Saturday, October 6, 2018

Austin micro breweries 9/30/2018 to 10/4/2018

Visited 33 microbreweries in Austin, TX region. Standouts were Jester King, Lazarus, Sean Patrick in San Marcos.  Had a new style IPA, a Brut IPA, very dry, no sugar, developed in CA in April 2018.  A lot of good IPAs in Austin that ate well worth the visit. 

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Black Horse Brewing, Knoxville, TN

Blackhorse IPA, American IPA, 70 ibu, 7.2%, citrus nose, mild not high citrus like we have had before.
Coalminers Stout, oatmeal Stout, 35 ibu, 5.5%, smells like a Stout, nice Stout taste.  Good everyday Stout. 
Barnstormer Red, 24 ibu, 5.2%, Amber color, good Ted taste, smooth.  Very mild. 
Bijou Pale Ale, 33 ibu, 5.5%, weird after taste, some spice I cannot identify. 

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Coalition Brewing

Roselandia, Rose petals sour, 5 ibu, 5.5%, kettle soured golden ale, added rose cordial, which is syrup made from rose petals, medium sour, added rose water after to get a floral nose. 

Two Flowers, 55 ibu, 6%, bitter start, slight bitter finish, has CBD infused into the beer, weed and hops together.  OMG, Ann is smiling, the CBD improves brain and liver function.  Only brewery adding CBD to beer. 

Take Me For Pomegranite, POM sour, 5 ibu, 6.0%, POM nose, slight tart taste, tart in the middle of my tongue, okay but Rose better. 

Stones Throw, Apricot sour, 5 ibu, 5%, tastes like apricot, slight sour, Fan let kes this one. 

Space Fruit, citrus IPA, 50 ibu, 7.0%, good citrus nose and taste, good beer. 

Base Camp Brewing

Lil Grom Hazy Pale, 24 ibu, 5%, fresher than fresh, a West coast Belgium hazy, wit beer.  Wheat with small hops.  Soso

Ultra Gnar Gnar IPA, 60 Ibu, 6.7%, barley and oats six Oregon hops, metallic taste, not the best IPA that we have had.

Smooth Hoperator, hop infused, Ann has an anchovie beginning, different. 

Pow Pow Cherry Porter, 30 ibu, 5.6%, cherry finish, dragon cherry puree, BA oak,  nice clean nose, regular Porter beginning. 

S'more Stout, they charr dini marchmellows on the rim of the glass, 66 ibu, 7.2%, slight smoke nose, sweet finish, both girls like it.  ⭐⭐ From Ann and Fran.

Cherry Nomadic, double IPA, 70 ibu, 9.0%, Strong IPA nose, hearty IPA, with Brett yeast, leans it to the Belgium side, finishes Belgium, starts slight sour. 

Wayfinder Brewing

Marzenbier, Springtime March Lager, 19 ibu, 5.5%, touch of light toffee, spicy delicate hop, they the body is warming and pronounced but finishes dry and moreish.  German lager, good finish, could buy if only one. 

Flower in the Kettle, hazy IPA, 62 ibu, 6.7%, good NE hazy IPA, good beer.  

Doomtown, West Coast IPA, 75 ibu, 7.5%, a West coast IPA. Okay beer. 

Full of Fire, Smoked Porter, 33 ibu, 5.3%, dry with beechwood smoke and roast upfront, and smooth maltiness in the background.  Smokey nose, smoke taste, could be better with smoked meats.  Porter backside. 

Erath Winery, Oregon

Chardonnay, White Pinot, and then more Pinot Noirs. 
 

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Cascade Brewing, Portland, OR

Cascade IPA, 50 ibu, 6.1%, hops are Columbus, Cent, Mosaic, Citra, Idaho 7 & English malts,v

Spring IPAnox, 50 ibu, 6.4©, Jarrylo and Dr. Rudi hops,

Puppy Kisses, 69 ibu, 7.2%, Citra, Sim, El Dorado hops, tastes like the other two. 

