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from deschutes brewery:   R ed Chair NWPA  | Somewhere in between a big IPA and a well balanced Pale Ale, this seasonal, hop-forward Northwest Pale Ale packs a citrus punch. Don't wait around or you'll miss the most thrilling ride of the winter. Ride the red chair.   H op Henge Experimental IPA | Our annual experiment in IBU escalation. New hop processes, experimental hops and boat loads of Millennium, Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook hops result in massive aromas and flavors.          T he Dissident  | Pucker up! This Flanders-style sour brown ale is hardly ordinary. With tart pie cherries and Brettanomyces, this barrel-aged beer is extraordinary. December 12th release.   AltBitter Co...

tasting notes

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gwen brought over the breakfast beers a few weeks ago and managed to bring over three i hadn't tried before way to go gwen! mt. begbie tall timber ale mt. begbie bob's your dunkel dead frog chocolate mint brown ale i thought perhaps chocolate mint was not going to pair very well with the mexican eggs i was making for breakfast, so we began with the mt. begbie tall timber ale and i'm glad we did - i'm a fan! it was a great pairing with eggs, veggie chorizo, goat cheese, hot sauce, guacamole and hash browns! its an english brown ale finished with kent golding hops and their website says it goes well with red meat and cheddar cheese to that i can add veggie chorizo and goat cheese! not too malty, not too hoppy, like goldilocks says, it was juuuuuust right! then we moved onto the dunkel which not very surprisingly i didn't like i mean, i have yet to meet a belgian beer i do like... so gwen gamely finished that one off while i moved on to the dead fro...