Beer Lovers Raise A Mug To The Holidays

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We joined the festivities at Portland's 14th annual Holiday Ale festival in Pioneer Square yesterday. I tried to keep a running tally of beers sampled on Twitter as I went from tap to tap. Here are my notes from the event:

Tasting Sled Crasher by Collaborator #HolidayAle

Drinking Mama's Little Yella Pils by Oskar Blues #HolidayAle

Tasting Kronan the Barbarian from Hopworks Urban Brewery #HolidayAle

Tasting Holy Herb by Upright Brewing #HolidayAle

Tasting Stone Brewing's Bourbon-Barrel-Aged Arrogant Bastard #HolidayAle

Tasting Great Divide's Hibernation Ale

Tasting Cascade Brewing's "Sang Noir"

@HolidayAle nice fest dude!

Tasting Double Dry Hopped Gordon by Oskar Blues #LiquidOregon

Opening Holiday Ale Fest with Unconventionale from Ninkasi

The best beer I tasted--Double Dry Hopped Gordon from Oskar Blues--wasn't actually a holiday beer. But it was incredibly fragrant and tasty.

Of course, Darby tasted a whole different set of beers and I got a few sips in on those too. I remember one standout among them--Eel River Brewing's Holiday Spiced Baltic Porter.