Weekend of Awesome Portland Beer
October 23rd, 2008I’m going to deviate from my normal format and instead do a few quick reviews of some awesome brews I had last weekend.
Casked Deschutes Fresh Hopped Mirror Pond Pale Ale
This cask-conditioned ale I had at Deschutes’ new Public House in the Pearl District of Portland. As a huge fan of cask-conditioned ales, this didn’t disappoint. Much, much smoother than regular Mirror Pond with a way higher floral aroma. I could have drank this all night if I had the opportunity. A colleague of mine also enjoyed it, which was surprising since he doesn’t really like regular Mirror Pond.
Block 15 Chocolate Porter
Block 15 is a brewery and brew pub in Corvallis, OR that I haven’t even remotely written enough about. Block 15 has quickly become one of my favorite breweries period and definitely my favorite brew pub. Their Chocolate Porter was exactly what it claims to be. Very similar to Rogue’s chocolate stout offering, yet just a tad thinner in body. Definitely grab a pint while it’s still available.
Block 15 Ridgeback Red
Ridgeback Red is one of Block 15’s standard offerings and has claimed quite a bit of success as a beer almost everybody will enjoy. This red takes the standard west coast twist on reds in that it leans much more towards hoppy than malty. I had the opportunity to enjoy this from a pony keg that Josh from The Oregon Wine Blog brought to a recent show our rock band played. If you want to play it safe visiting Block 15 for your first time, then perhaps consider ordering a pint of Ridgeback Red.
Fine, if you insist I will go have a pint of chocolate porter. Err, the pony keg needs to be returned as well.
Comment by Josh — October 23, 2008 @ 5:52 pm
Great blog! I’m a University of Oregon student doing a report on craft brewing. It would be greatly appreciated if you took my survey!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=f0RJBTvHoYdA2nnumQfL2A_3d_3d
Comment by UO — November 3, 2008 @ 10:05 pm