Diesel 2017, 52 ibu, 10%, imperial stout, aged in Heaven Hill bourbon and Pinot Noir barrels, good nose, good bourbon taste, a good likeness to KBS.  Good beer. 

One way or Another barrel aged triples, Marion Berries and Never lemon, 7.9%, Ann likes it.  Could drink a glass. 

Midnight Bramble, 6.6%, wheat & blonde ales, red & black raspberries with ginger & thyme.  Rasp nose, sour in the middle of my tongue.  Berry taste. 

Shreiking Violet, 10.7%, blonde and quad ales, aged in wine and bourbon Barrels with fresh blueberries, blueberry sour taste as a finish. 

Sang Noir 2016, 10.1%, imperial red ales aged in Bourbon and wine barrels with Bing Cherries. Cherry finish, sour in the middle of my tongue. 


Baerlic Brewing

New Noise IPA, 6%, refreshing, good finish, good beer.  70 ibu, Stone fruit,

What the Fluff, NW Hazy, 6.5%, 60 Ibu, rind finish.  Not one I would order. 

Shop Class single hop IPA, Azacca hops, 65 ibu, 5.7%, sits differently on the tongue,  grass, metal, soso. 

New Noise best of three. 

Gigantic Brewing, Portland OR

Gigantic IPA, 6.9%, citrus nose, good hops 85 ibu

Pipewrench, gin barrel aged IPA, gin nose, 8.0%, Ginny. 85 ibu

Ginormous Imperial IPA, 8.8%, floral hops nose, not citrus, 100 plus ibu, 7 mighty hops.  Not bitter.  Good beer, small after taste,

MTMF Haze coconut IPA, 7.5%, hazey IPA,
Multi Tasking Mother F#@ker, no coconut nose, no coconut taste, no bitter after taste.  25 ibu

Glow Cloud Hazy IPA, 7.0%, a smooth IPA, slight citrus, 65 ibu, good beer. 

High Fidelity IPA, 6.2%, just a beer, no hops taste.  

Best of the batch was the Glow Cloud. 

Modern Times Brewing

Booming Rollers, IPA, brewed in PDX, 80 ibu, 6.8%, juicy, Citra forward IPA, w/Motueka & Centennial hops.  Citrus nose, citrus finish, good beer.  

Disruptive Blade, Hazy IPA, 55 ibu, 7.25%, Whitbread yeast, Citra, Simcoe, & Centennial hops, citrus and Stone fruit, good citrus nose, brewed in LA, good finish.  Drinkable fruit. 

Outside World, Hazy double IPA, 55 ibu, 8.5%, Citra, Simcoe, Centennial, Idaho 7, hops.  Different nose, slight peach upfront, finishes like nectarine.  Good beer. 

Monsters' Park, imperial stout aged in Jamaican rum barrels, 60 Ibu, 14.2%, spices nose, cardamon, rum comes out, sweet finish, different may not bey first or second choice. 

Wizard Blend, blend of imperial stouts, six different imperial stouts blended together,  
Rum barrels, bourbon barrels, Brandy Barrels, Four in Bourbon barrels, one in Brandy and one in rum.  30 ibu, only 10.3%.   holy comoly.  Great nose, good alcohol blend, not too sweet not too alcohol, good beer. 

Hair of the Dog Brewing, Portland, OR

Blue Dot, Double IPA, 7.0%, hoppy without being overly bitter, per brewer.  fruit finish, clean nose, very smooth double IPA.  80 ibu..organic pillsner rye malts.  NW hops

Fred, Golden Strong Ale, produced with rye and Belgium Candi sugar, 10.%, not necessarily a beer I would not order 65 ibu, 10 different hop varieties.
 
Adam, Dark ale, notes of chocolate, leather & smoke, 10%, smoke nose, 50 ibu, Ron has a leather nose and smoke taste.  NW Hops, recreation of an old German dark ale. 

Fred aged in a concrete egg, the Stone, way minerally, dirt or grass finish per Ann and Fran, neither likes it. 

Fred aged in Bourbon barrel, way better than Fred from Stone, 12%, bourbon nose, the bourbon compliments the sweet and tones down the sugar in Fred.  Good beer, probably best of the lot for me. 

