Sip Northwest, Fall 2018

61 S I P N O R T H W E S T C O M FRUIT BEER D O U B L E G O L D Fremont Brewing Co Raspberry Silence Seattle Deep garnet red topped with beautiful pink bubbles that quickly dissipate this effervescent beer smells of the fresh raspberries you stole from the neighbors backyard The fl avor is balanced and not as sweet as expected but more complex and nuanced The fi nish is jammy like homemade preserves spread on fr esh white bread 15 750ml fremontbrewing com G O L D Lucky Envelope Brewing Raspberry Sour 7 22oz S I L V E R T I E Great Northern Brewing Co Wild Huckleberry Lager 9 12oz 6 pack Alesong Brewing Blending Terroir Pinot Noir 16 500ml B R O N Z E Deschutes Brewery Family Tree Peach Sour 15 20oz JUDGES PICKS Full Sail Brewing Co Blood Orange Wheat Ale 9 12oz 6 pack Alesong Brewing Blending Raspberry Gose 6 500ml Propolis Brewing Cherry Damiana 14 375ml Meagen Anderson SALES MANAGER AT MILL 95 PARMA IDAHO The beer industry has taken Meagen Anderson coast to coast from a 10 year career at Boston Beer Co brewers of Samuel Adams to Mill 95 in small town Parma Idaho As sales manager at the hop processing and cold storage facility a large part of Andersons job is uniting brewers with the hops of their dreams Shes discovered a few hops of her own dreams too like Idaho 7 an up andcoming varietal currently grown on only 150 acres by one farmer displaying juicy pineapple aromas that are unique among Northwest hops Woodland Empire Ale Craft City of Trees IPA combines this tropical hop with El Dorado Zeus and Comet hops plus malted barley from Idaho Falls Mountain Malt for a brew that is really fl avorful and complex with assertive bitterness offset by the use of the sweet crisp dry malt Anderson says Brewers everywhere are falling in love with Idaho 7 SOUR BEER D O U B L E G O L D Urban Family Brewing Co Perpetuation Seattle Infection by multiple yeast strains can be an unmitigated disaster But instead Urban Familys mixedculture wild ale with saison yeast Lactobacillus plantarum and Brettanomyces fermented with boysenberries blueberries and raspberries is a wonder A striking deep rosé fr uit beer that is also tart crisp and dry 9 500ml urbanfamilybrewing com G O L D Fremont Brewing Co Gose 6 22oz S I L V E R Alesong Brewing Blending Pêche 16 500ml B R O N Z E Deschutes Brewery Black Raspberry Sour 6 20oz draft JUDGES PICKS Propolis Brewing Flemish Style Pale 10 375ml Lucky Envelope Brewing Lychee Sour 6 12oz draft Aslan Brewing Co A Study of Dreams 10 500ml Cicerones Choice Brewery to Watch Grains of Wrath CAMAS WA This highly anticipated brewery from praised Portland brewer Mike Hunsaker opened in March after nearly two years of hype from thirsty beer fans Hunsaker announced he was leaving his head brewer position at now defunct Fat Heads in late 2016 to cofound Grains of Wrath across the Columbia inspired by his love of metal and punk music Built in a refurbished 1930s auto shop and sporting a 10 barrel brewhouse the brewpub and eatery typically showcases over a dozen house beers including Hunsakers revered and clean IPAs plus guest beers wine and cider at the 26 draft taproom gowbeer com TOP LEFT PHOTO BY AMPERSAND STUDIOS TOP RIGHT BY BRIAN BEAZELY