Georgetown: Lucile IPA

Great flowery hoppy smell, light head, light body, golden color, but a great hoppy IPA. Not very sweet and a good balance between hop and body. This is almost a standard IPA that you definetly should try at the first available opportunity.

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April Brews Day: 2010

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Lazy Boy - Chili Porter
Chili me no likey. Would liek to try it withough.

Rock Bottom - IPA
Not terrible. Very flowery and dry hopped. Very cloudy body.

Snipes - Blonde
Decent? Very light.

Georgetown - 9lb Porter
Delicious

Dicks - Danger Ale
Talked to the co-owner. Started life as a cream stout. Not what I expected to hear. It's a pale with black malt, I like.

Oskar Blues - Old Chub Scotch
Consistantly Good

Ninkasi - Spring Reign
Pale, good body, little too hopped but a good ale. Go Ninkasi!

Snipes - IPA
Blah, Yuck, Not a good IPA. Ever suck on a hop? Not good.

Maritime - Imperial IPA
Imperial. IPA. I like. Thick body, good bitter. Try it.

Fish Tale - Organic IPA
Eh. Alright. Too commercial?

North Fork - Son of Frog
Not my favorite. Lots of people like it but it's just not my thing. Not very thick.

Northern Light - Solar
Dunno. Hands are sticky. Ran a 5k in the morning, it's the end of the night. Very IPA. Not sure if I could drink more than one but it's decent. I'll have to try it again.

Georgetown Brewery: Rogers Pilsner

Georgetown has a great rep to me. I'm not a fan of lagers or pilsners at all but I had to try this beer. Golden yellow body, white head, crisp carbonation. This beer has a malty lager flavor, light hops, and a light mouth feel anfter it's gone. By light I mean medium. It's got a decent flavor for a pilsner and I'd definetly have it again. Thumbs up again to Georgetown!

Georgetown Brewery: Manny's Pale Ale

I found this ale at The Grande in Bellingham. Good ale, doesn't try to be an IPA like so many others but it is a medium bodied ale with a hazy honey color. I've mentioned this beer before and I still like it. Now if I could only find more stuff from Georgetown.

Georgetown Brewery: 9lb Porter

I don't see this at the bar too often so I'm happy to find it at The Grande in Bellingham. Copared to a typical porter it's a little heavier hopped like BrewMunkey's IPArter. It still maintains a great chocolate and brown malt mouthfeel with a heavier than light (medium light?) presence. This beer got Judges Choice at 2008's April Brews Day beer festival here in Bellingham as well.

Georgetown Brewery: Manny's Pale Ale

Light body, clean finish. I've liked this beer for a while and everytime I have it it's a pleasure. Like many of their beers, Georgetown Brewery does an awesome job. This pale ale has a light hop presence but great for a pale. The alcohol is subdued but absolutely present. No harsh tones or off flavors in this brew! Someday I hope to try their other beers at the brewery in Seattle.

April Brews Day 2008

April Brews Day was alive as ever this year. The awesome appearance of the sun earlier that day certaintly made a beer festival very enticing. They had sold out of tickets by at least 8pm, but my memory of the event was slightly fogged. Hooray beer!

This was their second event at this site and the first with an expanded layout. The crowd was great, beer was poured, and the drink tickets were bountiful. My only complaint about the event in whole was trying to figure out if people were in line or just chatting, which was a minor detail. They had covered area's in the middle incase of rain and the main covered site was reserved for info, tshirts, tickets, and such.

Beers that stood out that day were Georgetown Brewery 9lb Porter and Flyers Pacemaker Porter. I do appreciate a good porter! Of the closest breweries to attend (Boundary Bay, North Fork, and Whatcom Brewery), Boundary Bay certaintly took the cake with most consistant and drank (being the beer is most in demand). I didn't bother to try the Whatcom Brewery and North Forks typical highlight beer Son of Frog was served a little too warm and flat due to a jockey box problem. It is generally a good beer so try it on tap at their establishment off highway 9.
-Oskar Blues Brewing was present as well all the way from Colorado! Since loosing ties with Dickerson Distributing their beer has been hard to find here in local grociery stores. "Best beer in a can" certaintly goes to them, though it would have been nice to be served from tap.
-Scuttlebutt is another favorite of mine. Hailing from Everette, this brewery does several beers worth mentioning. Their Amber, IPA, and Porter are worth trying. Since I was familiar with them I tried the Mai Bock. It was definetely a bock though it wasn't to impressed overall.
-Georgetown Brewery brought both their Manny's Pale Ale and the 9lb Porter. Both were good choices. Kudo's to their brewers for producing a full flavored beer. They will definetly be on my to do list when I make it down to seattle.

But like many things, I lacked sufficient time to make complete rounds to every tap and brewery. So to the Max Higbee Center, thank you again for coordinating such a great event!

And for the ugly, there was a theft the day prior to the event that deprived us of some quality brew from both Lazy Boy Brewing and Skagit River Brewery. More details here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/393565.html