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one last post about hopscotch 2010! i was lucky enough to be given a ticket to attend an invite only seminar on "history of deschutes and what the future holds" which involved getting several tasters of jubilale and hop trip while listening to the very entertaining lance mitchell, marketing manager for deschutes some of the high points: the jubilale was intended to run out between christmas and new year's but its so popular that it will be sold out by around december 6th so if you want some for christmas, you'd best be picking it up now! deschutes was founded in 1988 in bend, oregon by gary fish, who wanted to serve local foods and local beers to the locals it wasn't an easy road getting to where they are today 21 years ago all the beer got contaminated and they had to pour all of it out on christmas day and start over their new brew system is german it is 28 feet wide the road to bend is only 30 feet wide, so they got a police escort deschutes...

wednesday, november 17, 2010 rogue kitchen and wetbar deschutes brewery dinner beer pairings created by chef cory chapman pre-drink:  hop trip seasonal fresh hopped pale ale (part of their bond street series, an ode to the hop harvest) lovely, enjoy the fresh hops, but its not nearly hoppy enough to drink after warming up with an inversion ipa! course one:  mirror pond ale cured arctic char gravlax with dungeness crab fritter, fingerling potato chips, bitter greens, horseradish cream mirror pond features cascade hops, by the whole flower and pairs wonderfully with fish (factoid:  the mirror pond began as a seasonal) course two:  jubilale carmelized onion soup with rich porcini broth, roasted mushrooms, gruyere crouton i don't like the mushroom, so i just had the crostini, which was delicious the jubilale was a malty change from all the hoppy beers prior still quite a few hops in there, and yay, no vanilla no cheap gimmicks in this winter ale ...