Delicious Stout Beer

The last couple weeks I have had some delicious beer. Let start with Hair the Dog's Matt. It was a bourbon barreled stout, that is also aged in brandy barrels. Sweet, roasty and delicious. The next beer I had was Pelican's Irish Handcuffs, it is a dry irish stout. It is smooth, balanced and subtly sweet. At 4.4% it is a quaffable stout. The next beer I had was Black Raven's Grandfather Imperial Stout. This beer is from 2012, aged for 2 years. It was thick, creamy and satisfying. Black Raven has never disappointed. Also while driving through Astoria stopped by Fort George and picked up a limited release Cavacta stout aged in Rum barrels. I haven't had one yet but once I do I will write about. Drink and be merry! Prost! 

Portland Drinking

We went to Portland March 8&9. Surprise Surprise. First stop was lunch at Hopworks Urban Brewery. Had the 7 Grain Suvival Stout and my wife had HUB ESB, both were excellent. Then we went to Powell's off Hawthorne. After that the next Brewery we hit was Gigantic, I had the Most Premium Imperial Russian Stout and she had the Bang on British Pale Ale. The stout was creamy, sweet and roasty. The pale ale was beatifully balanced with malts and hops. We then stopped by Hair of the Dog and I got to try Strawberry Fred from the Wood and she had Greg. First with Greg it is a squash pilsner, and beer that my wife actually likes from Hair of the Dog. Strawberry Fred was amazing. Lastly we hit Basecamp Brewing which is becoming one of my favorites in Portland as well. The have great beer(smoked weiss & Northwest fest), two food trucks that deliver inside and the to go beers are in aluminum bottles which is pretty cool.  To end the trip we also hit Belmont Station and Rogues PDX bottleshop and came home with some good selections like Mikkler's Santa's Little Helper aged in Cognac barrels. Prost!