http://www.horsebrass.com/
With over 50 different beers to choose from, about 30 of which are constantly rotating, many a night have been spent drinking up these suds. They offer 20 oz imperial pints (whoa), and, what I fondly call, "the little guy", the half pint version. I'll often work with these "little guys", so that I am able to try more beers without getting completely trashed. Usually, I'll work my way through whatever IPAs, Kolsch, Sours, and other Belgian style beers they have, but last night I stuck with the amazing circuit of IPAs HB was offering. Or as I'll refer to it as... THE TRIFECTA!
I started with a pint of Russian River's Bling Pig IPA.
http://www.russianriverbrewing.com/pages/brews.html
Light Malt, bitter hoppiness, some fruitiness, citrus, but none of this is overpowering. Overall a nicely balanced very drinkable IPA, but... I do feel Russian River's Pliny the Elder is a much more interesting beer.
Next I had a "little guy" of PDX's local hero, Hair of the Dog's Blue Dot Double IPA. A much different IPA than the former.
http://www.hairofthedog.com/index.html
I'm not sure if you can tell from this photo, but this beer is almost murky. It's cloudy and has sort of a peach golden hue to it. This is good, this is definitely one of my top 5 beers. Notes of honey, apricots, citrus, and flowers give this beer a hefty blast of aroma. Hoppy bitterness and grassy notes balance nicely with the fruitiness of it. It's thick, and I ended up having two "little guys", because it's so good.
In between the two LGs of Blue Dot, I had an LG of Walking Man IPA. Walking Man Brewing Co. is out of Stevenson, WA along the Columbia Gorge. This is a very drinkable IPA, a nicely balanced hoppy, fruity, malty IPA.
Later.
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