June 2012
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Beer # 30: Mountain Brewing Imperial Porter
Brewery: Mountain Brewing Co. (Portland, Oregon)
Style: American Imperial Porter
Who I drank it with: My beer buddies!
Mood: Relieved yet still stressed
The Conversation Over Beer: Well this beer is actually my own home brewed creation that has been sitting in the bottle since October. I have been slowly aging it to see how it is improving; a bottle of this hasn’t been opened for...
May 2012
31 posts
Beer # 29: Ninkasi Spring Reign
Brewery: NInkasi Brewing (Eugene, Oregon)
Style: American Blonde Ale
Who I drank it with: Some buddies over lunch
Mood: Neutral
The Conversation Over Beer: Summer, summer, SUMMER!!! Summer is on its way and its time to start planning those camping trips. We all sit here sipping on some lighter spring beer hoping for good/warm weather.
Grading the Beer:
Appearance: Poured a light golden...
Beer # 28: Hopworks 7 Grain Survival Stout
Brewery: Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland, Oregon)
Style: American Stout
Who I drank it with: Good ol’ thesis project & the girlfriend
Mood: Eh/overwhelmed.
The Conversation Over Beer: As my girlfriend and I sit here, slaving away at our homework, we can both see the light at the end of the tunnel. She will be graduating this next week from grad school, and I will be finishing up...
Beer # 27: Harvester Experiment Ale
Brewery: Harvester Brewing (Portland, Oregon)
Style: Gluten Free American Amber/Red Ale
Who I drank it with: old college buddies take 2 + extreme amounts of homework.
Mood: Still doing great!
The Conversation Over Beer: Still have some friends from my old college up enjoying the weekend. This beer was drank over some dinner while we relive old nights in the greek system down at Oregon...
Beer # 26: Lompoc C-Note
Brewery: New Old Lompoc Brewery (Portland, Oregon)
Style: Imperial IPA (India Pale Ale)
Who I drank it with: With my girl friends sorority sisters during movie night!
Mood: Good!
The Conversation Over Beer: Its great to see old friends again, and since we all have busy lives we all don’t get to see each other too often besides on facebook. This beer and many others were all shared...
Beer # 25: Pelican Dorymans Dark Ale
Brewery: Pelican Brewery (Pacific City, Oregon)
Style: American Brown Ale
Who I drank it with: My homework, yet again, and with the dog and girlfriend.
Mood: eh
The Conversation Over Beer: Both of us are entrenched in home while watching some TV. Oh what a fun night, at least there is beer involved.
Grading the beer:
Appearance: Dark orange-ish brown in color with a off white head.
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Beer # 24: Three Creeks Five Pine Chocolate Porter
Brewery: Three Creeks Brewing (Sisters, Oregon)
Style: American Porter
Who I drank it with: With a couple of friends, pre concert beer!
Mood: Excited//Pumped
The Conversation Over Beer: Podcast, music, beer, women and then more beer. Went to see Red Fang and we decided to have some beers before hand at a local beer bar just down the road from the venue. Excellent night.
Grading the...
Beer # 23: Deschutes Red Chair
Brewery: Deschutes Brewing (Bend, Oregon)
Style: American Pale Ale
Who I drank it with: Some buddies over lunch
Mood: Neutral
The Conversation Over Beer: We are all actually contemplating how we are going to finish school projects without losing “it.”
Grading the Beer:
Appearance: Pours a clear copperish orange with a massive off white head.
Smell: Tons of piney and...
Beer # 22: Hopvalley Alpha Centauri Binary IPA
Brewery: Hopvalley Brewing (Springfield, Oregon)
Style: Imperial IPA (India Pale Ale)
Who I drank it with: Buddies at a beer tasting!
Mood: Happy, excited
The Conversation Over Beer: Mostly just about beer, but that is what happens at a beer tasting :). Most of the conversation was all about the online beer world, previous beer releases and up coming releases. Nothing better than a bunch...
Beer # 21: Heater Allen Coastal Lager
Brewery: Heater Allen Brewing (McMinnville, Oregon)
Style: American Amber/Red Lager
Who I drank it with: A wood fire
Mood: Tired, some what bored
The Conversation Over Beer: Continuing my “connecting beer with random places or objects,” a great beer can make a good time great, but in the opposite direction, a bad beer can make a bad time worse. While I am not currently having a...
Beer # 20: Laurelwood Gearhead IPA
Brewery: Laurelwood Brewing (Portland, Oregon)
Style: IPA (India Pale Ale)
Who I drank it with: Continuing my excursion of the great outdoors.
