Deschutes “Black Mirror”: Utter Perfection
“Black Mirror” is one of those works of brewing genius that steps out and announces itself as such in undeniable terms, instantly.
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Crux “Gated Community”: The Brutest of the Bruts
No matter where you are on the craft beer spectrum, Gated Community is virtually guaranteed to become one of the go-to ales of your summer 2019.
Double Mountain Makes One Thing Perfectly Clear
“Juicy Clearly Not Hazy” is a big, fat, JUICY milepost in the evolution of PNW brewing and it’s going to help change your mind about whether Life Without Fog is possible.
Deschutes Brewery: Bravely Done…Again!
I have found NO single brewery in this country that exceeds Deschutes in across-the-board consistency of quality, beer after beer, year after year, without fail.
Wine and Food Pairing is “Bullshit”…Just Ask Tim Hanni.
“A perfect wine pairing doesn’t exist. We’re doing a lot of damage the way we’re matching wine and categorizing it.”
Flagship February #7/Pike Brewing: The Brewery Down Below
Here in the Age of The IPA, finding a brewery that not only sells a big Scotch ale but **thrives** on it is almost unheard of but the reason why is not hard to figure: this is a genuinely outstanding, iconic ale
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.
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.
The Pour Fool 