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For quite awhile, if you drove south from Portland, your next beer destination was Eugene. You drove right past the state capital of Salem.
But now there are signs of life. One is Pale Horse Brewing.
They have a Hillbilly Blond, the Hopyard Dog and the signature Pale Horse Irish Dry Stout.
Pale Horse Brewing
(brewery only, no pub)
2359 Hyacinth ST. NE
Salem, OR 97301
503-364-3610
Hopworks Ace of Spades (Gold Medal winner in the Imperial IPA category at the 2009 Great American Beer Festival) was released in bottles on April 13th at the awesome Belmont Station.
The label says, “This hopped out beast had Amarillo, Cascade and Centennial hops, added at every point; mash tun, first wort, kettle, and dry hop. All the green goodness results in a beer with a huge citrus hop aroma, flavor and deep clean bitterness.”
AS if that wasn’t enough for organic beer lovers, Hopworks is releasing another IPA called Google Gigabit as a pitch for the company to choose Portland as its destination for new high-speed fiber optics lines. Check out The New School blog for the complete story.
Here are the suggestions for April!
If you want more coverage of Bay Area beer events and to get reviews and other fun stuff then head over to ….A Better Beer Blog.
It is the work of Peter Estaniel, a homebrewer and BJCP judge. He seems to have a great joy for beer.
Mabuhay! (check out his website to find out what this means)
Saw this tidbit in NW Brewing News and thought, interesting new trend?
“Lazy Boy Brewing has partnered with Michael Wilton (aka Whip) from the band Queensryche to develop a beer called Whip Ale”
It will be a NW style pale ale. The rocker apparently helped create the recipe.
Whose next?
As threatened, here are the reasons why you should be beer geeked about Tony Yanow and the newly opened Tony’s Darts Away (TDA)…
REASON # 1
The hospitality at TDA will be strong from day one. Why? Because Tony has been doing beer tastings for awhile. Thanks to his “problem” of collecting great beer, he has had to occasionally purge which leads to people “helping” him winnow the size back to manageable. By doing this, Tony has not only exposed Los Angeles to great beer, he has learned how to find the right beer for people. And that is a gift in a beer world that some people are just discovering. Hence the TDA motto of “Bringing the fine beer of California to the fine people of Los Angeles.”
REASON # 2
The magical word NITRO. Tony is originally from Canada which is not afraid of the nitro. And I have had my share growing up in Portland. But is has been conspicuous in it’s absence from the burgeoning Los Angeles scene. Not now. And it won’t be confined to just porters and stouts. Nitro La Merle anyone?
REASON # 3
The staff at TDA will be educated. Tony has traveled up and down the state of California to familiarize himself with what beer the state has to offer. The staff has been assigned reading, has tasted the beers and has even brewed! Plus Tony has two aces in Paige Reilly and Dave Watrous. Fun and smart beer people.
Only my third beer from Florida ever! One from Cigar City and two from the Belgian Saint Somewhere.
Looks like my adopted state of California ran away with 45 medals in Chicago and my home state of Oregon was 2nd with 13. With the Trailblazers beating the Lakers yesterday, I think we are even.
For a great statistical (yes, numbers and math) round-up, check out the great Brookston Beer Bulletin HERE.
As in chocolate donut beer. This is one of those beers that may polarize people into two camps. The camp who think it can’t possibly work and the camp who believe it’s just crazy enough to be good.
I would be willing to taste it but I hope it is more chocolate and beer than it is doughnut.