Nice Pint Glass

I think we need these for all departments at UO

March Madness 2012 Selects

Huge thanks to Jason for making the run this month! Insane pick for sure.

Feb 2012 Selects

Big thanks for Jon Q for his Valentines Day Bitter Sweet Case!

January 2012 selects

a solid start to 2012.

December 2011 selects

November 2011

Here are the turkey day selects!

October 2011

Thanks Chris, looks like a great group!


Great lakes - nosferatu
Dogfish head - raison d'etre
Avery - joes american pilsner
Founders - dirty bastard
Bells - Kalamazoo stout
Weyerbacher - verboten
Troegs - dead reckoning
Brooklyn brewing - black choco stout
Victory - ottos ale (750ml corked)

The Illusion of Variety.

https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/beer.html

"There is an appearance of great diversity in the number of brands and varieties of beer sold in the United States. The beer industry, however, is dominated by a relatively small number of firms."

August 2011 Selects

Nice work Ryan...

Gaffel - Koelsch
http://www.gaffel.de/index.php?nc=189

Reissdorf Kölsch
http://www.reissdorf.com/koelsch/produkte/koelsch/koelsch.php

Coronado - Golden - kolsch
http://coronadobrewingcompany.com/our-beers/

Ballast point - Pale Ale - kolsch (may not be available)
http://www.ballastpoint.com/beers-of-ballast-point-pale-ale/

Flying Dog - Tire Bite Golden Ale - kolsch
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/68/2151 (flying dog’s website sucks!)

New Holland - Full Circle - kolsch
http://newhollandbrew.com/beer/mainstays/full-circle/

Uerige - Altbier
http://www.uerige.de/produkte/bier/uerige_alt/

Mission - Amber - altbier
http://missionbrewery.com/?page_id=27

Longtrail - Double Bag - altbier
http://www.longtrail.com/home.html

Cubist Beer Series

Check out the work of Dave Murray.

Worst "Beer" Of All Time?

Joe Six Pack is very upset...

http://www.joesixpack.net/currentColumn.htm

June's IPA Case

Many thanks to Debra for putting this case together. An amazing set of IPAs!

Lakefront Black IPA

Bavarian Barbarian IPA

Coronado Islander IPA

Caldera IPA

Lagunitas Maximus

Bear Republic Racer 5

Terrapin Hopsecutioner

Central Waters Glacial Trail IPA

Weyerbacher Hops Infusion

Voodoo 4 Seasons IPA

Cigar City Jai Alai IPA

Heavy Seas Loose Cannon

Cartoon Dads

Famous Cartoon Dads re-imagined as beer cans.
A+

Oh beautiful Beer!

As a graphic designer/beer club president this blog is tailor designed for me...

http://www.ohbeautifulbeer.com/

check it out.

May's run

sorry i have neglected the UOBC blog lately here are the picks from the May run...

Feburary 2011 Beer Run

Check out that total. $480.00 collect in dues. $480.01 total at the register. I have to say I am getting good at this. Thank god for the take a penny/leave a penny.

As you can see the big bottles are where most of the money went but there is lots of yum in this case. I had a Central Waters Red last night and had no complaints.

Beer Art!

Pick up some tasteful posters of tasty beers.

http://brewwd.com/

Janurary 2011 Selects

Setting a new UOBC attendance record 19 strong!!!!!

IPAs
Ballast Point - Sculpin
Terrapin - Hopsecutioner
Stoudts - 1860
Williamsburg - Drake Tail Ale
Caldera - IPA

APA
Butternuts - Porkslap Pale Ale

PILSNERs
Staropramen
Laguintas - Pills

BELGIAN STYLE
Dog Fish Head - Raison D' Étre

AMBERs
Oscar Blues - Gordan Imperial Red
Ithica - Cascazilla
Brunehaut - Traditional Amber
Tröegs - Hopback

SAISON
Ithica - Ground Break

STOUT
Bells - Double Cream Stout

BLACK BIER ALE
Dark Horse - Reserve Special Black

SCOTCH ALE
Founders - Dirty Bastard

HEFE WIZEN
Tucher Hells

Brewmasters

If you are not already watching this show (on the discovery channel) you should start!
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/brew-masters/

December Run

Ballast Point Victory at Sea 10%
Found at Albertson’s in San Diego. Roasted coffee and chocolate waft off this black beer with a dense, tan, persistent head. Rich milk and dark chocolate creaminess hit you on the first sip followed by light vanilla flavor and sweetness, and then a deep roasted/charred malt flavor. Beautiful, well balanced bitterness follows up, probably both from hops and from the dark roasted malt. Even through this heaviness, there’s a fresh grain husk flavor that comes through and makes what could be an over the top dark beer surprisingly refreshing. It says 10% ABV, but it sure doesn’t show it and goes down smooth as silk. Comparable to Old Rasputin with a coffee/vanilla flavor thrown in. (this is one of the big bottles, broke the bank @ $90 for a 12 bottle case!!!)

