Southern Oregon Beer

We took a trip south near the end of June, making stops in Bend and Ashland.  Also went to Hair of the Dog in Portland.  Visited the following breweries:

• 10 Barrel Brewing - Bend, OR
• Deschutes Brewery - Bend, OR
• Boneyard Brewing - Bend, OR
• Bend Brewing Co. - Bend, OR
• Silver Moon Brewing Co. - Bend, OR
• Caldera Brewing - Ashland, OR
• Standing Stone Brewing - Ashland, OR
• Hair of the Dog Brewing - Portland, OR

Washington Beer Open House 2011

On February 26th, the Washington Beer Commission held an open house at breweries across the state. It is essentially the Washington version of Zwickelmania. The only location in Spokane participating was C.I. Shenanigan's. Shenanigan's is affiliated with The Ram and mostly brews recipes from their brewery. The brewmaster at Shenanigan's gets to experiment with some of his own recipes as well. We got to taste a handfull of beers from the zwickel (what is a zwickel?) while we were there.

The Beers:

Dark Czar Russian Imperial Stout
Unnamed Belgian Golden Ale
Big Red IPA*
Ole St. Mick's Irish Stout*

*Ram recipe

Oregon Brewer's Festival 2010

Great time at the Oregon Brewer's festival this weekend. Beers I tried:

Caldera Hibiscus Ginger Beer
Deschutes Fresh SqueezedIPA
Double Mountain Brewery The Vaporizer

Great Divide Hoss Lager

Riverport Bedrock Bock

Rogue 21

Widmer Captain Shaddock IPA

Widmer Bourbon Barrell Aged KGB Imperial Stout

Hopworks Organic Rise Up Red