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. 

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.

 

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.