Anchor Steam Christmas Ale 5.5%
The brewers of Anchor Steam® Beer are proud to announce the release of our thirty-sixth annual “Christmas Ale.” Every year since 1975 the brewers at Anchor have brewed a distinctive and unique “Christmas Ale,” which is available from early November to mid-January. The Ale’s recipe is different every year—as is the tree on the label—but the intent with which we offer it remains the same: joy and celebration of the newness of life. Since ancient times, trees have symbolized the winter solstice when the earth, with its seasons, appears born anew.

Terrapin Moo-Hoo 6%
The Terrapin “Moo-Hoo” Winter Seasonal Chocolate Milk Stout proudly uses cocoa nibs and shells from Olive and Sinclair Chocolate Company to give this beer its great taste!

River Horse Oatmeal Milk Stout 6.7%
Winter seasonal stout from NJ, with little to no information on the internet. So, um, I guess you will just have to drink it and find out for yourself.

Williamsburg Springhouse Ale 9.4%
Springhouse is an aged Belgium Saison (Farmhouse Ale). 9.4% ABV, it pours gold-amber, is will carbonated but has a small to non existent head, and has a sweet fruity aroma with apples, green grapes and apricots the dominant taste. this is an interesting ale that deserves your attention. (this is the other big bottle)

Monk’s Ale 4.7%
Brewed by real Monks! Currently, Abbey of Christ in the Desert is the only benedictine monastery to brew beer in the United States. The beer is along the lines of the beers Trappist breweries produce for the monks themselves to drink but don’t sell commercially (such as Westmalle Extra and Chimay Doree).

Cigar City Madura Brown 5.5%
A Northern English style brown ale with some American affections. Maduro is higher in alcohol then the common English brown ale and features flaked oats in the malt bill which imparts a sliky body and works to mesh the roasted, toasted and chocolate components together in Maduro’s complex malt profile. The result is a remarkably full flavored yet approachable and sessionable brown ale.

Abner Weed Amber Ale 5.5%%
Our beautiful Amber named Abner is a session brew dedicated to California State Senator Abner Weed, founder of the town in which we craft our delicious brews. The red colored ale has a stable, tan head, and an aroma of mild hops with overtones of carmel and roasted malt. This rich ale starts sweet and malty, then progresses into a light bitter flavor. Slightly thick on the palate, our Amber at 5.5% ABV has a balanced bitterness resulting from a combination of Chinook and Cascade hops. It ends clean with a light lingering bitterness at 43 IBUs. We raise our glasses in celebration to our town Weed!"

Furthermore Proper 4.5%
This elegant, light-bodied and "proper" English Ale is fairly light, with subtle toasty notes and a slight sweetness garnered from a touch of Munich and Caramel Malts. 15.5 IBUs (bitterness units) is enough to sharpen the mouthfeel without coming across as bitter. The hop bill is at its core, English—Kent Golding being the dominant player but we've employed “Brewer's License” and thrown in some very non-English Tettnang hops—because it tastes good.

Sprecher Black Bavarian 5.8%
This intensely dark Kulmbacher style lager has a superb malt complexity with the distinctive flavors and aromas of coffee, caramel and chocolate. A renowned smoothness and a creamy, tan head make it a world champion.

Coronado Brewing Company Idiot IPA 8.5%
The CBC Idiot IPA is an all natural India Pale Ale. A big beer with an 8.5% ABV and brewed with over 3 pounds of hops per barrel. Watch out, this unfiltered "San Diego IPA" has been known to reduce even the most intelligent to a blithering "idiot".

tap handle

new handle for the basement tap.

Philly Tap Finder

phillytapfinder.com

Find out when & where your favorite beers are on tab in Philly!

thanks again Ed L. for the find.
(you sure have a lot of recommendations for a guy who never signs up for the monthly case)

Pintley

Pintley App

for those of you with iphones here is a free app to help you keep track of your UOBC likes and dislikes.

thanks Ed L. for the heads up.

