Alaskan Brewing Co. is based in Juneau and I have toured the
brewery a few years ago. One of their
new offerings is Freeride APA (5.3% ABV and 40 IBU) a very tasty American Pale
Ale.
Backcountry Brewery is based in Frisco, CO and their Pale
Ale (5.6% ABV and 60 IBU) is another good American Pale Ale. This beer was formerly know as Telemark IPA
and is a Gold medal winner at 2000 and 2009 GABF.
Crooked Stave is just brewing some fantastic beer and St.
Bretta (5.5% ABV) is a sour Witbier and it is excellent. I need to try it side-by-side with Surette to
see which one I like best. Very easy
with Crooked Stave, if you see it on the shelf, but it.
Deschutes is based in Portland and is one of my favorite
brewers. I picked up a bottle of River
Ale (4.2% ABV and 28 IBU) recently and enjoyed this American Blonde Ale. It is one of the new session ales that many
brewers are releasing and I think a session beer taste-off may be a great
choice sometime this summer.
Goose Island out of Chicago brews a large selection of ales
and I saw Honker’s Ale (4.3% ABV) recently at Buffalo Wild Wings and really
enjoyed this English Bitter.
Hey Day (5.2% ABV) is a Witbier and a new release from Great
Divide. It is not great, but it is not
bad – somewhat middle of the road.
Grimm Brothers is a relatively new brewer in Loveland, CO
and Master Thief (6.7% ABV) is a German Porter.
I enjoyed the beer and I will try more from this brewery in the future.
Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shut-down Ale (9.75% ABV and 67 IBU) is an American Strong Ale and it is excellent. It is very easy to drink and be careful - it packs a wallop at almost 10% ABV. Lagunitas makes excellent products and you can pretty much pick anything they brew and it is good.
I recently went to Parry’s Pizzeria and Pub and there was a
tap of Sierra Nevada’s Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale (6.7% ABV and 67 IBU) an
Imperial IPA that was very tasty. I will
add Northern Harvest to my “to try” list.