Migration Brewing Portland, OR

Luscious Lupulin IPA, 77 ibu, 6.5%, big citrus and piney resin, good nose, beer with hops in it, soso beer. 

Exit 13 IPA, 65 ibu, 6.6%, interesting hoppy taste, soso beer.  

Straight Outta Portland IPA, 69 ibu, 7.3%, West coast IPA, tropical juicy aromatics, citrus finish, long finish, good beer, would order. 

Outlaw Josey Wales, NW Red Ale, 46 ibu, 6%, lack luster ale. 

Old Silenus Strong Ale, 75 ibu, 7.8%, hop forward, they say hints of cherry cocoa, don't taste cherry or cocoa. Would not be at the top of my list.  Or middle.

Paddy o'ale irish Stout, 45 ibu, 4.3%, A Guinness IPA, or weak Guinness.  Would not order again. 

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Three Mugs Brewing, Hillsboro, OR

Obsession for Session IPA, 60 Ibu, 5.1%, nice nose, taste of apricot. Little hint on back sides of tongue.  Good beer. 

Hoppy in Paradise, passion fruit IIPA, 92 ibu,  9.0%, passion fruit nose, passion fruit taste, if you like the flavor okay.  If you don't like passion fruit don't drink it. 

Damsels Desire White Chocolate Ale, 12 ibu, 6.5%, white blonde, white chocolate nose, very sweet taste, you have to want the sweet to like this.  Different beer.  Like almond bark. 

Unforgivable Sin BA Imperial Porter, 40 ibu, 10.5%,  sweet finish, dark color, diff on back sides of tongue, drinkable Porter, good beer. 

No sour Mugs In The IPA Room, sour IPA, 6.7%, 65 ibu, IPA nose, not really not that sour, okay but what I would call a sour beer. 

Cascadian Coffee Ale, 7.6%, coffee nose, coffee finish, slight acidic taste from the coffee.

Pelican Brewing, Tillamook, OR

Kiwanda Cream Ale, 25 ibu, 5.4%, nice clean finish ale, good every day drinker, would order. 

Sea'N Red, Irish style red ale, no nose, a clean red ale.  25 ibu, 5.4%. 

Five Fin, West coast pilsner, 45 ibu, 5.3%, good pilsner, clean finish. 

Tsunami Stout, 45 ibu, 7%, good Stout nose, clean taste, good Stout finish.  Good drinker.

Umbrella, New World IPA, 60 Ibu, 7.4%, cotrus nose, very tasty, clean finish, good beer. 

Beak Bender, hoppinated IPA, 65ibu, 6.7%, small Hop after taste, still a good drinking IPA.  Would buy.

Beak Breaker, Double IPA, 90ibu, 9%, good nose, good hop finish, good beer.  Would buy. 

Berried at Sea, American Stout, 45 ibu, 7%,  has black berry & black currants, Stout with a semi sweet taste.  Good and not too sweet.

 

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Culmination Brewing

Phaedrus IPA, 6.7%, fruity, not overpowering, was good initial start, finish disappears. 

Even More Quaffable, IPA, 6.5%, short sweet finish, again not that distinctive, better than first one

Back Seat Freestyle IIIPA, 9.5%, collaboration with Ruse & NW IPA, fruity nose, a little bitter, better than the first two. 

Good Clean Fun IPA, 6.4%, yeast nose, but not distinctive.   Like a session beer.   Soso

Ruse Brewing Briar Run, 6.2%, sour beer with blackberry and raspberry, barrel aged tart ale.   Ann likes it, Berry nose, not that sour, like lemonade, better than the others.  But looking it is from another brewery.  Ruse Brewing.  


Labrewatory, experimental one off beers

Sours, IPA
Carmine Oracle, 6.5%, Cranberry Wild Ale, funky, tart, and oh yes red.  Tart, little more than lemonade.  