The Bold and the Boozy: Romancing the Hop

Joe Mair has raised the stakes to insane soap operatic heights. Below is a list of his selections with a short story to go with each brew, and i must say it is one hell of a read.


The Bold and the Boozy: Romancing the Hop

Part One: The Bold

Green Flash Hop Head Red – 6.4%
On a trip to Atlantic City with your sister’s husband, you hit the bar after a series of bad hands at the blackjack table. You’d convinced yourself that the dealer looked like one of the damn idiots that tramp cheated on you with, and subsequently could no longer focus on the cards. A bartender (in a lab coat?) brings you a freshly poured pint of Green Flash Hop Head Red. You are amazed at how the crispness balances with the hoppiness. What a beautiful reddish amber color! The bartender then proceeds to tell you he’s your long lost stepfather, which is both wrong and very confusing. Suddenly, you feel light headed and are headed to the floor. You wake up 14 hours later on the balcony of the Eldorado Motor Inn with stitches in your side. Only after trip to the hospital do the doctors let you know you now have one less kidney. Blame it on the Red.

Augustinerbrau Edelstoff – 5.6%
Just a quick business trip to Germany, Graham said. Thank god for the business class upgrades on overseas trips. At least you can catch some sleep on the flight. However, you wake up hazy and disoriented in Frankfurt and unable to operate the gearshift on your Opel rental car. Fourteen hours later, after an exhausting work day killing yourself on the merger due diligence, you get an overseas call on your cell phone from your brother Hank. Your wife has finally come out of her coma – only to admit to cheating on you with Graham. Only after you down the seventh bottle of Edelstoff, savoring the smooth, malty flavor of this great Helles, do you finally decide that you’re going to sabotage the brakes on Graham’s Mercedes as soon as you get back to the states.

Boulder Beer Company Hazed and Infused – 4.9%
Never trust a woman on roller skates. That’s what your buddy Josh always told you. After meeting her on the boardwalk in Venice, it certainly didn’t seem like a good idea, but you both wanted to listen to “Dark Side of the Moon” on vinyl. Yeah, your ex-wife is going to be dropping your daughter off in the morning tomorrow, but that’s not till 10AM, and how late can you really sleep? Well, a dozen Hazed and Infuseds later (still can’t believe how hoppy yet sweet they were), you wake up to ex Janice in your bedroom doorway complaining about “how this looks to our daughter.” You reach for your pack of Camel lights and hope it will all end shortly.

Dogfish Head Chicory Stout – 5.2%
Your sister Kim decides to throw you a bachelorette party in New Orleans, saying, “It’s your last taste of freedom.” You reluctantly agree, as you hate humidity, and the three of you and your friends Bonnie and Sarah hit the Big Easy. Two days in, as you sip on crappy frozen alcoholic smoothies in the Quarter, you catch a glimmer of a look in Sarah’s eyes as you talk about your husband-to-be, Patrick, and his hip bone birthmark. You suddenly realize that she was the one you suspected. The next evening, you find yourself enjoying a Chicory Stout, as it reminds you of the chicory coffee and beignets at Café du Monde. Is that a touch of tobacco and cocoa flavor? Delicious. It’s too bad that Sarah will no longer be able to enjoy these simple pleasures, now that she sits dead on the floor next to you, poisoned from the Drano you added to her last margarita. You always did hate stupid frozen drinks.


Ballast Point Big Eye IPA – 6%
Uncle Jimmy, a big player in the “Sanitation” business, invites you out for a day of fishing in his boat, the “Vafancullo.” It’s always interesting with Uncle Jimmy. Not fifteen minutes off the coast, you’re sitting at the stern of the boat, enjoying a Big Eye IPA surprised and the delighted by the citrus and herbal hop aroma. Of course, just as you relax, his mistress starts getting up in his face. Apparently, although he may have paid for Jenny’s plastic surgery, he is definitely not picking up the tab on the psychiatric sessions that she so obviously needs. In a split second, you see a flash of silver and three shots ring out. Jenny drops lifelessly over the side of the boat. Apparently, this trip was for more than just fishing.

