex, hes super friendly and his recommendations. Do you want our beer shipped directly to your doorstep.
Dec 28, 2016 at the end of the afternoon, the ladies all headed back to the cottage, while the guys took one last stop. Tough love is a russian imperial stout style beer brewed by crux fermentation project in bend, or. An infamous trail, the pct goes through washington, oregon and california and has become one of the most famous goals for hikers to enjoy the challenge, views and somewhat isolation. Crux fermentation project releases tough love brewbound. Larry sidor of crux fermentation project beeradvocate. With experience as cofounder and president of crux fermentation project a small brewery in bend, oregon. Tough love, revised edition christian books, bibles, gifts. Crux fermentation project 2019 banished tough love release. Crux releases tough love barrelaged imperial stout and mountain. Crux fermentation project releases 2017 banished tough. Crux fermentation project of bend will hold a 10day popup tasting. Ingredients and labels may change without notice and translation andor typographical errors are possible. Crux fermentation project converted from an aamco transmission shop and founded by larry sidor and paul evers, crux fermentation project opened its garage doors in june of 2012.
View paul evers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Now that hes his own boss, he says, the key to delivering on the promise of an operation like crux has been assembling a team with similar ambitions. I dont usually like that descriptor, but here it seems to fitthe beer projects a light green character without reminding one of the unpleasant, overly grassy and harsh character of. Crux is a crossroads, an intersection, the heart of something. Crux fermentation project tough love banished 2017 is as good as it gets in american imperial stout. The every other year tough love sampler pack includes three bottles, one each from three different years, so you can experience the nuances of this bold and expressive bourbon barrelaged imperial stout. At the end of the afternoon, the ladies all headed back to the cottage, while the guys took one last stop. Earlier this week at dark days 2017, bittercreek alehouse tapped three variations of tough love from oregonbased crux fermentation project.
Ive heard great things about their beer, but have never had the chance to taste one. Tough love is bold but nuanced, an homage of sorts to the traditional russian. It is a book for all parents, especially those whose children are now on drugs or are exposed to those who use drugs. I figured a year in oak and a year in the bottle was plenty, so i let it out last night. I received two bottles from crux fermentation projects beer series last week. Bends core area inspires ideas local news bend the. Our brewery is a oneofakind, built for nontraditional brewing methods like decoction mashing, open fermentation and barrel aging, and for leveraging the limitless possibilities that wild yeast. Crux releases barrelaged in the pocket beer lifestyle. Theyre also the the hub of gettogethers where friends gather and strangers become beer buddies. Tough love banished 2018 by crux fermentation project is a stout russian imperial which has a rating of 4. Sidor founded the crux fermentation project so he could chase a creative vision without the filter of a management structure above him.
The more pct travelers weve met at our tasting room and the more stories weve heard, the more weve understood the trails significance and felt a greater need to support it, larry said. I loved cruxs bourbon barrelaged imperial stout from the first sip, and this was my second bottle for 2015, so it went into the closet for a little alone time. If you are not afraid of the dark, as the old commercial said, youre going to want to find this stunning gem and jump into the deep end. Crux fermentation project is coming to seattle december 10th 57pm at chucks hop shop tap take over and more.
This was a place i very much wanted to check out, as i had a crux beer all of one time, and it was a year ago, but it was one of the best beers id ever had. Over in the city of bend, youll find the crux fermentation project, a brewery and taproom which has been operating since 2012. Jason randles, center, pours samples of tough love, a barrelaged imperial stout from crux fermentation project, during the 10th annual zwickelmania on saturday. Crux fermentations 2017 banished series leads off with. Recipes for making and cooking with fermented foods a cookbook karlin, mary on. The 2014 banished tough love imperial stout is constructed with dark roasted malts, malted rye, and oaksmoked wheat. From parks to powells city of books and plenty more, we packed in a ton. Sidor said bend has a serious eastwest traffic problem, as well as a lack of contiguous bike paths.
Larry sidor, cofounder of crux fermentation projectlocated in the korpine areasaid crux is 100% behind the core area projectif all new roads are built to city standards. The bottles will be corked, crowned, and waxdipped with care. Pauline neff has gathered enthralling, reallife accounts of young drug users who needed help and of their parents role in seeing that they received it. It is as if encyclopedia brown grew up, opened a brewery, but kept his clubhouse. Tough love banished 2019 by crux fermentation project is a stout imperial double which has a rating of 4. Tough love banished 2019 crux fermentation project untappd. From there, we hit another caninenamed brewery, lucky labrador, where. Crux fermentation project signs distribution agreement with. It is a way of recovery for drug abusers, and a positive, supportive program for their families.
Crux fermentation project introduces 6pack offerings. So youve got an extralong weekend and only want the highlights on the bend ale trail. Bends crux fermentation project is about to become more widely available. Crux fermentation project introduces 6pack offerings brewbound. Crux fermentation project is set to release of its popular 2019 banished tough love imperial stout on november 8th. An infamous trail, the pct goes through washington, oregon and california and has become one of the most famous goals for hikers to. In a state with such a vital craft beer culture, willamette week found it strange that there was no award ceremony to celebrate the best of the industry. Then next week the bend brewer will be at special brews in lynwood, washington for the beers launch. Almost two years ago to the day, i posted this rabblerousing little beer bomb, here in the brand new thepourfool website and instantly got a miniflood of emails from disgruntled eurosnots who wrote things like quoting now. Tough love is an imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels for nine months. Apr 20, 2017 crux fermentations 2017 banished series leads off with in the pocket saison. Bourbon barrel aging smooths out the edges, and bitterness succumbs to tender strokes of vanilla beans, and hints of dried cherries. Jan 31, 2020 just over two weeks ago, crux fermentation project released in the pocket, the latest in its banished series of barrelaged specialty beers. The transfiguration last christmas, i found this bottle of tough love at the bottom of my stocking.
Crux fermentation project archives visit bend, sunriver. Crux fermentation project releases 2017 banished tough love. Crux fermentation project announces the introduction of two of its most popular beers crux pilz and cast out ipa in newtocrux 6pack formats. Crux fermentation project 81 tips from 2875 visitors. Aug 08, 2014 bends crux fermentation project has sent me several beers, several of which have been put away for later consumption tough love, freakcake, a couple of which i have drank and enjoyed and written up notes for. Crux fermentation projects beer is distributed in all three pct states, as well as in parts of idaho and colorado. Banished tough love is a russian imperial stout style beer brewed by crux fermentation project in bend, or. Crux fermentation project find their beer near you taphunter. Today im drinking half hitch, an imperial ipa that features mosaic hops. Portland, or join crux founder and brewmaster larry sidor at the beer mongers in portland for a celebratory toast to the release of one of our most highly anticipated beers. Crux fermentation project of bend, oregon, creates pct. Browse our handpicked collections below and follow us on your favorite social media platform to find out when we add something new. Crux fermentation project recently sent me a few samples.
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