Last week, I posted my Best of 2017 list over on Food GPS.
Since then, I have had a pair of really great Oregon beers that I believe deserve special mention. One is Fort George’s City of Dreams Hazy Pale Ale which has a really cool “woodcut” vibe design to it and the beer inside is one of the better hazy’s that I have had.
The second was Alesong’s French 75 described as “…this beer draws on some inspiration from the classic French 75 cocktail – a refreshing medley of gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and champagne. Our version is dry, citrusy and spicy, with a bubbly effervescence that we hope is worthy of the French 75 namesake.
This beer started as a French-style saison – primary fermented in stainless with saccharomyces, then transferred to Old Tom Gin barrels with brettanomyces. It spent nearly 9 months resting in the cellar, picking up citrus, juniper and peppery notes and a subtle brett-induced earthiness.”
Both the juniper and lemon shone through with the brett being a minor but important note.
The parade of good new beers is relentless. It’s just a matter of where you set the cut-off. Cool to see you enjoying more beers until the year’s very end. What will you be drinking on New Year’s Eve?
I think I have a fancy sour from Good Beer Co. that I might crack open.