brewery creek u.s. tasting night

i got stuck at work late last night
(gotta pay for the beer somehow!)
and so didn't make it over to the drill hall until 6:00
which was a full two hours after the doors opened
fortunately the first person i saw inside was cowboy dan who quickly pointed me in the direction of the last bottle of hopworks' ace of spades
then and only then did i check my coat
and start reading the program!

hopworks brewmaster ben

danny also steered me over to ska's milk stout, which he suggested could be a blog post all on its own
oh to have that kind of time on my hands
and his way with beer description!
he was right, its a thing of beauty and a joy to imbibe
and i told two friends and they told two friends and so on and so on...
i also very much enjoyed their modus hoperandi ipa and special esb

shipyard was dan's other suggestion as not to be missed
i had the xxxx ipa
and as at hopscotch, i'm just not a big fan
i guess i really am a northwest hops kinda gal

my plan of attack was to hit all the breweries we can't get up here regularly

those were:

ska brewing co

uncommon brewers

buckbean brewing co.

fx matt brewing co

alltech's lexington brewing co.

shipyard brewing co

stone (although i hear we're getting them soon!)

lexington was out of their kentucky bourbon barrel ale, so i was out of luck there

buckbean had their tule duck red ale and original orange blossom ale, so i tried a half pour of each of those... and maybe i blasted my taste buds with the ipas i'd already had... but i found the orange blossom to be like orange pop and the duck to just be weird

uncommon had three to pick from, i went with the golden state ale and it was okay

a little uninspired by my trip to the unheard of before, i went for an old reliable

stone was out of the arrogant bastard, so i had their ipa

which was fabulous of course

deschutes had the hop henge on tap in their crazy beermobile

so i had to have me some

deeeelicious!

i managed to hit lagunitas just as the last bottle of ipa was being drained

cheers to the marketing manager

beer was running very low by 8:00 so i abandoned my plan
and just went for what i could get!

i manged to get moylan's irish style red ale - lovely
and green flash's imperial ipa - which i don't love...

and then it was over

i wish i'd gotten there sooner and tried more beers!

must get to the b.c. one on time today!