OLD JUBILATION ALE- AVERY BREWING

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12.30.12 (Sunday)

AVERY OLD JUBILATION ALE

12 FL. OZ., 8.3 % ALC/VOL

BBB Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, Colorado

++

 

 

FROM THE LABEL:

 

 

 

 

 

FROM THE MOUTH : OLD ALE: Aroma: HO HO WHOA! I can tell by the smell I am going to like this..roast, malty, sweet, hazelnut and...chocolate? Taste: Roasted and toasted, nutty and caramelly with a strong alcohol presence...rum like. Yum-mey. Body is full, flavor is full; I am warm and toasty. Semi dry and easy to drink and the love the nostalgic label- do we all not want to meet there for a late night snow shoe and winter treasure hunt. A+

FROM THE STORE: Rocket Market in Spokane WA

 

winter walk in Spokane

 

 

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HENRY WEINHARD'S BLONDE LAGER

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12.29.12 (Saturday)

HENRY WEINHARD'S BLONDE LAGER

ALE 12 FL. OZ. (0.355 L)

Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co., Hoodriver , OR USA

For Customer questions call 1.866.443.6797

 

 

FROM THE LABEL: See above

 

Notes from the beer advocate:Malts: North American Select Pale and Caramel Malts
Hops: Pacific Northwest Cascade Hops
Calories/12 oz: 161
Carbohydrates (g): 14.1
% Alcohol by Vol: 5.12
Bitterness Units: 17.7

 

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN PALE LAGER: Aroma: very faint, almost can't detect one. Taste follows nose, a bit bolder and more present would have been preferred but it was crisp, clear and clean. I would drink this if you were having a complex meal and wanted something that wouldn't interfer with flavors or fill you up. As Pale Lagers go this is one of my favorites. A

FROM THE STORE: Huckleberry's in Spokane WA

 

 

I love my sista's

you are beautiful inside and out

miss you

 

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Henry Weinhard's Blonde 

 

 



ABOMINABLE WINTER ALE

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12.28.12 (Friday)

ABOMINABLE WINTER ALE

1 PINT 6 FLUID OZ., ALC. 7.3% BY VOLUME

Hopworks Urban Brewery Portland Oregon 97202

www.hopworks.com

+++

 

 

FROM THE LABEL: "Thank you for supporting sustainably brewed beer. Sustainable - Organic Beer. 

 

 

 

 

 

What is a Winter Ale???

 

FROM: www.microbeerreviews.com



 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIx-xZmxqTk

 

FROM THE MOUTH: American Amber / Red Ale:  I would not consider this a Winter Ale, per the description. This is a very clean fresh crisp drink. Aroma: piney/ grapefruit hops and sweet caramel malt - no spices. Taste: same. This is so smooth and wonderfully blended. I love this beer and realizing that it is a seasonal beer and the Abdominable will... disappear - until the next snow fall. NOTE: They actually acknowledged the artist who designed the label- right on. A+

 

FROM THE STORE: Albertson's in Spokane WA

 

Finn, the best dog in the world with his new toy

 

 

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TRICERAHOPS DOUBLE IPA -NINKASI BREWERY

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12.27.12 (Thursday)

NINKASI TRICERAHOPS DOUBLE IPA

1 PINT 6 FL. OZ. , ALC 8.8% BY VOL., 100+ IBU's ( not on label)

BBB Ninkasi Brewing Company, Eugene, Oregon

www.ninkasibrewing.com

++++1/2

 

 

FROM THE LABEL:

 

 

Notes from the beeradvocate:Ninkasi website:
"8.8%alc./vol. 100+ ibus. Always available in 22 oz bottles, and on draft."

