Archive for February 15th, 2009

• @dogfishbeer Palo Santo Marron kicking serious butt. Very nice buzz off the 12% ABV. May not have needed the Ommegang. #
• @krishb been using Tweetie for a few months. Love it. Well worth the price. Plus allows for multiple accounts. #
• Settling in at Cave Mountain fir lunch+beer. 1st up: Maple Nut Brown ale. Nice and nutty with a subtle mapje edge. #
• Woot! It’s $8 growler day at Cave Mountain. Will stock the cellar. #
• Next up: Cave Mountain Java Cream Ale. Soooo smooth. Like coffee with cream. #
• @food140 pulled pork sand. with shoestring fries at Cave Mountain Windham NY #
• On to the Centennial IPA. Nicely hoppy without being over bearing. #
• @smashtransistor added to my list of IPAs to try. #

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Brewery: Rogue
Location: Newport, OR
Style: Hefeweizen

Once again, catching up on old notes. This beer dates back to New Years Eve. Mrs. Ohabeer and I each chose a beer to drink for the evening to celebrate. (We choose not to go out drinking on amateur nights.) I had chosen the Goose Island Bourbon County Stout. Mrs. Ohabeer chose a Rogue Mom Hefeweizen. Luckily, she allowed me a tasting and gave me a few notes.

It should be noted Mrs. Ohabeer is quite the Belgian fan. She also quite keen on hefeweizen and spiced beers. So, it was a bit surprising to hear she was a little disappointed in this. She felt is simply was not as spicy as hoped and had a bit to much bitterness.

I have to agree on the spiciness (or lack thereof) but thought it was pretty nicely balanced on the bitter. It may have been hard to get a clear fix on the bitterness as we had drank the Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock earlier in the evening. In any case, it was a nice beer – just not as great as we had hoped.

It poured a nice slightly cloudy gold color with a light head. It was fairly smooth drinking though a tad dry. We may have to try this again in the future – perhaps during outdoor drinking season this summer. Something tells me this might actually make a fine deck beer.