Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Good Beer

As noted earlier, I sampled local beers along about 400 miles of Oregon and Northern California coast. The beer tour began with Rogue in Newport Oregon, then continued with the California breweries Mad River (Humboldt County), North Coast (Fort Bragg), finishing with Mendocino Brewing (Ukiah). Each brewery had some good beer. North Coast Brewing in Fort Bragg blew all the others out of the water. I like dark beers. The Imperial Stout, Old Stock Ale, Old #38 Stout and Brother Thelonious are superb. The Blue Star Wheat and the California Pale Ale are much lighter and quite tasty, too. Check these beers out. As noted on their Brother Thelonious Belgian Ale, Carpe Diem Vita Brevis!

http://www.northcoastbrewing.com/
http://www.rogue.com/beers/beers.php
http://www.madriverbrewing.com/
http://www.mendobrew.com/





































3 comments:

mahakasyapa said...

Och! It's almost like being there... Trying to catch up with you guys! Love the photos. My firefox crashed recently and yours was one of the only bookmarks it saved. Miss you! Miss the west! Lots of love, -- aly

Sage BrightHeart said...

Okay, so I get to live vicariously!!! I used to be a big ale and stout fan, but I stupidly drank a lifetime's work by the time I was 36, so I'm all done. It's just another example of what abundant times we really live in that graphic artists are getting great exposure and work, great beers are being brewed, sold and drunk, and some smart folks out there like Dave live to tell the tale!!

Elise said...

This must be one of the great benefits of traveling around like that! When I was little, I NEVER thought this would happen, but I'm definitely a beer enthusiast now. Jeremy likes the stuff he's tried from Rogue, but the ones we've had tend to be really hoppy which isn't usually my thing. The labels are good entertainment, though.