 

FROM THE MOUTH: American Double / Imperial IPA: Aroma: Citrus and floral hops with heavy sweet malt overtaking the nose. Taste is sweet caramel/bready malt front followed by piney hops and an alcohol burn. Nice solid DIPA, easy drinking and I will certainly have this again. A+

FROM THE STORE: Albertson's in Spokane, WA

The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 25% of college students have eating disorders. The same percent of college women report managing weight by binging and purging, says the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/27/college-kids-eating-disorders/1794057/

 

 

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PYRAMID WHEATEN IPA

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12.26.12

PYRAMID WHEATEN IPA

1 PINT 6 FL. OZ. (650mL), ALC. 6.5% BY VOL.

Pyramid Brewing Co.: Seattle, WA - Berkeley, CA - Portland, OR

www.pyramidbrew.com

++1/2

 

 

FROM THE LABEL: See above

 

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN IPA: Was a bit nervous to try this since I have not been too fond of the Pyramid label ( other than the Pyramid Outburst Imperial IPA which was good) but this was nice. Aroma: citrus hops ( grapefruit) with pine hops and some sweet bread. Taste: Sweet bready malt/pine resins followed by those grapefruit NW hops/grass and finishes with some bitterness blended with caramel malts. Very drinkable and on sale for $2.99 makes it a winner in my book. A

 

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. - Jane Howard

 

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ROGUE SANTA'S PRIVATE RESERVE ALE

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12.25.12

MERRY CHRISTMAS

ROGUE SANTA'S PRIVATE RESERVE ALE

1 PT. 6 FL. OZ./ 650 ML., 6% ABV (not on label)

BBB ROGUE ALES, NEWPORT, OR 97365 USA

++1/2

 

 

FROM THE LABEL:

 

 

Notes from the beer advocate:10 Ingredients:

Carastan 30-37 & 13-17, Crystal 70-80 & Rogue Micro Barley Farm Dare™ & Risk™ Malts; Chinook & Rogue Farm Revolution & Freedom Hops; Free Range Coastal Water and Pacman Yeast.

13º PLATO
65 IBU
73.1 AA
26.75º L

 

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN AMBER/RED ALE: Aroma: toasted barley and something burnt- or earthy. Taste: toasted barley a-front that sleigh rides into a citrusy malt and piney hop snow storm. I love the label and it is a shame this is a Santa beer and not around all year long. A

 

 

Tiny Tim: God bless us, every one!

- Merry Christmas everyone -

 

 

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BLACK BUTTE PORTER - DESCHUTES BREWERY

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12.24.12 (Monday)

 BLACK BUTTE PORTER- DESCHUTES BREWERY

1 PINT 6 FLUID OUNCES, 5.2% ALC. BY VOL.

Deschutes Brewery, Bend Oregon

www.deschutesbrewery.com
++
 

 

FROM THE LABEL: "Courageously crafted since 1988 for fellow explorers everywhere."

 

 

 

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN PORTER: Not smelling it tonight, it is xmas eve so I am just drinking. If I were sitting around a campfire, with snow falling all around I would think to myself ...

damn, I wish I were  inside with my jammies on watching Scrooge. Sorry, not in the mood to talk beer (rather be silent and just drink tonight) but I must. I mostly love Deschutes brews and this is no exception. Nice Stout fellas -  coffee/chocolate/licking the bottom of a log finish that will satisfy any Porter lover.Not a high ABV or IBU (30) so you can sip it, enjoy and pretend you are with your family on xmas eve...wherever they are and you are. A

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family.

Lee Iacocca

 

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OUTBURST IMPERIAL IPA - PYRAMID BREWING

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12.23.12 (Sunday)

 OUTBURST IMPERIAL IPA

1 PINT 6 FL. OZ. (650mL), ALC. 8.5% BY VOL.

Pyramid Brewing Co., Seattle, WA- Berkely, CA - Portland, OR

++++1/2

 

FROM THE LABEL: See above

 

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN DOUBLE/IMPERIAL IPA: Pyramid isn't typically a label I have liked so far but this beer changed that. At 80 IBU's this packs a nice piney citrus hop punch with a light sweet/ chewy/ caramel malt blend making this way to easy to drink. I will keep a 6 pack of this around at all times! A++

 

 

FROM THE STORE: Albertson's in Spokane, WA for only $2.99 on sale!