Mood: Happy
The Conversation Over Beer: Day # 2 in the forest (well, my parents house, in the forest). Good weather and good beer just go hand in hand. Amazed by the power beer has to make you look at the world a little differently.
Grading the...
Beer # 19: Bridgeport IPA
Brewery: Bridgeport Brewing (Portland, Oregon)
Style: IPA (India Pale Ale)
Who I drank it with: The great outdoors
Mood: Great
The Conversation Over Beer: As I explore more and dive deeper into the world of craft beer and all of its social aspects, I have found myself connecting beer with other objects or areas that you would probably over look. As you can tell from the picture, there is...
Beer # 18: Southern Oregon Holy Water
Brewery: Southern Oregon Brewing (Medford, Oregon)
Style: Maibock
Who I drank it with: with the girlfriend; dinner and homework, a college students dream date!
Mood: Neutral
The Conversation Over Beer: Plans for summer and actually this project. How much beer is too much beer in a month and how I hope to finish this project on time. We also covered summer plans.
Grading the Beer
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Beer # 17: Cascade Lakes Project X
Brewery: Cascade Lakes Brewing (Redmond, Oregon)
Style: American Pale Ale
Who I drank it with: The dog and a pile of homework
Mood: Eh
The Conversation Over Beer: Well I find myself with todays beer being drank with my dog again, but I must include the mountain of homework that is also sitting next to me. The beer is really helping me keep calm.
Grading the Beer:
Appearance: Pours a...
Beer # 16: Deschutes Black Butte Porter
Brewery: Deschutes Brewery (Bend, Oregon)
Style: American Porter
Who I drank it with: The Dog on a Friday after work
Mood: Tired
The Conversation Over Beer: As you may have read in earlier blog posts, I do have a dog and we like to drink beer together. While I technically do all the drinking, he doesn’t mind jumping up on my lap and watching some tv after a weeks worth of hard work....
Beer # 15: Caldera IPA
Brewery: Caldera Brewing (Ashland, Oregon)
Style: IPA (India Pale Ale) IN A CAN!
Who I drank it with: The girlfriend
Mood: Overwhelmed
The Conversation Over Beer: Just going over how busy we each are and how we don’t have enough time. The future is always a question mark, but is it ever so the months just shortly before grading from college.
Grading the Beer:
Appearance: Copper...
Beer # 14: 10 Barrel Brewing ISA
Brewery: 10 Barrel Brewing (Bend, Oregon)
Style: IPA (India Pale Ale)
Who I drank it with: Friends at lunch
Mood: Neutral!
Conversation Over Beer: After a great night on the town, you always some time to regroup your thoughts from the previous night out with some buddies over lunch. A beer never hurts this process and can also relieve some of that headache!
Grading the Beer:
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Beer # 13: Full Sail LTD Lager #4
Brewery: Full Sail Brewing (Hood River, Oregon)
Style: Lager
Who I drank it with: Friends. The beer “going out” beer.
Mood: Excited
The Conversation Over Beer: We have all been there (hell, most of us are still there). We all don’t have a lot of money to spend, so when going out for a night on the town, a little “pre-gaming” is in order. This was drank with...
Beer # 12 Oakshire The Perfect Storm
Brewery: Oakshire Brewing (Eugene, Oregon)
Style: Imperial IPA (India Pale Ale)
Who I drank it with: The Dog
Mood: Neutral
The Conversation Over Beer: Just the dog and I. A perfect afternoon.
Grading The Beer:
Appearance: Super clear amber color with a off white head. Slight lacing left on the side of the glass
Smell: A pretty good mix of fruity and floral hops. Also getting some lemon...
Beer # 11: Dechutes/Hair of the Dog Conflux #1
Brewery: Deschutes Brewery / Hair of the Dog Brewing* (Bend, Oregon & Portland, Oregon)
*This is a collaboration beer between two breweries.
Style: American Strong Ale
Who I drank it with: The girlfriend!
Mood: Relaxed and Tired
The Conversation Over Beer: Mostly about the week and how weird the beer is. This beer is very, very strange.
Grading the Beer:
Appearance: Pours a dark...
Beer # 10: Fire Mountain Steam Fired Stout
Brewery: Fire Mountain Brewery (Carlton, Oregon)
Style: American Stout
Who I drank it with: Another beer with the family.