Lindo Blurissian, Sour Wheat Blend, 6.5%, this one off needs to go away, quickly.  Now.  Do not drink

Articles of Impeachment, Peach Sour, 6.5%, brewed with 200 pounds of fruit, tested in oak barrels for 8 months.  Sweet tart x 2 on the tongue. 

Stop Making Sense, Peach Blend, 5.3%, golden sour, Brett forward blonde and a lightly fruity kettle sour, refreshing.  Okay Ann days the finish is not as good as Articles. 

Electric Einstein IPA, Blonde IPA, 7.0%, melon nose is soso, bitter finish, with fruit on the back side. 

London Fog, Early Gray Barley wine 9.7%, infused their English Barley wine with Earl Grey tea.  Different drink.  Not what I would order again
 

Ex Novo Brewing, Portland OR

Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea, Hazy IPA, w/ pineapple, 44 ibu, 6.8%, fruity, refreshing on the tongue. 

Dynamic Duo, IIPA, 77 ibu, 8.3%, ywo unique hops, that don't help this beer.  Would not order. 
Quaker Shaker, oatmeal Stout, 28 ibu, 6.5%, dark fruits, caramel, coffee from Case Study Roasters.  Good Stout nose, good Stout taste, not overly chocolate or coffee.  Good beer

Marryin' Berry Gose, sour, 8 ibu, 4.6%, 60 pounds of whole rasp., 90 pounds of whole Marion Berries, jammy, tart, goid, refreshing, cleans your palate. 

Stormbreaker Brewing

Cloud Ripper IPA, 78 ibu, 6.4% ibu,  7 hops Am, Cas, Cent, Citra, Galaxy, Nugget and Summer.  Goo nose, not too bitter, very clean finish.  Good beer. 

Handfuls of Hops, IPA, 100 ibu, 6.4%, Am, Citra, El Dorado, Galaxy, Mosaic and Simcoe, nice nose, good finish not hoppy .

Triple Double IIPA, 90 ibu, 8.5%, added hops 10 times using Mosaic, Citra and Amarillo, very flagrant on the tongue, good beer.  Nose is soft.

Savage Nimbus Double IPA, 91 ibu, 8.0%, tangerine, grapefruit, hints of global and spicy hops, good finish, good beer. 

Big Bottom Tripel XL IIIPA, 100 ibu, 10.5%, hoppy, pleasant nose not overpowering, good beer.

Nobody Puts Hazy in a Corner, 50 ibu, 6.0%, Azaca and Montueka hops.  NE Style IPA.  Drinkable.  

Great Notion Brewing, Portland, OR

Juce Junior, Hazy IPA, 6.0%, insane amount of Mosaic hops, nice fruity nose, light grapefruit taste.  Okay beer.

Space Invaders, Hazy IPA, 7.0%, Southern Hemisphere IPA, Galaxy hops from Australia, massive amount, Galaxy hops gives it a Jasmine note per Fran.

Dankster light, NE IPA, 6.5%, still hazy look, not bitter, unique "grass" taste per Ann. 

Triple Stack, Triple Breakfast Imperial  Stout, 12.5%,  Maple in excess, coffee beans, great nose, Maple finish, good beer.  Ann says fabulous.  Imperial Stout

Blueberry Muffin, fruited sour ale, 5 5%, great blueberry muffin nose, tart at back of the tongue, blueberry muffin at the finish. 

Cookie Monster Stout, made with girl scout Somoa cookies, and the a home made caramel into the mix, coconut taste very good, they hit the hail on the head, if the Girl Scouts could bottle and sell this it would be a hit.  

Breakside Brewing, Portland, OR

Irish Stout, 4.7%, dry Stout riast with coffee, Stout nose, clean coffee Stout, good beer.  

Bazooka Fave, session IPA, 4.8%, tangerine, bright orange, pineapple, good clean finish, good session IPA. 

Breakside IPA, West Coast IPA, 6.3%, slight bitter, good citrus finish, good beer. 

Wanderlust IPA, West Coast IPA, 6.2%, tropical, orange, dank(?), Different finish, okay finish but different.  Not a bright finish. 

