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.
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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.
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.”
Pyramid “Yeah, Baby!”: The Name Says It All!
Pyramid “Yeah, Baby!” is an absurdly fine IPA, regardless of category, and gives all us fresh-hop freaks something we can geek out on during those dismal months of our beer year that are not September and October.
Deschutes The Abyss and The Dissident: Two Bottles of Hot Sex
The Abyss and The Dissident, 2018, are like bottles of delightfully naughty sex; like you just might enjoy either one enough that it would be unseemly to have anyone watching.
Crux Fermentation Project: Tough Love, Lost Love, and The Snow Cave
Crux Fermentation Project is one of the three to five best breweries in the United States and they haven’t yet even hit their stride.
