We have reached the final March 2012 review with Noggin’ Floggin’ barley wine from Hopworks Urban Brewery. Just as with California beers, I am sure there will be more Oregon reviews before this year is out.
But now on to the barley wine……
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We have reached the final March 2012 review with Noggin’ Floggin’ barley wine from Hopworks Urban Brewery. Just as with California beers, I am sure there will be more Oregon reviews before this year is out.
But now on to the barley wine……
Here is the scoop on the second reviewed Oregon beer from my college town of McMinnville, “Dopplebock started out as a Lenten beer for the monks in Germany. During Lent they would forgo solid food and get all their sustenance from beer. Needless to say it was big beer with lots of unfermented dextrins. Once the public got a taste it became very popular. We call our beer Mediator because we think that a 22 ounce bottle is probably better shared than drunk alone. It’s rich, toasty and malty, with a few plum notes on the palate and the slightest roasted character in the finish. I think this would go really well with a number of cheeses.”
Here is my review of Mediator from Heater-Allen
The last beer of the Halloween season is the Smashed Pumpkin from Shipyard Brewing.
Our second spooky Halloween beer to review is from one of my favorite breweries, Kern River….