Posts Tagged: Oregon
Oregon: Sanctuary, Full Sail Brewing, Port Hood
Posted by on Friday, November 25, 2011 in - leave a comment
A beer. Imagine writing about a beer on a beer blog. It's about time. I am finally past a bug and waves of ramifications that have basically hammered me since early October. No more. As Phoenix rises so do I turn to beer for purposes other than medicinal. • A tan head resolves to froth and rim …
It's The End Of Craft Beer As We Know It...
Posted by on Thursday, September 22, 2011 in - 22 comments
It's been an odd patch. R.E.M. just broke up well after anyone noticed they were actually still a band. Jeff ticked me off but we're back stronger than ever. I ticked off Tandleman and... well, I admitted my feelings. Change. Flux. Conflict. The discussions were all in the context of grapplings …
Oregon: LTD 5, Full Sail Brewing, Port Hood
Posted by on Monday, July 25, 2011 in - 10 comments
I bought this the other day over there but it does raise questions about whether I should have been able to buy it. All of a sudden, Full Sail's beers are in grocery stores and specialty shops in northern NY - tasty and at a good price. I've had this one, a six of pale ale as well as a bomber of …
Two Cautionary Tales Of Good Beer Bad Behaviour
Posted by on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 in - 16 comments
We like to ascribe so many positive things to good beer and those who love it we often forget that we make most of it up. We pretend brewers are rock stars. We pretend thinking about beer began (and sorta stopped) in the 1970s. But most of all we pretend people who make and enjoy craft beer are … read more »
The Most Offensive Morality Play Beer Story Ever
Posted by on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 in - 4 comments
Did I say "ever"? I suppose I did. I suppose it is because this news combines such a sense of bean counting, superiority, triviality and, frankly, sheer sadness so as to define a point which we may have reached. I quote in reasonable fullness: • ...West Linn-Wilsonville School District teachers …
Day 12: Dissident 2010, Deschutes, Bend, Oregon
Posted by on Thursday, November 25, 2010 in - leave a comment
Photos? I got no stinking photos for you. Mermaid Avenue is on the stereo and look at what's in front of me. Wax dip top with a hanging tail of burgundy sealing glom. A thick paper label that now challenges me to soak it off in one piece and frame it. Crows for me are auspicious. It's personal. I …
Oregon: Chatoe Rogue Single Malt Ale, Rogue, Newport
Posted by on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 in - 2 comments
Ah, to be left with only the third best camera in the house. I hope the beer isn't third best. As you can guess, I doubt it will be. I like the idea of veracity and authenticity in ingredients. I prefer it to brewer as wizard or rock star or TV host. Hard to believe some might find brewer as TV to …
Oregon: Hop In The Dark, Deschutes, Bend
Posted by on Sunday, June 13, 2010 in - 1 comment
From the fine people at Deschutes, this one pours deep mahogany. Cola even. With a frothy rim and foam of light mocha. On the nose, it is a West Coast US IPA - pine hoppy Cascade. Makes sense as this is a "CDA" or Cascadian Dark Ale. In the mouth, it's going in the same direction and then it's not …
Oregon: Black Butte XXI, Deschutes Brewery, Bend
Posted by on Saturday, March 6, 2010 in - 3 comments
I am delighted that samples from Deschutes get through the solid mile high maple soaked wall that is the US-Canadian border but disconcerted nonetheless. Should I be drinking a beer that says "best before 17 October 2010" or should I not? In this weekend's spirit of not being so anal about these …
Oregon: Hop Trip, Deschutes Brewing, Bend
Posted by on Saturday, October 24, 2009 in - leave a comment
Oh, happy day. Oh, happy happy day when there are two boxes from Deschutes waiting for me. And on a Friday. Excellent. One of the wee gifties floating in the styrophome chip was this fresh hop pale ale. At 5.5%, a fairly modest proposal as to the style. • The beer pours that Irn Bru orange amber …
