Best beers I had on my Pacific Northwest vacation:
1. Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws (barleywine)
2. Pliny the Elder (DIPA)
3. Stone Imperal Russian Stout
4. Ninkasi Tricerahops (DIPA)
5. Deshutes Obsidian (Stout)
6. Laurelworks Workhorse IPA
7. Stone Supremely Self Righteous (Black IPA)
8. Unibroue Trois Pistoles(Strong Dark Belgian Ale)
9. Hair of the Dog Adam (Strong Dark Belgian Ale)
10. Dechutes The Stoic (Belgian Quad)
11. Ninkasi Made the the Shade (IPA)
12. Dechutes Conflux #2 (Belgian IPA)
13. Southern Tier Choklat (Imperial Stout)
14. Deschutes Black Butte 23 (Imperial Porter)
15. Ninkasi Believer (Imperial Red Ale)
16. Hair of the Dog Fred (Belgian Strong Pale)
17. Ninkasi Oatis (Stout)
18. Stone IPA
19. Dechutes Hop in the Dark (Black IPA)
20. Russian River Damnation (Belgian Strong Pale)
Among bottle brought home to be tried: Alesmith Speedway Stout and Alesmith IPA.
Twelve days of heavy beer drinking and brewpub food (by my standards) and only one pound weight gain.
Brewpubs/breweries/tasting rooms visited:
Hair of the Dog, Portland A+
Cascade, Portland N/A (liked the tasting room alot, couldn't get into the sour beers)
Rogue, Portland, D (crappy service from a dumpy looking server, bad food, only the wimpy stuff on tap)
Deschutes, Bend brewery=A, brewpub=B+
10 Barrel, Bend beers=C, brewpub atmosphere=A-
Full Sail, Hood River, B- (nice river view, mediocre beer and food)
Notable eateries:
The Farm Cafe, Portland
Blossoming Lotus, Portland
Pizza Ascholls, Portland (except for the 1.5 hour wait)
Bambinos Pizza, Seattle ($2 pints of the Stone SR and Unibrous TP!!!)
Brouwers Cafe, Seattle
My brothers house, Seattle
Our friend's house, Seattle