 

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser than he was yesterday.

Abraham Lincoln

 

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SOUTHERN TIER 2XIPA

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12.22.12 (Saturday)

SOUTHERN TIER 2XIPA

12 FL. OZ. (355ML)

BBB Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood, NY- USA

++++

 

 

 

FROM THE LABEL:

 

 

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN DOUBLE/IMPERIAL IPA: Gentle aroma of sweet malt/strong floral and those wonderful - wonderful 4 varieties of hops. Taste is...sooo good. Loved and savored each sip. Certainly one of the best IPA's I have had this year. I will stock my fridge with Southern Tier 2X next year. If you are an IPA lover give this one a go. A++

 

FROM THE STORE: Rocket Market in Spokane Wa

 

I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling.--April 4, 1864 Letter to Albert Hodges Abraham Lincoln

 

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TRADER JOE'S 2012 VINTAGE ALE

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12.21.12 (Friday)

WINTER SOLSTICE

TRADER JOE'S 2012 VINTAGE ALE

On Lees 1 PT. 9.4 fl.oz., 9% alc./vol.

BB UNIBROUE, Chambley, Quebec, Canad J312146

Imported by Unibrew USA, New York, NY 10017

 

 

 

FROM THE LABEL:

 

 

FROM THE MOUTH: BELGIAN STRONG DARK ALE: Aroma: typical Unibroue- Belgian yeast with cloves, coriander, dark fruits, toffee, chocolate and some chewy biscuit. Taste: like it smells-thick Belgian yeast up front with a considerable amount of spices- clove, coriander and cinnamon. Then hit em with some banana and those dark fruits, fig raisin dates all dredged in sugary toffee and chocolate. Very complex, lots going on but also a typical Unibroue, nicely blended and not boring.  Perfect beer after a long semester that ended today... did I mention the nice warm alcohol burn after each sip..ahhhhhh  A

FROM THE STORE: Trader Joe's in Spokane WA

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares.--December 23, 1862 Abraham Lincoln

 

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WHITE OUT WINTER ALE

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12.20.12 (Thursday)

WHITE OUT WINTER ALE

12 FL.OZ.

Rocky Coulee Brewing Co., Odessa, Washington

 

FROM THE LABEL:

 

 

FROM THE MOUTH: WINTER ALE: Yuck, poured it out. Flat and uninteresting.

 

FROM THE STORE: Rocket Market, Spokane WA

 

I miss my family

me

 

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HEELCH O'HOPS -ANDERSON VALLEY

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12.19.12 (Wednesday)

 HEELCH O'HOPS -ANDERSON VALLEY BREWERY

12 FL. OZ., 8.7% Alc. by Vol.

BBB Anderson Valley, Boonville, CA

www.avbc.com

++++

 

 

FROM THE LABEL AND CAP:

 

 

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN DOUBLE/IMPERIAL IPA: Man, I want to go where this artist is painting in Plein air. I saw Elk and Moose prints in the snow today but no sign of this bear. Aroma: oops was too busy slamming this to smell anything. Taste: Piney resins with some lingering caramel/ moderate bitterness with a tingling alcohol burn finish. Just what I needed tonight. Damn, it's gone. Always pleased with Anderson Valley. A++

 

FROM THE STORE: Rocket  Market in Spokane WA

 

Disappointments are to the soul what thunderstorms are to the air.
Johann C. F. von Schiller

 

 

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MT TABOR BRIDGE LIFTER IPA

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12.18.12 (Tuesday)

MT TABOR BRIDGE LIFTER IPA

GROWLER, 6.8 ABV

MT TABOR BREWING, VANCOUVER, WA

www.mttaborbrewing.com

 

 

FROM THE WEBSITE: Bridge Lifter IPA – Big & hoppy but yet a still balanced NW Style IPA. Loaded with Zythos, Cascades and Falconer’s Flight hops, this one will be worth sitting in traffic for.
6.8% ABV, 81 IBU’s.