Part Two: The Boozy

Molson XXX – 7.3%
It all started with a trip to upstate New York to visit your cousin Melinda as she recovers from her most recent detox session. Your wife suggests having dinner with her transgendered “Aunt” Suzanne afterward, but you fake an excuse to meet up with your buddy Jared in Albany. The next thing you remember, you’re in a bar fight with some French Canadians in Montreal over what color the Formica countertop is in some bar in the old town. It is said that 86% of Canadian bar fights happen as a result of Molson XXX. You become just another statistic.

St. Bernardus Abt 12 – 10.5%
You never really believed little Joey’s stories. I mean, they always seemed like complete fabrications. Between the stories of the government conspiracies and the reasons why his mother’s death was not an accident, it just gets so tiresome. You even had your detective buddy on the force get a forensic engineer to double check the accident report. But, he’s your nephew and you feel terrible about the fact that your brother-in-law Todd has to raise him alone. And so, you invite the two of them over for some late summer grilling. You and Todd finish your burgers on the deck, while Joey plays in the back yard. He comments on the malty, candy undertones in the St. Bernardus. You agree and add that the high alcohol content is very well hidden. That’s when a flash of light blinds you and a split second later, all that is left of Joey are his shoes. I supposed you should have believed him when he recalled stories of abductions and medical experiments.

Weyerbacher Quad – 11.9%
Another late night at the office, you tell your secretary to make sure she takes some petty cash out of the safe for her cab ride home. She comes back in a hurry, eyes wide open and gasping for breath. “It’s gone. It’s all…gone.” You suddenly realize that your business associate Hector didn’t actually have a family emergency this morning. He’s skipped town, and took the quarter million dollars in cash with him. Thankfully, you’ve managed to squirrel away 10 grand over the last couple of weeks, to be used for just such an occasion. You give your now former secretary $1,000 for her trouble, and send her home. You crack open the Weyerbacher Quad from your office fridge, and poor it into a glass, happy for the high alcohol content. As the caramel and malty sweetness swirls in your mouth, you lament that you didn’t see this coming. Sure, by the time the SEC tracks this company down through the dozens of shell companies you’ve set up around it, you’ll be in Brazil. With a brief stop off in the Caymans of course to visit Hector in the house he doesn’t know you know about. Revenge will taste almost as sweet as this Quad.

Part Three: The Best of Both Worlds – Bold and Boozy

Terrapin Rye Squared – 8.5%
It was just another evening at the park, making sure Champ got a walk in before heading home to make dinner. You briefly notice that someone who looks like your crazy neighbor Cliff is heading towards you……with a bat in hand. The first swing lands squarely at the back of your head, and you go down seeing double. When you finally come to, you realize that you are breathing out of a tube and your left hand won’t move. And you are still seeing double. Somehow that reminds you of the last beer you had before that fateful walk – the Rye Squared. Double the malts, double the hops, and nearly double the alcohol content. You hope for a speedy recovery so you can again taste that delicious and rare Rye IPA. Maybe you shouldn’t have slept with Cliff’s wife.

Unibroue La Fin du Monde – 9.0%
Digging through the files your dead mother left behind, you cycle over your eternal belief that she never truly appreciated you. After your wife’s mysterious disappearance, you felt sure that given your mother’s political power and misdirected ambition, she was surely behind it all. Now that she’s gone too, you think perhaps you were wrong. As you sit back in your late father’s desk chair, you pour a fresh Fin du Monde into a snifter glass. The aroma is staggering, the deep orange color breathtaking. As you enjoy your first sip of the cloudy beer, the slight boozy flavor settles into the back of your throat. You hear a creak behind you as the door shifts. “No, it can’t be! You’re………..DEAD, Dad!”

October's Run

Belgians curated by Kelly Walker

Stella Artois
The Budweiser of Belgium 5.0% $33

Palm
It’s the roasted Champagne Malt which gives PALM its
amber color, but without being heavy. 5.4% $33

Wittekerke Witte (can)
WITTEKERKE charms you with its own character, smooth taste and a unique delicious aroma. A very pleasant drink, light in alcohol with a crisp and refreshing flavor. 5.5% $38

*Hoegaarden
Wheat beer (White Beer). Light bodied and Fresh 4.9% $39

Leffe Blond
Authentic, original abbey beer. Well rounded with
a nice touch of hop dryness in the finish. 6.6% $39

Grimbergen
Dark Double Ale. “Middle Ages” Recipe from
Norbertine Monks 6.5% $44

Grimbergen
Blonde Ale. The use of Gatinais barley combined with
carefully selected hops creates a perfectly balanced, relatively
light tasting beer with a fruity malty taste. 6.7% $44

