This is good and solves my problem of wanting to drink more than one Ghost In The Machine without getting hammered.
Spent 2 hours solo just taking in some peace at Novare Res in Portland drinking some Russian River Blind Pig, Pliny the Elder, Velvet Fog on draft and rounding off with a bottle of consecration. Nostalgia.
It was a quick trip but Pai Men Miyake (Dinner that night), Central Provisions (Brunch next morning) with some goodies from Bread & Friends to go
There's no real wrong way to do Portland wherever you end up .. well maybe a few spots but it's always analysis paralysis on where to go for each meal. Ended up at Bellflower for a few drinks instead of Bissell and I didn't regret it.
Had two other Bissell pours at the bottle shop as well. And a west coast IPA pounder from an Asheville brewery I visited last weekend. Monday morning is a future Owsley problem that he can deal with.
Is everyone doing dark Czech lagers now? Wren House in Phoenix has been doing them for a bit now but everywhere I’ve been in Denver seems to have one.
They have been a normal beer to find around Chicago for a bit. Oddly enough, when I went to the Czech Republic I couldn't find a dark lager
there's one well-known brewery that only serves a dark lager aside from one day a year but from my understanding, they don't distribute it so you have to go there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Fleků
I spent a month in CZ for study abroad. They told me dark beers are traditionally considered "women's beer." Good nutrients for the nursing mother. I ordered one and the waiter smirked.
Mostly they have many, many kinds of pilsner. They sell two/three liter beers at the grocery store in plastic bottles with twist tops. Hot on the shelf next to the soda.
Czech Half-Dark – 25 IBU – 5.6% abv – Triple Decoction This Czech-style lager features a once defunct Moravian barley that was specially floor malted for only a select number of breweries. This beer balances caramel, toffee, and graham cracker flavors with peppery spice from Saaz hops.