Now Serving

Our Tap Room:
Thurs: 4-8pm
Friday: 4pm - Close

P5 Pale Ale
Calf Stout
Bridge Lifter IPA
Hudson Bay CDA
Red Lion Red
Butch's Angry Beaver English ESB

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN IPA: A Growler......I own a Growler!!! See that picture above..I took that home with me- WOOHOO. All compliments of Jack Surface who's son owns and operates Mt Tabor Brewing. Jack flew up from Portland with said Growler and we enjoyed a wonderful plastic glass full in the lobby of the hotel. New favorite IPA so Jack is going to have to fly up here more often. Description from the website is right on+++ smooth big hops blended nicely with malt, well balanced with the IBU's being 81. If you are in Vancouver WA check out Mt Tabor Brewery... say Hi to Jack for me. A++

FROM THE STORE: Rocket Market in Spokane WA

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Vincent van Gogh

 

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SNOW DAY WINTER ALE- NEW BELGIUM

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12.17.12 (Monday)

Happy Birthday Berta

 SNOW DAY WINTER ALE - NEW BELGIUM

12 FL. OZ. (355ML), ALC. 6.2% BY VOL.

BBB New Belgium Brewing - Fort Collins, CO USA

www.newbelgium.com

++1/2

 

 

FROM THE LABEL: "New Belgium's employee owners would love to have you stop by the brewery! 500 Linden, Fort Collins, CO 80524. 888 NBB-4044. New Belgium Brewing Company is Wind Powered and employee owned. Savor the flavor. "

 

 

 

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN BLACK ALE: Aroma- citrus hops and ash tray. Taste- same. Interesting beer. Smokey/ bitter hops/mild molasses malt/ toasted bread- licking the bottom of an ash tray lingers in the end. The label is so cozy. Wonder what this beer would be like if you smoked.  I would try this again just to see if I was right the first time around. A-

 

FROM THE STORE: Huckleberry's in Spokane, WA

 

Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.Napoleon Hill

 

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SIERRA NEVADA BEER CAMP OATMEAL STOUT 2012

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12.16.12 (Sunday)

SIERRA NEVADA BEER CAMP OATMEAL STOUT 2012

12 FL. OZ., ALC 9.0% BY VOL.

BBB Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA

www.sierranevada.com

++

 

 

FROM THE LABEL:

 

 

 

FROM THE MOUTH: IMPERIAL STOUT: Aroma is oakey whiskey- yessirree. Taste is a smooth chewy/ oakey/ smokey/ malty/ molasses/ maple love fest. This would be a nice after dinner treat like the label states but I enjoyed it all by its lonesome after a long day of painting. The label art is stunning and fun. Where is that beer camp? I want to go. A+

 

FROM THE STORE: Rocket Market in Spokane, WA

 

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven. Thomas Bailey Aldrich

 

 

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LEFT COAST HOP JUICE

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12.15.12 (Saturday)

LEFT COAST HOP JUICE

1 PINT 6 FLUID OUNCES, Alc. 9.7% by Vol.

Handcrafted by Left Coast Brewing Co., San Clemente , CA

www.leftcoastbrewing.com

++++

 

 

FROM THE LABEL: 

 

 

 

 

FROM THE MOUTH: AMERICAN DOUBLE/IMPERIAL IPA: Wasn't expecting the light golden amber color, looks like a wheat beer. Aroma: no surprises here- pine resins and citrus. Taste: remember that commercial about Grape Nuts back in the late 60's early 70's...."ever eat a pine tree?" Well this is it. Slight bit of malt/citrus followed by chewy/ sappy/ pine tar all rolled up with a nice warm alcohol trunk - lovely! A

 

FROM THE STORE : Rocket Market in Spokane WA

 

Go back a little to leap further. John Clarke

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