Kids These Haze, NE Style IPA, 6.2%, orange, pineapple, sunny, optimistic, guava nose, fruity on the tongue, nice finish.  Good beer. 

Salted Caramel Stout, 7.2%, sweet Stout, chocolate, caramel, salt, dark roasted barley, dark roast nose, great taste down the middle of the tongue.  Good beer. 

Ecliptic Brewing, Portland, OR

Capella Porter, 39 ibu, 5.2%, sweet dark malts, 4 hops, American, chocolate and caramel, very nice Porter.  Would drink.

Orbiter IPA, 75 ibu, 7.4%, 4 Hops start with a C and then Simcoe, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Columbus. Nice IPA nose, slightly bitter finish, good taste. 

Starburst IPA, 75 ibu, 7.8%, six hops, Amar, Aza, Cent, Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, dry hopped at the end, citrus fruit and pine, great nose, citrus, clean finish, good beer.

Hypernova IPA, Triple IPA, 88 ibu, 22%, two separate dry hopped additions, Sim, Ama, as, Chin, Columbus hops.  Slight citrus nose, very smooth for a tripel with the high abv.  Good beer. 

Phaser Hazy IPA, 45 ibu, 6.5%, juicy unfiltered, Citra, Azacca, Mosaic, Motueka, & Calypso hops, nice fruit nose, good finish, slight bitter on the tongue.  Good beer. 

Carina Peach Sour Ale, 34 ibu, 5.5%, peach nose, use Pale malt, good tartness in the middle of the tongue, refreshing, could be a hot summer drink. 

Monday, April 2, 2018

Bridgeport Brewing, Portland, OR

Candypeel IPA, 65 ibu, 6.5%, Styrisn golden hops, Strong malt backbone, soso.
Multi Ball DIPA, 65 ibu, 8.2%, 7 types of NW hops,  slight bitter at end.  Not impressive. 
Triple Hero IPA, 100 ibu, 10%, slight IPA nose, my IPA, drinkable, slight bitter at end, lots of hops.  Soso
Hazy IPA,             , NE IPA?, Clear IPA, soso.
   Slight lemon flavor. 
Russian Imperial Stout, barrel aged, Stout nose, dark roasted finish, Stout.  Okay.
Bullpen, IPA, citrus nose, grapefruit hops, again soso.  

10Barrel Brewing, Portland, OR

Pearl, Double IPA, 80 ibu, 7.8%, marriage of old and new school IPAs, nice nose, good fruit finish, nice IPA.
Pray For Snow, Winter Ale, 65 ibu, 7.0%, 7 malts, herbs, piney,  will not order again.
Dark Queen, German Dunkel, 22 ibu, 4.5%, ehhhh.  Would not order.  It's a Dunkel. 
Salute Your Schwartz, 35 ibu, 5.4%, German lager, Noble Hop flavor, subtle notes of roasted barley and chocolate.  Schwartzbier, would not buy.
Redside Amber, Altbier, 35 ibu, 5.4%, German style Amber, soso.
Who's that?  Brooown!  20 ibu, 5.4%, crarmel malts and rolled oats, American Brown ale, chocolate on the back side, good beer. 
Goggle Tan, IRA, 65 ibu, 5.6%, little IPA nose, little hoppy, good finish. Nice beer.
Apocalypse, West coast IPA, 70 ibu, 6.8%, their flagship beer, small fruit nose, toward the end of the flight, probably warmer than it should be drunk.good beer.
S1nistor, Black Ale, 28 ibu, 5.7%, tastes like a light Porter,not too coffee or chocolate.  Soso. 
Cacao To Cacao, Chocolate Vanilla Milk Stout, 30 ibu, 6.3%, could have more chocolate.  A light Shake from Boulder Brewing.  
Glen Coco, coconut Stout, 29 ibu, 6.5%, Stout nose, good coconut finish, good beer. 

