Beer in the new era

oh wow, that looks great. i've heard amazing things about pipeworks sours but i've never tried them myself. cantillion obv most epix.

does tilquin stuff sit on the shelves where you guys live? because you should buy it if so.

I see Tilquin occasionally. I think it sits a little because of the price, and perhaps ignorance to it's awesomeness. I buy it relatively frequently, especially since I can get it in a 375ml bottle. Typically it's about $12.

I should say I buy it frequently, when I see it, which is still occasionally.

my friend brought over a big bottle of the quetsche tilquin for football on sunday and it was fabulous. pricey but it stands up to cantillon/3f stuff for sure.

i'm doing a tasting-share w/ some friends this sunday. i'm bringing the proprieters bcbs and they're bringing a fou foune (!) and a Hunahpu's Imperial Stout (!!!)

I finally tried a bottle of the regular BCBS. I don't think it's really my thing. Too sweet and syrupy plus I remembered that I don't really like the taste of bourbon. There is something to be said for 15% ABV though.

we carry tilquin stuff where i work; they are NOT huge sellers, but once in a while someone will come in and be super stoked and buy a couple at a time.

for example, the bottles of geuze tilquin we have are 2011 and the quetsche from 2012.

many xps: i want to try ancient grog!

i scored 1/2 price tickets to this last weekend - http://brewpublic.com/beer-to-do-list/the-inaugural-big-woody-barrel-aged-beer-whiskey-festival/. so many single-batch brews, and literally everything was good. the bourbon-barrel-aged super jubel from deschutes was great, there were tasty imperial stouts from hopworks (theirs was voted #1) and crux and lagunitas, i tasted trinity (from colorado springs apprently) brews for the first time and they were amazinggg (a sour ipa and a regal saison!), and my favorite was probably the imperial stout made with coca nibs and aged in pinot barrels ("sex panther") from three creeks.this is the only place i've been able to see any of the beers listed out on the interwebs but i would recommend every single one

Inspired by our FOBAB. Awesome.

yeah, i guess it started in bend as "little woody" so the participating breweries were concentrated mostly in that area. which is definitely not a bad thing

are you in Bend or just general Pac NW, psychgawsple?

pdx!

oh that makes sense, thanks! hit me up if you are ever down in Eugene, I can get ILX webmail.

definitely! i have spent zero time in eugene since i moved up here so i am totally clueless

i realize it's pointless to talk about all this single-batch stuff online but the trinity beers were in bottles so i'd definitely seek them out if you can. ale apothecary also makes delicious sour/farmhouse style beers that they bottle, and i've seen their beer in a bunch of shops. they are sorta gimmick-y, but that gimmick is mainly just "the entirety of our brewing process takes place in barrels" (even dry-hopping)

Block 15's Sticky Hands IPA is also bottled, as long as we're cataloging "available" NW beers

also Ninkasi has an IRA (Imperial Red Ala) that I believe has a limited bottling

oops Ala = Ale

Eleleololololol at my favorite overpriced corner liquor store today.

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wow

I probably would have been tempted if it was 40 or under. 56 is much more than even bars are marking up.

block 15 bottles a bunch of stuff right? i haven't tried the sticky hands yet but they've yet to let me down

$56 is outrageous. we could really make a killing with a cross-country beer smuggling operation, i can't imagine how much someone would pay for that proprietors in another state

i've been anticipating sucks this year since it was first mentioned itt but apparently sepa was like last area to get-- today was the day! and when it rains…

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mmmm Hop Henge

would also try Nugget Nectar

you guys weren't lying about the sucks this year, really impressive. i need to stockpile as much as i can while it's still $10 for a sixer

iirc it ages poorly so drink fresh@!

I had two Sucks last night and started to wish I had bought two 6-packs at BevMo instead of one.

yeah i doubt that even the biggest stockpile would last any later than march at my household

BTW, is that Stone Enjoy By 2-14-14 any good? Almost bought one yesterday.

all of the enjoy bys are fantastic

yeah if it's anything like last year's it will be great

has anyone tried that 'class of 88' collaboration thing?

btw i am super jealous of chicago's sour/funk fest

I'm drinking the two Jacks Abbey beers that CAD sent back-to-back. Currently on the schwartzbier, double IPL next. Been a while since I've had a black lager, tastes thinner than I remember for the style but still heavy on the roast and malt.

Also fucking lol at that Proprietor's.

