Tuesday, April 3, 2018

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.