Featured Beer Review – Rippin Pale Ale from Sunriver


The final Oregon beer of November to be reviewed is the NW Ale from Sunriver Brewing. Rippin’ is the name and it is a winner from this GABF medal winning brewery. There is a floral meets pine meets citrus aroma that is quite pleasing. The taste is more on the IPA side of the ledger and is bitter enough to satisfy the hopheads. The clear and bright orange color certainly puts it into NW and not NE territory.

The bitter tastes linger and there is a slight metallic pilsner thing at the back of the mouth along with some orange peel notes. It is also noticeably “wet” in texture. Some beers can be bone dry but this is moist. (Sorry if you hate that word).

Featured Review – Vicious Mosquito IPA from Sunriver

After the great experience with the Cocoa Cow, I had to crack open the canned IPA from GABF winning Sunriver Brewing, Vicious Mosquito.

Pours a light orange color. Chilled is more dank. When it warms though this beer pops with tropical notes. Almost like two different beers. That hop bitterness bites on both sides but softens in the latter to make for a really interesting beer. Aroma is a bit woodsy. Combined with the excellent Parks & Wrecke DIPA that I had make Sunriver 3 for 3.

Featured Review – Oregon Beer # 1 – Cocoa Cow from Sunriver


Every once in awhile you get a bottle that you wish, in hindsight, you bought more than one. This Sunriver beer is such a beer. Cocoa Cow is a chocolate lovers dream. It is all milk chocolate. Good milk chocolate. Belgian stuff. The texture is smooth. There is a hint of bitter but it is a complete fusion of chocolate milk and beer. I almost wanted to drop mini marshmallows in it. I made do and had a chocolate chip cookie with it.