Hard Seltzer Is the Drink of the Summer. We Put Nine Brands Up to a Blind Taste Test.

It’s true, a lot of them taste like nothing. But we found some outliers that just might work for your palate.

Here Are Seven Of-the-Season Releases From Oregon Winemakers We’re Most Excited About

This is shaping up to be an epic year for releases statewide

Strange Loop’s Debut Beer May be the Smash Single of the Summer

It’s is the carbonated equivalent of a single the trio posted to Bandcamp without telling anyone.

Made From Wildflower Honey, Author Mead’s New Raspberry Draft Is Deliciously Delicate and Sweet

While many meaderies have created sharp and alcoholic offerings that more closely resemble cheap white wine than the Nectar of the Gods, a recent can of Raspberry Draft Mead from Vancouver, Wash., upstart Author Mead Co. is worthy of buzz.

This English Pub Cider Revives One of the Most Singular Ciders Made in Oregon

The cider took months to make, and when it was done the result was a whopping 10-percent alcohol with almost no sugar—tannic, dry and boozy. Deron Davenport balanced it with dessert-apple cider to make a pleasant 7.2-percent English Pub cider with a bit of sweetness, a bit of wildness and a lot of depth at the back of the palate.

Portland Pretty Much Owns Canned Wine—And Free Public Just Made Some Seriously Crushable Grapes

Portland’s Free Public has crafted a pair of surprisingly crushable debut canned wines.

Breakside’s Nutella Porter Is Like Italian Breakfast in a Pint Glass

You wouldn’t think a little sugar would be so controversial.

Portland Got a Great Pear Brandy Just in Time for New Year’s