Flagship February #6/Walking Man Brewing: Laid Back
These two titanic beers do what flagship beers are SUPPOSED to do: Tell A Story. State the Mission of their makers. Stand for Something.
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Veteran writer, Steve Body, on beer, wine, spirits and those who make them…
Flagship February/Iron Horse “Irish Death” (WTF is this beer?!?)
I’ve consumed a small lake of this stuff, over the twelve-ish years since it debuted and it wears about as well as any NW ale I’ve ever found.
Flagship February/Sound Brewery: Indiscreet
Beautiful luminous amber in the glass, as vividly flavored as a smorgasbord on a Tahitian beach, Monk’s is pretty much inarguably Washington’s flagship Belgian-style ale and it is UNBELIEVABLY delicious!
Flagship February/Snoqualmie Falls Brewing “Steam Train”: The Stealth Porter
This became Snoqualmie Falls Brewing’s flagship beer in the most natural way possible: by simply being among the best of this style ever made in the US.
Flagship February/Mac & Jack’s: #1 with a Bullet
It became a true American brewing icon; the first and only craft beer to literally outsell Budwesier, Miller, and Coors in its local market.
On Yearning and Justice and Edgar…
I YEARN for this for Edgar and today, at 3 p.m., WHEN – not IF – this happens – I’ll have that Moment when I see that life, of which we say “There is no Justice” and which we all wearily proclaim is not fair…occasionally is.
The Russians Are Here…and We Are Losing
Putin knew that he could never conquer the US by military means, so he is rotting us out from within and planning to just pick up the pieces.
Sound Brewery and Double Mountain Bruts: NAILED It
Just this week, I got samples from two exceptional PNW brewers whom I would have probably chosen if someone had come to me and said, “Name a brewery in each state that you would bet money on making a great Brut.”