Psychgawsple I am gonna be out in pdx in March, St. Patricks day weekend actually, would love some suggestions for beers to try and ways to avoid green beer drinkers.

there are so many beers here! is there any style you're looking for in particular? or maybe it's easier to ask what you don't like

portland breweries that are consistently great:
cascade (killer sours)
occidental (solid german-style brewer)
the commons (mostly farmhouses)
hair of the dog (mostly barleywine)
gigantic (less of a specialty brewery, pretty well-rounded variety)
ecliptic (brand new, nothing mindblowing but very solid)
upright (farmhouses)

if you want a nice day trip:
de garde (sours and farmhouses. in tillamook, towards the coast)
pfriem (really really good belgians. in hood river, up the gorge)
double mountain (well-rounded with great seasonals. also in hood river)
logsdon (my #1 in the area. super solid farmhouse-style brewer. hood river valey, tasting room is closed for the winter and i'm not sure when they're coming back but you can find this at any bottle shop or classy taproom)
solera (also farmhouse. also hood river valley. also closed for the winter)

you might see these, order them (stuff from eugene, bend, corvallis, etc.):
crux
block 15
agrarian
ale apothecary
boneyard (you will DEFINITELY see this. the best ipa in the state imo)

i am probably forgetting a ton of stuff, i'm sure sleeve can help complete this list

oh, and don't forget dean's scene!

Been a while since I've had a black lager, tastes thinner than I remember for the style but still heavy on the roast and malt.

yeah this beer was more good than great but i was impressed at how chocolatey it was given the light body.

i'm drinking my first sucks of the season. good as always but i think victory hop ranch has momentarily ruined me for other readily-available double ipas.

We get victory stuff, but I don't think I've seen hop ranch around here.

Well beermenus says it's in a few places. I'll have to keep an eye out.

Jacks India Pale Lager is much more my speed than the schwartzbier. Reminds me of a sorta similat Goose Island product.

just got hop ranch here, brought one home to try tonight.
drank more sucks this week.
been sick so drinking less beer :(

more Oregon... pg's list is way more obscure/specific than mine and I will check those places out, thank you.

dude how could you forget 10 Barrel? Even better than Boneyard imo, my favorite NW IPA. they are from Bend and seem to have decent distribution, sixes and 22's.

Oakshire from Eugene - we were just at their tasting room tonight, Watershed IPA is good but not great, their O'Dark 30 CDA cascadian dark ale or black ipa or whatever you wanna call it is great.

Hopworks Urban Brewery from Portland, also Laurelwood ain't too shabby but I would check out all of the ones in the post above before those. maybe try Lompoc in Portland? Fort George in Astoria is also excellent.

jeez looking at the Portland list I only know upright and double mountain (they do the Vaporizer IPA in the pint bottles right?)

besides Claim 52 in Eugene we also have the Viking Braggot folks (mead w/malt & hops, around 6%, delicious)

oh i should check that out, i love braggot. and yes, vaporizer is pretty widely available in bottles along with the ira and the kolsch and maybe one more. i was super into the double mountain ira for a while but it seems to have declined in quality ever since they bottled it. if you ever see a higher alcohol beer from them you should probably get it. the best of their seasonals are usually limited to the brewery, sours and barrel aged stuff, etc. also they have good pizza.

combine that with pfriem and it's hard not to take every single out-of-town visitor up the gorge to hood river. pfriem was started by a former full sail brewer iirc (also in hood river) who broke off on their own and is now making some very delicious belgian stuff, great belgian ipas with all sorts of sweet hop flavor and really good strong dark wintery beers, in terms of bold and fore-fronted flavors i think they can hang with lagunitas but maybe a bit less experimental and more interested in tradition. they apparently refuse to bottle their beers but you can frequently find them on tap around portland. based on what happened to double mountain i'm glad they're choosing to just do kegs tbh

A pal of mine is having a few people over to do a beer tasting and clear out his reserves before he moves next week. Looking forward to it because this dude is pretty serious about aging certain stuff and has crazy tastes.

i need more friends like that ^

about 10 barrel - i remember really enjoying their winter seasonal so i will have to revisit the ipa. hopworks would definitely make my portland list actually, though it's more of a great local spot with cheap and delicious growler fills than an interesting place to go and spend any time. i live near their "bike bar" and apparently you can ride these power-generating bikes in exchange for beer. so that's cool i guess. lompoc also has a spot nearby, with a special place attached called sidebar where they feature all the small batches and seasonals. that stuff is great, too!

Has Hopslam always said "brewed with honey" on the label? I don't think I've even bought any the past two seasons, but splurged last night. I don't remember that, and now that I know it, it seems sweetish, albeit well-balanced, with long-lingering hops on the back end.

xp Thanks for your PDX posts btw, I figured there would be more than I could possibly do in the 2.5 days I'm going to be there but it doesn't hurt to have options (and ways to get out of the standard "lets go to Voodoo Donuts" BS that my traveling companions are likely to pull).

You don't happen to be a Timbers fan, do you?