Von Ebert Brewing, Portland, OR

Spot Buy IPA, 65 ibu, 6.4%, good fruit nose, fruit flavor of what we know as an IPA, mosaic, Amarillo, El Dorado and Ekuanot hops.  Good beer. 
Olde Stomping Grounds, imperial coffee Stout, 8.4%, aged in whisky barrels, KBS after two years.   Very good beer. 
Battlestations, 85 ibu, 7.5%, Simcoe, Centennial and a touch if Citra hops, big bood and good Hop taste at the end. 
Damn breaker, Baltic Porter, Bourbon barrel aged, 9.2%, nose of bourbon, sweet finish.  Could benefit from aging. 
O.P.M. Imperial Mexican Stout, with cinnamon, Anaheim and ancho chilies, aged in High West Rye and Bourbon Barrels.   Nose us cinnamon and rye, little bit of heat outside of tongue.  Fran and Ron say it has a fig flavor.  No one else is feeling the heat. 

Deschutes Brewing, Portland, OR


Needless to say they have a lot of beer on tap here.  23 beers tapped.  Sours, 7 IPAs, Porter, Stouts, Ciders, Imperial IPA. 
Thai Sour, 10 ibu, 4.0%, lemongrass, Thai Chili's, not that good. 
Fruit Boots, NE IPA, 50 ibu, 6.5%, five Hop variety, tropical fruit, subtle bitterness.  Would drink this over others.
Porter Vallarta, pub exclusive, 35 ibu, 5.9%, biscuit and chocolate with azaca, Galaxy and Amarillo hops, all like it as a good standard Porter, very drinkable.
Hop Henge Imperial IPA, 90 ibu, 8.3%, citrus zest, pine, caramel, Strong beer, bitterness very hoppy.  Good beer.  Nose is from the citrus zest.
St. Paddy's Wagon, nitro Irish Stout, 25 ibu, 4.5 %, chocolate and roast deep black color, chocolate nose, close to Guinness but better flavor. 
The Abyss, 100% Aged in Rum Barrels, 80 ibu, 11.4%, imperial Stout, vanilla, chocolate, dark fruits, caramel and espresso, lots of rum taste, and alcohol up front.  Rum nose up front. 

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Walking Man Brewing

Knuckle Dragger, IPA, 100 I, 6.5%, lots of hops, Simcoe hops, Hop lovers special, so so. 
Trespasser NE Style IPA, 50 ibu, 8.0%, mosaic, citra, El Dorado hops, dry hopped twice, brewed with oats, smoother, good IPA. 
Homo Erectus, Imperial IPA, 90 ibu, 9.0%, big pney hoppy notes, very bitter, late finish, too hoppy for me.
Cherry Stout, 35 ibu, 7.2%, oatmeal Stout with chocolate, coffee notes and very Cherry mash cherry.  Cherry nose, way cherry. 
Walking Man IPA, 64 ibu, 7.2%, pine coyrus, resin notes, NW IPA.  Nice Hop note, no bad after taste, okay but not outstanding
  

Backwood's Brewing Carson, WA

Trail Hazer IPA, 38 ibu, 6.2%, four different hops, nice citrus nose, slight Tang on the end. 
Ridge Run Stout, oatmeal Stout, 20 in, 6.5%, coffee, chocolate, roasted barley,  good Stout nose, not too roasty, good after taste, smooth good beer.
Logyard IPA, 78 ibu, 6.7%, good nose, so so after taste.  Probably would not order this again. 
Big Cedar IRA, India red ale, 50 ibu, 6.5%, hopforward design, a little sweet, blah finish. 
Imperial Maple Porter, 20 ibu, 7.0%, Maple nose and taste, good Maple Porter. 
Blueberry Sour, 20 ibu, 5.2%, blueberry nose, refreshing beer, don't taste blueberry, drinkable beer. 

