What Northwest Beer Are You Drinking Now? (2022)

I'm at Wildwood Taphouse having a small pour of Reuben’s Three Ryes Men: Apple Pie.



I say DAMN this is a fine beer! The apple is heavy on the nose, with caramel underneath, along with a dusting of cinnamon. Flavor is somewhat inverted from the nose, with the base Three Ryes Men quite prominent and the barrel character front and center. Apple and cinnamon are relegated to a supporting role.

It all adds up to a very tasty BA barleywine which suggests apple pie around the edges. This is no pastry barleywine, and it is outstanding.

I think this is draft-only, which is kind of unfortuate, in a selfish way. I would gladly open my wallet for a bottle of this.

 

This is leftover from a Reuben’s tap takeover last Monday. (Apparently Adam and Grace from Reuben’s were there.)

I walked home out of a surplus of caution (and a paucity of public transit options in this area at this hour), but I would've been happy to stick around for a couple more 5-ounce pours. Or even a generous 8-ounce pour.

It was a cold walk there and back. And totally worth it.

 

Home again. I opened up a Silver City Thaw Out Winter Warmer because I needed to thaw out.



It's pretty good, bittersweet and very roasty. There's a whiff of smoke in there which adds interest.

 

Corpse Pose, fruited sour made by E9 and Best of Hands. Am I correct in remembering that Best of Hands is shutting down?

 

Was out celebrating my ma’s 70th birthday. Home now. Good way to end the night.

 

Arugula coated in balsamic vinegar. Below that was garlic olive oil, cheese, mushrooms and cashews.

 

pFriem’s Bourbon BA Barleywine is like liquid, boozy caramel. It’s borderline too sweet but I love it. I enjoyed Breakside’s Sweet Creature of Bombast. I do think it had one or two too many elements (I think there are 4-5 BA beers blended?) and I can’t pick out many specific flavors.

 

Home from work, grabbed a six pack of a "new" Widmer beer, for old times sake.
Hopcadia NW IPA.
Had not seen it in Plaid Pantry before, so stupidly I failed to look for the hidden date.
Its 4 months old. Packaged at the start of August.
It looks good and strangely the old-style Oregon aroma is good, but alas the taste is mild and slightly garbled up, and the mouth feel the wrong side of flabby.
I think had i seen this 3 months ago it would have been a reasonable Older style IPA.
Poor old Widmer.

 

Congrats to your Mom. Sounds like your Mom is still a young'un.

 

Mirage - Scrapbooking DDH IPA at The Beer Junction

 

Hitting Whistle Punk's Backcut, a blend of Wee Heavy and RIS aged in bourbon barrels for 24 months and conditioned on toasted coconuts.

It's pretty raw and boozy. I'm thinking strongly of getting another and laying it down for a couple years. The bourbon barrels absolutely dominate right now.

 

pFriem - CDA

 

Can I ask how you kept it from going flat? Seems to have a pretty good head left on it. Thanks

 

Alesong - Cherry Parliament (2021)

 

Wanderjack.
Beautiful

 

Had it with a side of mulled wine. Hate wine but could get used to mulled wine

 

Home with. Rogue Mogul Madness.
Lovely Winter Ale.
And at average price !
My fridge is filling up with disappointing beer. Looking at you Crux and Widmer, but this will go fast.

 

I hadn't seen it for years. then saw six packs while grocery shopping at Grocery Outlet ( cheap ass that I am).
$10.99.

 

Binged the 2nd half of "Ted Lasso" Season 2 tonight. (Yes, we're behind. Cope.)

A layered and well-structured series required layered and well-structured beers. For Mrs. vurt and I, these included:

• Fremont/Pizza Port Shaka IPA
• Gigantic Most Most Premium Imperial Stout (Scotch barrel-aged)
  
• Von Ebert Volatile Substance IPA
• Stoup Whiskers Out Export Stout
• Away Days Petr Czech Dark Lager (an excellent football pun for a "Ted Lasso" session)
• Varietal Dammit Bobby! WCIPA
• Von Ebert Sector 7 Hazy IPA

Been a fine evening. We started early, and are finishing late. Cheers!

 

I didn't do anything really. Except maybe got back to the can before too much time had transpired.

I opened it between 10 and 10:30 p.m., then finished it the next morning perhaps 11 hours later. Didn't really have a chance to go flat.

 

Berhalter got the USMNT back into the World Cup, and then got one of the youngest squads in the tournament into the round of 16.

I say keep him. Let's see how he does in the CONCACAF Gold Cup next year.

If there's a coach with more international experience who wants the job, let them make their case after that.

 

I never watch TV ever. But hearing good things for a year or so about Ted Lasso. Is it uplifting and not negative?
Yeah im a sap. I need positivity

 

I hardly ever watch TV ever. Especially since it's expensive to get "the good stuff" these days.

I will say that "Ted Lasso" gets past my defenses faster than pretty much anything. It is uplifting. But it makes you work for it. (Maybe. I watched it with laughs and some tears.)

It is NOT negative.

It is rewardingly well written.

The soundtrack is mint, with some 80s, 90s, and 2000s tracks that hit perfectly.

Football knowledge is not necessary, but certainly helps on some levels.

A buddy of mine said it does a great job of making you love people, and I'm not sure I can describe it any better than that.

 

Thanks dude

 

I have a good idea that we will drink beers in-person next year. And that makes me happy.

(I have the same idea for a few other regulars in the NW forum for next year, so watch yourselves.)

 

I agree with this. Berhalter has done a great job, some of his in game tactics have been suspect but overall he has moved the team forward. Now if Pep or Klopp wanted to take over thats another story but that isn't happening.

 

I really enjoyed this last week. Another classic style we could use more of on the market.

 

Oh, ok. Thanks. I have distant recollections of the "morning after" at college and finding a (very) few half-consumed cans of beer around the place, totally flat.

 

Ugh, yeah, I remember those days. Vaguely.

 

Maybe because I put the beer back in the fridge? I am not a chemist, but perhaps beer loses carbonation faster at room temperature than fridge temperature.

 

You may well be correct. Makes sense, actually. We know what happens if you pop open a warm beer. Whoosh!. So, being chilled would go the other direction.

I should add that after being out for a summer night down in the Ozarks, that half-can of flat beer would have also sport a floating crust of happily drowned bugs.

 

Enjoying a Block 15 Sticky Hands, one of our faves. Canned Nov 28, just a week ago. Bought it on the 1st of Dec.
Great stuff.

BTW, new can art!

 

Stopped at Brick West on my way home from work. Currently drinking a Luna Maria, a stout.

It is good without being noteworthy in any particular way.

 

Afterwards hit Iron Goat for a Paul's Pale Ale and a bowl of their Turkish Stew, which was just what the doctor ordered on a cold night.

 

Got home early (again) from work tonight, and couldn't resist f/Stop Fitzgerald Pub in Salem at 11 PM.
Had two excellent imperial pints of GoodLife Pilsner.
I even did a review. It is "Retired" on here. Probably because no one has rated it since 2017.
Its alive and well in Salem!

 

That stew looks friggin awesome. Got my belly rumbling. Allas just salad and chicken breast in the house.