Beer Notes

Thanks for reading. I recently had the opportunity to try a few beers--some of which are not (yet) available at Belmont Station. Here's what I had:

Baron Pilsner (Seattle, WA)—From the lovers of lagers comes this crispy, bready low alcohol brew. This beer is what Budweiser might taste like if it didn’t cut corners with rice and other cereal grains. A very pleasant summer sessions lager with a dry flour finish and lemon yellow body.

North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner (Ft. Bragg, CA)—Now THIS is what an American Pilsner should taste like. Hazy golden colored with a small head and lace. Very, very enjoyable. Contains a very mild hop bitterness and subtle citrus notes. I could drink this beer every day!

Rogue Dry Hopped St. Rogue Red Ale (Newport, OR)—Damn! This is a quintessentially hopped ale for hop heads like me. Like some of the other several Rogue brews, this beer has a carmel malt background and a floral citron essence that lingers after each enjoyable sip. Comparatively, I would place this beer somewhere between the Dead Guy Maibock Ale and Santa’s Private Reserve Ale. Mmmmm!


Baltika 3 Klassicheskoe (Classic)—With a thick bright head and golden grassy hop flavor, many folks find this beer boring, but I found it to be a great sessions beer. Available in both bottle and can, this beer is really nothing to write home about, but very easy drinkin’.

Roots Organic Brewing Woody IPA (Portland, OR)—Finally in bottles, Oregon’s only all organic brewery puts for its flagship IPA with signature German robust malts and Northwestern orangey-grapefruit hops. This beer just tastes like Portland, Oregon (if that could possibly make sense).

Butte Creek Organic Pilsner (Chico, CA)—So what’s with all the Pilsners during the heart of big beer season? Well, perhaps it is a backlash to the liver quivering beasts of winter. Any old way, here is an amazing American Pilsner with a pleasantly verdant mouthfeel and an abstruse citrus fruit finish. Fans of the Scrimshaw should undoubtedly enjoy this pleasant, quenching saffron concoction.

Widmer W ’07 (Portland, OR)—Rumor has it that Widmer and Redhook have merged. Not sure what this means, but hopefully beers like the W ’07 aka Summit Hop Pale will keep coming. This is a wonderfully fruity beer with hops that embrace tastebuds. I’d like to write more on this beer, but I’d rather just drink it…