Mood: Overwhelmed, yet relaxed
The Conversation Over Beer: They say you should never talk politics at work. I think this rule should sometimes carry over at home. Countless hours of boring politics.
Grading the Beer:
Appearance: Pours super dark black with a mocha...
Beer # 9: Beer Valley Leafer Madness
Brewery: Beer Valley Brewing (Ontario, Oregon)
Style: Imperial IPA (India Pale Ale)
Who I drank it with: Friends after class
Mood: Happy, refreshed
The Conversation Over Beer: Sometimes after class several us will go out for lunch and maybe grab a drink. This was one of those days. Mostly our discussion was over the weather. In Oregon, nice weather can be hard to come by some times, so it...
Beer # 8: Ninkasi Tricerahops
Brewery: Ninkasi Brewing (Eugene, Oregon)
Style: Imperial IPA (India Pale Ale)
Who I drank it with: The forest
Mood: Relaxed
The Conversation Over Beer: There is nothing really much more perfect than a nice cold beer on a warm day, especially after some manual labor. This was consumed in a lawn chair out in the forest right out side my parents house (on the mountain). Perfect day with a...
Beer # 7: Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Seizoen Bretta
Brewery: Logsdon Farmhouse Ales (Hood River, Oregon)
Style: Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Who I drank it with: The Parents
Mood: Tired
The Conversation Over Beer: Nice warm day out on the front deck with the parents enjoying the weather, we didn’t talk much. After a long day of yard work, the pleasant silence was perfect.
Grading the Beer:
Appearance: Slightly hazy golden orange, really...
Beer # 6: Rogue Brewing Portland State IPA
Brewery: Rogue Brewery (Newport, Oregon)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Who I drank it with: The various students of Portland State, a.k.a I went people watching.
Mood: Relaxed
The Conversation(s) Over Beer: I personally think people watching at Portland State University is one of the greatest spectator sports in the world. Interesting people who inhabit this university also come with...
Beer # 5: Hair of the Dog Adam
Brewery: Hair of the Dog Brewing (Portland, Oregon)
Style: Old Ale
Who I drank it With: Family over dinner
Mood: Busy and Stressed.
The Conversation Over Beer: About graduation and the plans for summer. Everyone was exhausted and eating dinner. Ready for the night of relaxation.
Grading the Beer:
Appearance: Deep/Super dark brown with red hues. 2 fingers worth of off white fluffy head...
Beer # 4: Upright Brewing Oyster Stout
Brewery: Upright Brewing (Portland, Oregon)
Style: English Stout
Who I Drank It With: Family
Mood: Happy, tired.
The Conversation Over Beer: Mostly just talking about nothing. We all sit here and watch a movie together enjoying the weekend.
Grading the Beer:
Appearance: Pours pitch black with a massive mocha colored head. Left a great amount of lacing on the glass.
Smell: Nice...
Beer # 3: Fort George Vortex IPA
Brewery: Fort George Brewery (Astoria, Oregon)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Who I drank it with: The dog out in the front yard on a warm sunny day.
Mood: Relaxed, Happy
The Conversation Over Beer: No conversation. Just enjoying the sun and the soothing effects a beer can have. What a day to have a beer, hang out with the dog and drink a cold one.
Grading The Beer:
Appearance: Hazy...
“The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.”
– -Humphrey Bogart
Beer # 2 Fort George Brewing North V
Brewery: Fort George Brewing (Astoria, Oregon)
Style: American Strong Ale
Who I drank it with: Kerby (the Gf) after a hard days worth of work.
Mood: Exhausted, tired, happy (Fridays are always good days).
The Conversation Over Beer: Since the week days are so crazy for us, Fridays are really “our” time to get back together and truly hang out, usually over a drink. Our...
Beer #1: Widmer Brothers Drop Top Ale
Brewery: Widmer Brothers Brewing ( Portland, Oregon).
Style: American Amber Ale
Who it was drank with: Kendra, at lunch!
Mood: Angry, upset, overwhelmed, stressed #schoolsucks
The Conversation Over Beer:
A:”I can’t wait for school to be over”
K: ” No shit.”
A: ” August can’t come soon enough, but this beer will have to do for now”
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30 days of beer
The best way to explore a culture, especially a beer culture is to drink the beer. Part of the Beyond the Pint Project is to drink a beer a day for 30 days, each a different beer brewed in Oregon. One requirement for the beer is that it must be bottled or canned. Multiples beers from the same breweries are allowed, but discouraged.
Each beer is graded and will also describe my mood drinking...
