TunaCan wrote:I'll be up in Oregon for the 4th, so I'll miss the fest. However, all of July is craft beer month. Wondering if anyone knows any must see's I should check out near Portland, will be staying specifically in Beaverton.
I haven't made it up to Beaverton recently but the local homebrew shop has begun to carry Belgian style sour beers from Cascade Brewing. They are the brewing portion of a brew pub called Raccoon Lodge in Beaverton. I can vouch for their Cascade Kreik and Cuvee du Jongleur. Both are very good examples of "West Coast" Flanders style ales. I am slowly working my way thought all their Belgian style brews. I hope they have a booth at the Fest!
Cascade Kreik Ale
A Belgian Flanders Style Red Ale refermented with a sweet blend of fresh whole Northwest cherries. This beer spent more than six months of lactic fermentation and aging in small French oak wine barrels before being hand-bottled. 6.6% ABV
Cuvee du Jongleur
A careful blending of select barrels of Flanders Reds and soured Belgian Triples aged in oak for up to 18 months. Then blended with fresh 25° Plato Blond Quadruppel. Hand-bottled, corked and then aged allowing lactic fermentation. 8.41% ABV