Everybody's Brewing

Everybody's Brewing
The Cryo-Chronic IPA, 80 ibu, 6.9%, nice nose, cryogenic mosaic hops
On That Dust IPA, 65 ibu, 5.8%, another one using cryo hops, magic dust from beer advocate.
Country Boy IPA, 80 ibu, 6.2%, good nose, three hops, Columbus, Chinook, cascade, clean taste, good beer.e, the
Cold Press Coffee Porter, 45 ibu, 5.4%, after fermenting and aging, blended with Stoked's Bluebird cold brew coffee.  Good coffee nose, clean finish, nice hint of acidity from the coffee.
Sprinkles Hibiscus Sour Red Ale, 1.2 ibu, 4.5%, sour red ale, nose of a red ale, looks like a rose wine, or reisling grapes.
Insane Coconut Porter, 40 ibu, okay for me.
Insane Coconut Porter, 40 ibu, 9.0%, Coconut nose, sweet finish from the coconut. 
Monster Cookie Imperial Milk Stout, 85 ibu, 10%, brewed with locally made monster cookies, peanuts, cocoa nibs, rich Stout, Stout nose, good sweet milk stout, cocoa balances out the cookie. 
86 Dry Irish Stout, 42 ibu, 4.5%, Stout nose, smooth finish, good Irish Stout.  

Double Mountain Brewing, Hood River, OR

IPAs, Irish Stout
Black Irish Stout, 50 ibu, 4.0%, good Stout nose, burnt flavor, roasted barley flavor. 
IRA, India Red Ale, 65 ibu, 6.5%,  ery faint nose, red ale type. 
Hop Lion, 65 ibu, 6.7%, IPA, nice citrus nose, straight IPA.  Good beer
Hop Lava, Northwest IPA, 75 Ibu, 7.0%, northwrst hops give it sterile nose, would not order this beer. 
Gypsy Stumper, IPA, 80 ibu, 7.0%, slight citrus taste, slight citrus taste, okay better than Hop Lava, not as citrus as Hop Lion. 

Full Sail Brewing, Hood River, OR

Wassail, 56 ibu, 7.2% caramel and dark malts, going from top to bottom of Sail. 
Roasted nose, similar to an Amber. 
Iapaya, 58 ibu, 6.2%, citrus nose, not citrus taste, good beer. 
Hope Pursuit IPA, 65  ibu, 6.5%, pineapple aromas, with piney and mango notes, hint of honey, clean, caramel malt body. 
Bourbon Cherry Rye, brewed with Hood River Cherries, 22 IBU, 9.4% aged in rye bourbon barrels, a little Cherry sweet, very high liquor taste. 
Bourbon Imperial Stout, 40 ibu, 9.5% abv, Strong roasted malts, aged in Wild Turkey bourbon casks, good Stout nose, very good beer.  Aged for a year. 
Top Sail Imperial Porter, 45 Abu, 10%, BA nose, a good alcohol taste, aged in Buffalo Trace barrels, good beer.  

Pfriem brewing Hood River OR

IPA, 65 ibu, ,7.2% nice fuit nose, get taste
Down Under IPA, 65 ibu 7.2%, Australian hops, sort of grain flaor, not fruity
Cognac BA Belgium Strong Dark, 38 ibu, 10.3%, nice nose, sweet back taste, you get the alcohol at the end. 
Dry Irish Stout, 36 IBU, 5.%, light Stout flavor, co2, not nitro
Belgium Strong Dark, 38 ibu, 10% Definitely Belgium yeast, ewww
6th Nail, 7 ibu, 6.7%, sour, hits the middle of the tongue, not too sour for me.  Strawberry, plum jelly, apricots, dry refreshing, good beer.

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Wichita Brewing Co. IPA, barrel aged black IPA, Chocolate Porter, Russian Imperial Stout barrel aged in Dickel rye whiskey barrels

V.6 IPA, 7% ABV, nice nose, American IPA, 60 IBU.  Would and am drinking again. 
B.A. Seal Team 6, 8.45%, 123 IBU, rye whiskey barrels, the alcohol hits you in the face, but overall a good beer.  Would drink again.
Cocoa Dolce Chocolate Porter, 5.9%, 28 IBU, very good chocolate taste, good Porter, would drink again
Catherine The III, 9.5%, 91 IBU, Russian Imperial Stout, aged in rye whiskey barrels, good beer, would drink again. 

Overall good beers, they have a couple sours, and some Belgium styles.