Jan. 23: Tonight’s Beer: Burnside Brewing’s: Sweet Heat: Brewed with Apricots and Scotch Bonnet Peppers. The beer is a cloudy orange-yellow with a lacey head. There is a strong scent of apricot and spicy peppers. The flavor is most definitely characterized by a peppery heat that is somewhat tempered by the sour from the apricot. The intent of the pepper and apricot combination is to evoke a Jamaican chutney. It is an intriguing beer that would have benefitted from a more subtle pepper. I realize that I have come to enjoy the heat from peppers in beer, but only if used sparingly. Those that use too much tend to taste too much like the juice from pickled jalapenos. Wheat beer. 4.9% ABV. 9 IBU. I tried this one as the first of the selection I bought from Belmont Station in Portland. It is an amazing beer store and bar that boasts about 1,200 beers for sale. Overwhelming to say the least. So, I tried some that looked like good standards and others that looked unusual. This was probably the most unusual I saw.
Jan. 24: Tonight’s Beer: Rogue’s:
Santa’s Private Reserve (2012): This year’s offering is copper gold with a
sweet caramel maltiness and a straightforward bitterness. It also has a mild
floral character and a hint of citrus. Very tasty. 65 IBU.
Tonight’s Second Beer:
Laurelwood’s: Organic Portland Roast Espresso Stout: I am a sucker for a coffee
stout, so this one was an automatic purchase for me. And oh, what a stout! It
is dark and luscious with a limited head and a strong coffee flavor. It’s like
an intense coffee candy – dark roasted and sweet. It has a great marriage
between the burnt malts and roasted coffee flavors. One of the best coffee
stouts I’ve yet had. Rivals Oakshire.
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