We picked up this beer at our local Whole Foods. Caldera Brewing located in Ashland, Oregon brews this pretty tasty American IPA. We can’t help but love the label on this one!
Style: IPA
Ingredients:
Malts: ???
Hops: ???
Yeast & Water: ???
Specs:
- 6.8% ABV
- ??? IBU
- Preferred Glass: Pint Glass (or Becker, Nonic, Tumbler), Mug (or Seidel, Stein)
- Food Pairing: Cuisine (Curried, Thai) Cheese (peppery; Monterey / Pepper Jack, sharp; Blue, Cheddar, pungent; Gorgonzola, Limburger) Meat (Poultry, Fish, Shellfish, Salmon)
“An imperial IPA brewed in the northwest tradition with American 2 row and crystal malts balanced with Five different northwest varietal hops. Fruity flowery and BIG!” – Silver Moon Brewing
I wonder what the correct spelling for this brew is… Hoptygon (as written on their website) or Hop-tagon (as written on the bottle)?? hmmmm.
Style: IPA
Ingredients:
Malts: 2 Row and Crystal
Hops: Five different northwest varietal hops
Yeast & Water: ???
Specs:
- 9% ABV
- 7.2% ABW
- 99 IBU
- Preferred Glass: Pint
- Copper (English pale ale) (10 SRM)
We are big fans of the Ninkasi Brewery and are so glad they take the time to keep us up-to-date here in Bend, Oregon. We highly recommend that you try all of Ninkasi beers as they are great at what they do. Visit their website at www.ninkasibrewing.com and here is what they say about this outstanding beer:
Multiple hops collide in balanced perfection, dominating the senses, achieving total satisfaction. From the Pacific Northwest, birthplace of the modern IPA, comes a beer whose name says it all.
- Established 2006
- Starting Gravity: 1067
- IBUs: 65
- ABV: 6.7%
- Available: All year in 22oz. Bottles and on Draft
We love to hear what you think, so don’t forget to rate this beer below!
We grabbed this bomber at the Whole Foods down the street. They have a pretty good selection of local beers and we love just looking around the store when we get a chance. My love of hops was telling me this one was going to be good. Plus we have been a Silver Moon fan for a good while, but still have not nailed a favorite from the brewer. Maybe this would be it.
So here are the details:
Style: American IPA
Ingredients:
Malts: ??
Hops:??
Yeast & Water: ??
Specs:
- 5.9% ABV
- ??º PLATO
- 40 IBU
- ?? AA
- ??º Lovibond
HISTORY
Brewed in Bend, Oregon.
Further Reading
http://www.silvermoonbrewing.com/hop-knob-ipa.html
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/10271/45501
This beer was actually one of the first I ever purchased when starting to blog about craft brews. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to look at the cover of a book before deciding to read it. Fortunately, after giving this beer a taste I am OK with that judgment. By the price tag on this little bottle I knew it wasn’t just your regular ol beer. Reading the label just made me excited about what I was about to try.
I don’t have a lot on this one. If anybody can chip in please do. Here are the specs:
Style: American Strong Ale
Ingredients:
Malts: ??
Hops: ??
Yeast & Water:??
Specs:
- 8.6% ABV
- ??º PLATO
- ?? IBU
- ?? AA
- ??º Lovibond
This was our first tasting experience with friends. We have been planning on doing something like this and finally got a chance to get a small group of friends together and rate beer. Again, we grabbed this beer at Newport Market in Bend, OR. While we were there Ninkasi was also in the building giving out samples of Spring Reign, Total domination, and Tricerahops. The guy running the booth was jamming to some oldies and having a great time pouring us a few. After that scene it was given that the night would be a Ninkasi night so we grabbed three of the Ninkasi labels and headed to the house.
Cali has recently been talking about her growing like for Ninkasi over her long time favorite Rogue. She loves the events (Last Band Standing, etc.), and promotions that Ninkasi are doing all over Oregon. That along with the good beer has really amped her excitement for the brewery.
Nothing is better for movie night than a couple of beers. We all sipped this one out of a pint glass. Our guest, Eric and Anne, are not beer tasting experts either and all ratings are just for fun. Besides, everything is subjective anyway so what’s good to you may not be for someone else. Hey, art is art…
Thanks again to Eric and Anne for the great time! Glad we stopped at two beers because I needed all my wits for Shutter Island. Great beer and great movie!
First check out the specs:
Style: American Blonde Ale
Ingredients
Malts: ???
Hops:???
Yeast & Water: ???
Specs:
- Established 2009
- 38 IBU
- Starting Gravity: 1052
- ABV: 6%
- Available: Seasonally in 22oz. Bottles and on Draft
I grabbed this one at Newport Market in Bend, OR. The cover reminded me of the first time I drove through Weed, California. Definitely sparked my inner Oregonian to seek more information on this one. All I can say is this one is packed with hops!
First check out the specs:
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
Ingredients
Malts: ???
Hops:???
Yeast & Water: ???
Specs:
- 9% ABV
- 100 IBU
- ?? AA
- ??º Lovibond
Race day for the Bend Beer Run was coming up so we stopped by Cascade Lakes Brewing to sign Cali up and give one of there beers a taste. I am a fan of their Blonde Bombshell, but don’t have much experience with anything else. The only other experience I have had was with their IPA which was not the greatest. I think this place is more for the tourists as it sits right at the bottom of the mountain and is not easy to miss after a hard day of snowboarding. Being the wing man (in more ways than one) I also wanted to try out their chicken wing appetizer.
I was also excited to be at Cascade Lakes Brewing because I had done some work to their website in the past. Always cool to stop by a former client and peek in.
Here are the specs:
Style: American Amber / Red Ale
Ingredients:
Malts: Pale, Crystals & Cara-pils
Hops:Centennial, Amarillo & Cascade
Yeast & Water: ???
Specs:
- 5.5% ABV
- 42 IBU
- ?? AA
- ??º Lovibond
Apparently, Cali had been eying this one at Whole Foods for a minute. I was kind of surprised she wanted to try a “Cascadian” Dark Ale or rather a Black IPA or India Black Ale. What makes a Cascadian Dark Ale ,as I will refer to them, is that they resemble an American IPA, but with a dark roast to them like a porter. I know Cali doesn’t really enjoy dark beers and I rarely have them, but I thought this version may be a little different, plus it is a Spring Seasonal that may not be back for a few.
So here is the run down:
Style: American Double/Imperial IPA
Ingredients
Malts: 2-row malted barley and wheat malt
Hops: specialty dark malt
Nugget and Cascade Hops
Yeast & Water: ???
Specs:
- 6.3% ABV
- 15º PLATO
- 70 IBU
- ??? AA
- ???º Lovibond
Unable to keep this one in the fridge any longer we had to give it a try! We have been eye-balling this one for a while now, but never made the move. After hearing some great things about this beer it is time to give it a taste! Plus the label is really cool with bales of hops in replace of the stones. That image pretty much sums up the beer perfectly, though. And that’s a GOOD thing!
So here are the details:
Style: American Double/Imperial IPA
Ingredients:
Malts: A blend of crystal, pale and carastan malts (???)
Hops: Centennial & Cascade
Yeast & Water: ???
Specs:
- 8.75% ABV
- ???º PLATO
- 95 IBU
- ??? AA
- ???º Lovibond
