Deschutes, O'Dell, and Twisted Pine

Wow, two posts in one night. Either something is wrong, or I'm playing catch-up again... My money is on the later. Anyways, the next round of beers were a very hoppy bunch.



Chainbreaker

I'll start off with Deschutes' Chainbreaker IPA. This one was a very interesting beer. It's a white IPA that is almost as white as a Wit. It is a very moist beer that is light on the tongue. I also found it surprisingly semi-sweet. What was shocking was the mixture of sweet and the strong piney hopps. A great brew.



O'Dell  IPA

Unfortunately, I did not take notes on this one and it's been a while since I drank it. It was, of course, hoppy and pretty good but I don't remember any of the finer points. :(

Twisted Pine

The last of the batch is Twisted Pine's Hoppy Boy. This beer poured medium gold with a big head, yet had a very light scent to it. Without much of a bouquet to it, I was worried it would be weak, but the first sip proved me wrong. This beer has an insanely powerful hopps flavor that is quite bitter and lingers for a good long time. It's not a bad bitter, but a good hopps bitter. In fact, the hopps in this one is almost too strong and overpowering.

Octoberfests and Mr. Pumpkin

I always enjoy the holiday season. The heat of the summer has passed, the leaves start changing colors, and the awesome seasonal beers start to show up on the shelves. I have now tried 3 different Octoberfests and while each one has its similarities, they are slightly different depending on who made them. I also got a chance to visit a friend from last year, Mr. Pumpkin.

Fuel Cafe, Red Chair, Zon and Hop Stoopid

Here's another round of four beers that were all quite different yet good in their own ways. Wit, hops and coffee made up this round of beer goodness. And this time, I took notes!

Father's Day Beer Sampling

Father's day was a few weekends, but we celebrated it the week prior with a small family get-together and BBQ. While the kids were running around in the living room, the "men folk" sneaked into the dining room with 6 different beers for a round of beer shots. Most of them were pleasant, some were different and a couple were just bad.

2 Big Boys - Great Divide and Deschutes

While moving back into the house, my brother-in-law and I stopped by Macadoodles while picking up lunch and grabbed a few smokestack bottles to split. We only got the chance to open one of them that day and I had the other sometime later, but both of these beers were excellent and hit the spot.