Firestone

Yesterday during the Hawks game I enjoyed a Lawnmower Lager by Caldera down in Ashland Oregon. It us light and refreshing and a unique lager. After the game I celebrated with having a Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA. It was a good one but what do you expect from a Mid-size Brewery Champion that has won it three times .

Aging Beers

For Christmas I got the Fremont Bourbon Barreled Abominable Ale, MOA Imperial Stout Aged in Pinot Noir Barrels and Sound Brewing's Ursus Speleus Belgian Style Imperial Stout. I am going to keep these in a cool dark place for a year and have them next Christmas!

21st Amendment

Last night during the game I enjoyed these two beer while the Hawks beat the Niners. There was the Marooned on an Island Stout made with oyster shells and the Hop Crisis Imperial IPA aged with Oak Chips. Both were great, there hasn't been a beer I disliked by them!

Beer Junction

Went up to the Beer Junction and had me the new Pelican ESB and Issaquah Brewing Frosty Frog both we really tasty. Beer Junction always has good selection on tap.

Weekly Recommends

This weeks top 3 recommends!

3. Elysian's Bifrost- The winter favorite of Odin's enemy the Ice Giant a delicious winter treat!

2. Midnight Sun's Arctic Rhino-One of their best offerings a smooth coffee porter. I recommend it to everyone.

1. Dead Guy Ale by Rogue-One of my go to beers from them. Balanced and nicely hopped.

Odin Brewing

Odin Brewing has become one of my favorite Seattle Breweries as of late. I am enjoying there latest bottled beverage aptly named Viking Gold and is an extra pale ale and it is extra delicious!

Recommendations

Happy Thanksgivings! For this holiday I am recommending these delicious treats

3. Hopworks HUB Lager-Light ale slightly hopped very refreshing. More for summer but does not take space away from the turkey.

2. Sweet Heat from Burnside Brewing- apricot scotch bonnet pepper ale. It starts off sweet on the pallet then the heat creeps up on you. It won a Gold Medal at GABF.

1. Hopdevil IPA from Victory Brewing- probably my favorite IPA. Balanced, nicely hopped and more malty than normal IPA.

Portland

Had a great time in Portland! We ate at Hopworks Brewery. Next day we went to Burnside Brewing were I had the gold medal winning Sweet Heat. It is an apricot and scotch bonnet ale. My awesome wife had the Almond Joy Porter. We also met with my brother and his gf. We then went to Rogue where we tried the 19 original colonies mead, the mogul madness and the hazalnut brown ale. We also stopped at Cascade Brewing. Tasting the elderberry sour, the grew monk, black cap raspberry, & the honey ginger lime. We finished at the Green Dragon whee my brother and I split the new Rogue Voodoo banana peanut butter chocolate ale. Smell sweet and it is smooth but fills you up quickly. Then I tried the Wasatch Pumpkin Ale and My brother had the secret tap which was an italian blueberry stout. All in all we experienced good beer and good company in this rainy pacific northwest weather! Not a bad weekend!

Hopworks Urban Brewery

We ate at Hopworks tonight had delicious pretzel sticks with their lager mustard. I had the beer sampler which included
1. HUB lager
2. Double Dry Hopped IPA
3. Velvet ESB
4. Hopworks IPA
5. 7 grain survival Stout
6. Deluxe Organic Ale
7. Keller Dweller unfilter lager
8. Abominable Ale
9. Red Card Pale Ale
10. Pig of War San Juan IPA

The stout, ESB, and the lager were my favorites! Good food Good Beer definitely a Great Friday Night!

I found my new Saint Patty's beer

I love the Wexford Irish Creme Ale. Delightfully creamy and smooth. Makes me dream of the Emerald Isles, pots of gold, and four leaf clovers! Cheers

Schooner exact 3 Grid IPA

I think hands down this is my favorite IPA. Don't think I could pick it out in a blind taste test. It is balanced smooth and slightly hopped. Nice amber color. Definitely recommending this one to people.

Elliot Bay

Just had a beer at Elliot Bay Burien that is Brandy Barreled and I really enjoyed it. Had a strong flavor of apple but was really different and unique and that is my buddy Chris's hand saying "Peace"

Weekly Recommendations

Every Thursday I am going to recommend my three top beers of the week.

3. Deschutes Hop Trip-It is Fresh hop pale ale. Smooth and balanced. The fresh hop gives it a little something special.

2. Fremont Harvest Ale-This ale remind me of a German style pils. It had hint of apple. Crisp and refreshing and light on the pallet.

1. Pelican Tsunami Stout-This beer is one of my favorites. Creamy and Robust with coffee flavor.

Cheers!

Beer and Intelligence

According to two studies one in the U.S. and the other in the U.K. The study states that smarter people tend to "drink more and more frequently" then there duller drier counterparts. Yay science!

UINTA Oak JACKED Imperial Pumpkin Ale

Tried Uinta's Imperial Pumpkin Ale tonight and it is safe to say I like it better than Elysian Great Pumpkin. Elysian better watch out, they may have made pumpkin beers a thing but other breweries are gunning for them!

Elysian Great Pumpkin

Enjoying my first Great pumpkin. Does not disappoint.

Horror Movies and Beer

Being an avid Horror Movie fan and Beer lover. I thought I would take it upon myself to pair beer with Horror movies. So, for my first pairing I thought I would do Dracula with Hopworks Urban Brewery's Rise up Red Ale.  I like to think that after a night of seducing women and biting necks that Dracula lays back in his coffin and enjoys a nice pint of red ale to relax before descending in

into slumber and then rising up to do it all over again.