*Rodenbach
Bearing the signs of its mixed fermentation and wood aging
it is vinous in character and refreshing. 5.0% $62

*Duvel
Champaign of Belgian Beer-Highly fermented
Golden Ale. Arguably the Best Beer in the World 8.5% $78

*Orval
An ultra dry ale that owes a large part of its character
to Brettanomyces yeasts and to a high proportion of
of dry hops. 6.2% $100

‘t Gaverhopke
This blonde sings with complexity, with sour intensity in
the nose and a mouth full of hops, fruit, notable apple, even
notes of sourkraut. 6.7% $100

*Westmalle
The dry Champenoise triple that made all triples
blonde. Sweetish and fruity, with a hoppy finish. 9.5% $112


*also featured in the “Great Beers: 700 of the best from around the world” that we currently carry.

Great Job Kelly! killer case!

A very special guest curator this month. Details to follow...

September Run

Nice work Chris G. definitely enjoyed the seasonal brews!

Deep Fried Beer

Man in Texas invents deep fried beer...

Read More

We only found one of our UOBC beers on this entire poster.

August Run

We are all very excited to have our first special guest curator this month. From the UOBC newsletter:

"Ben has dreamed up our fist ever concept case, it is sort of like the “Sgt. Pepper’s” of mix cases. It will be a mix case of beers just like usual, but this time half* the case will be “crappy” beer (think PBR, Schlitz, etc) while the other half* will be top shelf super pricy brews (think delirium and other insanely expensive beers none of us can actually afford). Perfect for July, swill the cans while mowing the law, then sit in the AC and enjoy a fine Belgian Ale as a reward for a job well done."

June Beers

Photos by Dryw

June Beer List

Ballast Point Yellowtail
Harpoon Belgian Pale Ale
Stoudts Hefer in Wheat
Yards Saison
Cold Hop
Baltika #3
St Victorious
Bluepoint Spring Fling
Lakefront Bock Beer
Gaverhopke Singing Blonde Ale
Dark Horse Sapient tripple
Dogfish head india brown

June Run High Roller

$$$Gaverhopke Singing Blonde Ale$$$

Dominion Oak Barrel Stout

Reviewed by Dean

Lagunitas Maximus IPA

Reviewed by Andy R.

May Roll Call

This month's beer club convened at an undisclosed location for bottling and delivery. Here is what went down:

Founders Red Rye

Sapporo Reserve

Dogfish Midas Touch

Sprecher Special Amber

Opa-Opa Red Rock Ale

Terrapin India Brown Ale

Anderson Valley Boont ESB

Birra Moretti La Rossa

Lagunitas Maximus

Intercourse Bareville Pils

Dominion Oak Stout

Flying Fish Farm

Voodoo Pilzilla

Gritty McDuff's Summerland Ale

Koozies!

Straub

Reviewed by Joe M.

Haiku Review #1

Woke up drunk again

Might as well let this thing ride

Founder’s Breakfast Stout

-Daniel-San

3 Horses Imported Lager

Reviewed by Andy R

See also here

Pricey Breakfast

'Cristal' G Smith has not let us down, once again requesting the most expensive brew of our run. Thankfully the distributor has bestowed upon the UOBC an Account which helped ease the burden of this extravagant stout.

See also here

Second Run Picks

Founders Breakfast Stout

Gritty McDuff's Scottish Ale

Wolters German Pils

Gritty McDuff's Pub Ale

Furthermore Knot Stock

3 Horses Lager 16 oz

Straub 16 oz

Brunehaut Village Blond

Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold Lager

Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout

Boulder Beer Never Summer Ale

Sprecher Pub Ale

Coronado Islander IPA

Our Second Run

Bella Vista Beer Distributor.

13 Members.

13 Cases.

Our First Review

Hitachino Red Rice Ale

Reviewed by Dan G.

'Cristal' G. Smith's Pick

Mixing It Up

First Run Beer Picks

London Pride

Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yella Pils

Stoudts Scarlet Lady

Tröegs HopBack Amber

Stoudts Karnival Kölsch

Bells Amber Ale

Brooklyn Brewery Pilsner

Tröegs Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale

Victory St. Victorious Doppelbock

Sierra Nevada Glissade Golden Bock

Abita Turbodog

Konig Ludwig Weissbier

Hitachino Red Rice

Our First Run

Announcing the UO Beer Club