I have to raise a glass to the readers on this one. During this fine fresh hop season we have had here in Beervana, Deschutes rose among the masses with their fresh hop beers. Don’t get me wrong, wonderful fresh-hopped beers were found just about everywhere, but still among my favorites is the Fresh Hop Mirror Pond. Continue reading
Best of the summer
This is my jam right here. I had this back in June and was hooked. It’s not a fresh hop beer (those start hitting taps soon!), but it is damn close! Rich, with a incredible body and flavors of passion fruit, mango, and kiwi. This IPA just makes me smile. Deschutes really nailed it with this one.
Hope everyone is cooking out, throwing the frisbee and enjoying a craft brew. Summer will only be here a few more weeks, so smoke ’em if you got ’em.
My Mother’s Day gift to myself.
It’s been a while since I have just reviewed a beer. Probably a bit too long. I’ve been contemplating this or that, waxing stupid about stuff, going to festivals, and generally ignoring the idea of a simple beer review. Time to get back to basics. Continue reading
Wednesday is basketball night. And what does one do after an hour hustling on the court for an hour? Rehydrate with beer, of course! For the winter we have been playing at Creston Elementary and enjoying a couple of pints just down the road at C-bar on SE Gladstone. In Portland we are lucky that good beer bars are a dime a dozen. The C-bar is a good example of one of these beer bars. They have twenty rotating taps, covering a wide selection of beer styles, including two nitro taps. Speaking of nitro taps, a few weeks ago they had Deschutes’s Jubelale on nitro. Jubelale is a nice, medium winter ale, but on nitro…well, that is the best way to drink that beer. But winter is over and it may be hard to find it on nitro these days.
Usually I just go enjoy my beer and conversation but on the last day before the gym closed for spring break, I scribbled down a few notes on a napkin about that evenings’ beers. The first beer of the night was New Belgium’s Trip XV. Continue reading
Is there some not-so-secret plot by the reader’s of this blog to get me drunk? Yet again, there is a tie in the votes for my Reader’s Choice series. The theme for Reader’s Choice #4 was: Holiday Ale. So many good ones to choose from, I know. So, here we are, at least this time it’s a two-way, not a three-way. Tee hee hee. Sorry, I went there, I know you did too. Anyway, tonight’s review is on Deschutes’ Jubelale. Tomorrow, you should see a post on the other winner of your votes, Lagunitas’ Brown Shugga. Continue reading
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