Sip Northwest, Fall 2016
54 S I P N O R T H W E S T C O M BEST SOUR ALE 1ST PLACE Schooner Exact Brewing Co NW Sour Framboise ORIGIN Seattle CHARACTER Almost too pretty to drink this deep crimson red beer glows in the glass The aroma is unmistakable crisp fr esh raspberries like you just popped open a new jar of homemade jam Slightly funky tart raspberry notes mingle with a mineral sweetness that dries out immediately leaving little fl avor lingering and enticing you to take another sip 15 375ml schoonerexact com 2ND PLACE Wander Brewing Sauraha 16 750ml 3RD PLACE TIE Ten Pin Brewing Co Gose Buster 5 16oz draft pFriem Family Brewers Frambozen 12 375ml BEST IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE 1ST PLACE Hopworks Urban Brewery Organic Ace of Spades ORIGIN Portland CHARACTER Like the Meryl Streep of beers HUBs Ace of Spades makes the rounds during awards season and for good reason The rich sweet malt has almost a chewy mouthfeel Its a heft y backbone for the organic Magnum Cascade Centennial Mosaic and Amarillo hops that were added at every stage of the brewing process which give it a clean refr eshing bitter fi nish and an irresistible tropical aroma 7 22oz hopworksbeer com 2ND PLACE Boneyard Beer Notorious 14 32oz crowler 3RD PLACE Fremont Brewing Co The Sister 5 22oz Best Northwest Beer Festival Washington Brewers Fest Redmond WA Held on Fathers Day weekend the Washington Brewers Fest features over 500 beers from a whopping 110 breweries found all over Washington Not resting on their laurels the festival also includes several Washington based cideries and wineries food trucks and caterers local bands and even a root beer garden for the kids and designated drivers With so much beer and food to enjoy its no wonder that the threeday annual festival regularly draws crowds numbering in the thousands washingtonbeer com Best Packaging No Li Defacto Imperial Black IPA Spokane WA This sudsy amalgamation is the result of blending two barrel aged heavy hitters Jet Star imperial IPA and Wrecking Ball imperial stout together to create the 9 percent ABV Defacto With a long string of the number nine on the label the eye catching packaging refl ects the repetition of the feature number that went into the creation of the ale The fetching pop of red and the overall design is evocative of a postmodern spin on an Old West wanted poster nolibrewhouse com
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