Beer: ESB
Style: ESB
ABV: 4.5%
IBU: –
Hops: ?
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Brewery: Ferment Brewing Company – Hood River, OR
Brewery IG: @fermentbrewing
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Rating: 3.75/5
Notes: Nice and straight forward ESB. Plenty of malt and caramel flavors. Not especially bitter but I’m a hop guy and it takes a bit for me to think it’s that bitter.
Bottle art: Keeping it simple.
Drinkage: No date on bottle.
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Archives for April 2019
Beer: Pineapple Juice Invader
Beer: Pineapple Juice Invader
Style: IPA
ABV: 7%
IBU: –
Hops: Galazy
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Brewery: Great Notion – Portland, OR
Brewery IG: @greatnotionpdx
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Rating: 4.75/5
Notes: Awesome hazy. The pineapple flavor rounds it all out and makes this super drinkable. This is great!
Can art: A nice and simple addition to the juice invader label.
Drinkage: 7 days after date on can.
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Beer: Cubbles
Beer: Cubbles
Style: TIPA
ABV: 10%
IBU: –
Hops: Galaxy, Citra, El Dorado, Citra BBC
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Brewery: Cloudwater Brew Company – Manchester, England and The Veil Brewing – Richmond, VA
Brewery IG: @cloudwaterbrew and @TheVeilBrewing
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Rating: 3.75/5
Notes: Boozy for sure. It’s tasty and has good flavors but it’s a bit too boozy and bitter for me. First beer I’ve had from Cloudwater and looking forward to many more.
Can art: Simple and clean design that’s low key cool.
Drinkage: No date on can.
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Beer: DDH Plump
Beer: DDH Plump
Style: IPA
ABV: 7%
IBU: –
Hops: Mosaic and Citra
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Brewery: Great Notion – Portland, OR
Brewery IG: @greatnotionpdx
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Rating: 4.25/5
Notes: Solid and tasty DDH hazy. Not super smooth but good. I get more mango flavor than the pineapple and orange sobert as the label says. Some good hop flavor pulls through.
Can art : I dig it. The hop bud looks super cool in the hands.
Drinkage: 12 days after date on can.
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Beer: Punk Rock Time
Beer: Punk Rock Time
Style: IPA
ABV: 6.2%
IBU: –
Hops: ?
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Brewery: Baeralic Brewing – Portland, OR
Brewery IG: @baerlicbrewing
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Rating: 4.25/5
Notes: So easy to drink and so smooth for a west coaster. Awesome. No bitterness, not sweet and very crushable.
Can art: Super cool design with the punk jacket.
Drinkage : 1.5 months after date ———————————–
Beer: Hidden Hand
Beer: Hidden Hand
Style: Schwarzbier
ABV: 5.7%
IBU: 30
Hops: ?
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Brewery: Wayfinder Beer – Portland, OR
Brewery IG: @wayfinderbeer
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Rating: 4/5
Notes: Good deal. I give mixed feelings usually on black lagers / CDAs but this is solid. Lots of malt flavor, easily drinkable, and roasty taste.
Can art: Cool. Not crazy but simple and clean. Liking the silver cans.
Drinkage: Fresh fresh. Day of canning. ———————————–