A Very Important Question
Top seasonal beers this season?
I was fairly impressed with Laurelwood's Vinter Varmer, which sadly will mean nothing to those of you outside of Oregon. It was pretty malt-heavy, but, like their Free Range Red, balanced it with hops without overdoing it. I'd call it more of a Nut Brown than anything else. No bad thing in my book.
My little heart warms at the Alaskan Winter Ale, what with the spruce flavor and all. I have yet to find a better spruce-y beer (Siletz didn't stack up by a long measure, and I've heard there's one out of some Vermont brewery, but I have yet to try it.)
Wreck the Halls is always a fave, but something about the mouthfeel bothered me this year.
Pelican's Bad Santa, which I tried at the Portland Winter Ale Fest (located conveniently right outside my office), was awesome. Darkish, citrusy, yum.
Y'all?
I was fairly impressed with Laurelwood's Vinter Varmer, which sadly will mean nothing to those of you outside of Oregon. It was pretty malt-heavy, but, like their Free Range Red, balanced it with hops without overdoing it. I'd call it more of a Nut Brown than anything else. No bad thing in my book.
My little heart warms at the Alaskan Winter Ale, what with the spruce flavor and all. I have yet to find a better spruce-y beer (Siletz didn't stack up by a long measure, and I've heard there's one out of some Vermont brewery, but I have yet to try it.)
Wreck the Halls is always a fave, but something about the mouthfeel bothered me this year.
Pelican's Bad Santa, which I tried at the Portland Winter Ale Fest (located conveniently right outside my office), was awesome. Darkish, citrusy, yum.
Y'all?
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posted by erica at 3:17 PM
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