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• Laughing Dog Brewery's Dogzilla Black IPA

  by oregonbeerlover April 6, 2009
    Dogzilla Black IPA Laughing Dog Brewery – Ponderay ID 6.90% ABV   People either love or hate black IPAs. Maybe they just have to grow on you. I find them to be like a stout-IPA cross.   This beer poured out dark as night, with barely a reddish tinge to it.&nbs...

• Stone 08.08.08 Vertical Epic

  by oregonbeerlover April 4, 2009
    Stone 08.08.08 Vertical Epic Stone Brewing Co – Escondido, CA 8.6% ABV   Stone lists this beer as ageable til 12.12.12 – well guess what? It lasted about three weeks in the refrigerator.   This beer seems to be a cross between a Belgian dubbel & and IPA. ...
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• Deschutes Brewery Hop Henge Experimental IPA

  by oregonbeerlover April 3, 2009
    Deschutes Brewery – Bend Oregon Hop Henge Experimental IPA (DIPA) 8.75% ABV     This beer is a hop explosion!!    Pours out coppery and clear, with a nice creamy head with fantastic lacing, a full web on the glass   Has an aroma of piney, resinous ho...
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• Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Belgian Blonde Ale

  by oregonbeerlover April 3, 2009
    Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van de Keizer Belgian Blonde Ale Brewery Het Anker – Mechelen, Belgium 10% ABV   This beer is not to be confused with the Cuvee Van de Keizer d’Or which is a darker ale.   This beer is only brewed once a year around the birthday of Charles t...

• Stone Collaboration Belgian Style Triple Ale

  by oregonbeerlover March 31, 2009
    Stone Collaboration with Alesmith Brewing and Mikkeller Brewing Belgian Style Triple Ale, 8.7% ABV   This collaboration ale was between the two California breweries (Stone and Alesmith) and Mikkeller Brewing in Denmark. The taste of this beer kind of reminded me of Stone&rsquo...
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• Harviestoun Ola Dubh Special 16 & 30 Reserve

  by oregonbeerlover March 30, 2009
  Vertical Tasting:   Harviestoun Ola Dubh “Black Oil” Special 16 Reserve $8.49/11.2 oz bottle Harviestoun Ola Dubh “Black Oil” Special 30 Reserve $12.99/11.2 oz bottle   Both are 8% ABV, joint venture between Highland Park Single Malt Scotch & Harviestoun Brew...
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• Rogue Sea Otter Amber Ale

  by oregonbeerlover March 27, 2009
  Rogue Ale's Sea Otter Amber Ale, is the same as their American Amber Ale, with some of the proceeds benefitting the Oregon Coast Aquarium. A: Pours out a nice reddish amber color, with a creamy head that quickly dissipated but left nice lacing in the glass S: I don't know why, but...
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• Deschutes Brewery 20th Anniversary Wit

  by oregonbeerlover March 11, 2009
  Deschutes Brewery 20th Anniversary Wit - Bend OR Belgian Style Wheat Beer (Witbier), 5.5% ABV This beer pours out straw yellow in color with a fair amount of head Smells of yeast, wheat, and citrus and banana bread In the taste, get some citrus, clove, nutmeg, banana, wheat, and most of all, yea...
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• Rogue Double Imperial IPA

  by oregonbeerlover February 1, 2009
  Rogue's Double Imperial IPA - comes in a 750 ml black ceramic bottle Rogue Ales - Newport OR - 9.5% ABV   Cost approx $16 Appearance - poured out like liquid gold. Amber gold and thick, with a nice cream colored head. Smell - has an awesome citrus honey smell, very fresh and appe...
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• Stone Brewing Co.'s Double Bastard Ale

  by oregonbeerlover January 23, 2009
  This beer pours out a cloudy reddish amber, and left an inch thick creamy head that looked like a cloud...impressive. The smell had the caramel malt iness I was expecting.  Could tell by aroma alone that this beer was going to be good.  The first taste - we both said WOW!  This beer...
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