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Beer at Willamette
 Willamette Beer Steward Jim Colby is as opinionated as they come. Ask him about a bottle of brew and you’ll get an honest response. An artist at heart, Jim enjoys making pairing recommendations that are as creative as the handcrafted brews he sells. Readers can find his opinionated take on beer here.
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Elysian Bifrost Winter Ale: A medium-bodied winter ale brewed with Munich and Cristal malts; bittered with Centennial, Amarillo, and Styrian Goldings hops. 6.25 ABV, 42 IBU’s. Malty, with good hop presence and a smooth mouth. $3.99/22oz. High & Mighty Home for the Holidays, brewed in Belchertown, Massachusetts, by Will Shelton, formerly of Shelton Bros. Beer Imports. 7% ABV, oak-aged brown ale. $8.99/22oz. Southern Tier Crème Brulee Imperial Stout, one of the most unusual beers I’ve tasted this year. 9.2% ABV, brewed with two-row pale and dark caramel malts, vanilla bean, and lactose sugar; in the kettle Columbus hops; for aroma, horizon. Dark brown with brown ochre head that lasts, massive nose of burnt sugar, vanilla, and caramel that saturates the palate and lingers on the end for what seems like forever. $8.59/22oz. Pelican Perfect Storm barrel-aged Barleywine-style ale. Aged for four months in Evan Williams Bourbon barrels, ABV 13.5%, 40 IBU’s. Golden Promise, Munich, Melanoidan, and Caramel Malts and flaked Wheat; Magnum, Glacier, and Mt. Hood hops. $19.99/22oz. Firestone Walker 13th Anniversary Ale, a blend of numerous barrel aged beers, many having spent two years or more in retired Bourbon, Rye, and Wine barrels before blending, and including barleywine, imperial stouts and imperial browns. 1,000 cases made. $24.99/22oz. Just in! Pliny the Elder, $4.19/12oz. If you wait, you’re too late! Our tasting schedule this week: • Friday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. – Biere Ambree au Tarry Suchong, Brassiere BFM, Switzerland • Saturday, Dec. 5, at 5 p.m. – J. Daan Winery • Sunday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m. – Elk Cove Vineyards
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Nectar Ales are now in stock. The original Red Nectar Ale: Ruby colored in the glass; toast, spice, caramel and some sweetness on the finish.5.4% ABV, 35. IBUs. $8.29/6-pack Nectar IPA: Chinook, Cascade, Mt. Hood, and Centennial hops give an aggressive piney aroma; Pale and Crystal Malts for good body. 6.7% ABV, 60IBU’s. $8.29/6-pack. Nectar Black Xantus: Bourbon Barrel aged Russian Imperial Stout. 13% ABV, 50. IBUs. Malts: 15% Oats hopped with 100% U.S. grown Fuggles. Peach black with lasting foam; piney on the nose, caramel in the mouth with some creaminess. Good length. $14.39/22 oz. Southern Tier Iniquity Imperial Black Ale: 2 row Pale malts, debittered black malt, Chinook, Cascade hops; in the hop back, Cascade and Centennial dry hops; 9% ABV. Pours burnt umber with a good head. Notes of berries and pine on the nose. Full in the mouth with roasted maltiness, and dark berry hints. $6.99/22oz. Southern Tier Ja Va: 2 row Pale, Caramel, Chocolate, and Black malts, roasted barley, Cascade and Columbus hops, Jamaican roasted coffee, 12%ABV. Burnt umber with lasting foam; burnt sugar, malty, caramel, coffee/espresso that fuses well. $10.89/22oz. Manabrea Brewery was founded in 1846 and is still owned and run in the traditional manner by the same family. Located in Piemonte in Biella in the Alpine foothills, the brewery uses underground cellars, Slovenian oak barrels for aging, and pure Alpine water in the brewing process. The Menabrea Birra Bionda has 4.8% ABV. Pale gold in the glass with lasting foam; malty in the mouth with hints of caramel. Good length. $2.79/12oz. Our tasting schedule this week: • Friday, Nov. 20, Beaujolais Nouveau! Domaine Dupueble 2009 and Terres Dorees L’Ancien Nouveau 2009, 5 p.m. • Saturday, Nov. 21, Fire Mountain Brewery will be pouring their Oregon Pale Ale and Steam Fired Stout, 5 p.m. • Sunday, Nov. 22, Kopke Ports and a refreshing Sauvignon Blanc from Antoine Simoneau, with Earl Cramer Brown from C&G Wines, 5 p.m.
If you missed the first batch of Alesmith IPA, now’s your chance! $5.99/22oz.
Laurelwood Vinter Varmer: 6.4%ABV; 48IBU’s; 16 Plato. Six malts and four hops for a warming blend. $4.99/22oz.
Lagunitas Brown Shugga: 200lbs of brown sugar per 30-barrel batch, 9.5% ABV. $9.29/6-pk.
Oskar Blues Ten Fidy: 10%ABV, 98IPU’s, two row malts, chocolate malts, roasted barley, flaked oats and hops. $2.99/12oz.
Our tasting schedule this week:
• Friday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m. – Taste the Corte Gardoni “le Fontane” Bardolino 2008.
• Saturday, Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. – Try some Lagunitas Brown Shugga.
• Sunday, Nov. at 5 p.m. – Join us as we pour the Ippolito 1845 Ciro Rosso Liber Pater 2007.
Just in, Ninkazi Sleigh’r Double Alt, Ninkazi’s winter seasonal. First time in a bottle. Be the first on your block to bring some home! You won’t find it at the big boxes. $5.49/22oz. Come by this afternoon at 5 p.m. for a taste! A representative of the brewery will be on hand to answer your questions.
Stone Brewing Double Bastard is now in stock!
$10.79/22oz. 10.5% ABV. Stats are classified, but if you think you’re worthy,
have at it! Heater Allen
Dunkel is back, 5.25% ABV, 24IBUs. Crisp, with light maltiness, balanced by
some caramel and nuttiness. $4.29/22oz.
DeProef Van
Twee, a collaboration ale from DeProef brewery and John Mallet of Michigan’s
Bell Brewing. Porter and Dubbel style ales “mashed up” with sour cherries and
allowed to be inoculated with brettanomyces yeast in the secondary
fermentation. Think Belgian fruit filled chocolates and espresso.
$15.99/25.4oz.
Finally,
Deshutes Brewing Abyss is now available. $11.79/22oz. This sells out fast, so
don’t delay.
Our
tasting schedule this week:
• Friday,
Nov. 6, at 4:30 p.m. – Taste wines of Castilla y Léon, with Alvaro Ribon, 4 to
7:30 p.m.
• Saturday,
Nov. 7, at 5 p.m. – Enjoy Dick’s
Double Diamond Winter Ale.
• Sunday,
Nov. 8, a 5 p.m. – Try Trou de Bonde 2006 Roux Red Table Wine.
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