sasquach brew festival

Rogue hair of beard
Red barley wine. Good color, white head, nice thick body. Classic rogue.
Oregon trail ales
Smoke signal ale. Fire roasted barley. Good finish, smokey aftertaste with nothing present in the mouth. Good for a smoked.
Fort George
Coffee girl stout. Awesome. Passes stout hole in a 1.5" glass. Kung pow in my face. Usually used to coffee porters so this is good but different.
Walking man brewery
Northwest imperial oatmeal porter. Is take a picture, but imagine a black hole. There ya go. Not what I was expecting. Smooth like an oatmeal, bite like a imperial, no porter tastes. Fail.

Anderson valley
Nettied madge black ipa. Dry hop sweet smell, black body, not a good ipa, not a good porter.

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laurelwood tree hugger porter

Not even 10 minutes back in Oregon and I found laurelwood brewery by my gate. Their beers are labeled pale, ipa, stout, porter, unlike the Chicago restaurants. This beer has a light body but a more pleasant pallet probably appreciated my a more diverse palette (I don't think its great but most people will). Very little head that dissipated quickly and a good after taste with a lingering porter flavor I love. It's not the sweet kind of porter that coats your mouth and I appreciate that. Overall I think the beer could only use a smidge more black malt and it would be perfect for me. For everyone else, this beer is a great porter.

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Billy Goat, Dark

While in Chicago I stumbled upon a local favorite called Billy Goat Tavern and Grill. Cheezborgers, cheeps, "lager", and "dark". Don't really knows who brew it yet but I'll find out. Served flat, syrup flavor, more of a weak stout than a porter. Nothing wrong with it, nothing right. Paul was my server, nice guy. Hails from Greece actually. Oddly enough, this has been my favorite watering hole in my travels of Chicago. Navy Pier was the location and the day was slow. I was glad of that. If you ever make it to this place try it out. Don't expect anything and you won't be disappointed.

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Oakshire Squirrel and Toad Stout

Released in March, limited edition, last keg, and I have a glass, served on nitro. Typical nitro thick head that has a nice bitter flavor. The body is a little lack luster and it finishes clean with a peat flavor. It's close to guiness but better. Very interesting style for a micro to do. Not my favorite.

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Bigfoot, 08-11

Pin-up Porter, SOB (Southern Oregon Brewing)

Holy delicious chocolate porter. Any porter that pours with a thick black body and dark tan head should get you thinking. This one does it for me. That first wiff and taste was a doozy. Awesome dark legging, black abyss of a body, great mouth feel, and it keeps delivering till the end of the glass. I haven't liked a porter this much since Georgetown's 9lb porter. If you love porters, grab it when you see it on the shelf. Very much worth it.

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Rogue: Double dead guy, 2008

This beer has been keeping around for a while and now seemed just a good time as ever. Poured a little cloudy but the head was still clean. I do enjoy the regular dead guy and this one tastes close but a bit more imperial. I don't think age has treated this beer well as its lacking some flavor that I was looking for. No guaranty that it was stored correctly either so that might have something to do with it. I'll see if I can grab some this weekend from rogue when I'm there. To be continued.

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