Survey of Beers Along the Northern Route

Beer Area where tasted Brewery location Comments Deschutes River Brewery Mirror Pond Portland, OR Bend, OR good Deschutes River Brewery Seasonal Ale Portland, OR Bend, OR good Mt Hood Cloud Cap Amber Portland, OR Government Camp, OR good Rainier Portland, OR ? not so good Hamms Portland, OR brewed by Miller not so good Full Sail Ale Walla Walla, WA Hood River, OR real good New Belgium Brewing Fat Tire Amber Ale Walla Walla, WA Fort Collins, CO Real Good - a favorite, not just because it has a bike on the label. Alaskan Summer Ale Pomeroy, WA Juneau, AK good Alaskan Amber Ale Kamaiah, ID Juneau, AK good Lewis and Clark Lager Jackson, MT Helena, MT disappointing Bitteroot Brewery IPA Jackson, MT Hamilton, MT good Bayern Troutslayer (now Dancing Trout) Ale Bozeman, MT Missoula, MT good Lang Creek Trimotor Amber Bozeman, MT Marion, MT real good Big Sky Moose Drool Brown Ale Bozeman, MT Missoula, MT real good Spanish Peaks Black Dog Ale Bozeman, MT Polson, MT Denver, CO good Sleeping Giant (now Lewis & Clark) Tumbleweed IPA Cooke city, MT Helena, MT good Coors Clearmont, WY as good as I could do today Coors Light Gillette, WY I'm in a rut Devil's Tower Lager Devil's Tower, WY Billings, MT good Bud, Bud Light South Dakota, Minnesota everywhere Grainbelt Premium Beer Spring Valley, MN New Ulm, MN jury is still out New Glarus Brewery Spotted Cow Ale LaCrosse, WI New Glarus, WI good LaCrosse Lager LaCrosse, WI LaCrosse, WI ok Leinenkugel Oktoberfest Lager Green Lake, WI Chippewa Falls, WI Right beer at the right time. Steak dinner, frosted mug, draft beer. Spaten Oktoberfest Beer Plymouth, WI Munich, Germany good Dos Equis Cerveza Augusta, MI Mexico not very local Sam Adams Monroeville, IN Boston, MA old reliable, best that I can do today Iron City Beer Beaver Falls, PA Pittsburgh, PA as bad as I remembered Yuengling Lager Beaver Falls, PA Pottsville, PA good Erie Brewing-Rail Bender Ale Houston, PA Erie, PA successfully passed the taste test with flying colors Erie Brewing-Mad Anthony's Ale Houston, PA Erie, PA successfully passed the taste test with flying colors Penn Pilsner West Newton, PA Pittsburgh, PA very good Sprecher Special Amber Ale West Newton, PA Glendale, WI very good Newcastle Brown Ale Somerset, PA Newcastle, United Kingdom thought it was from Newcastle, PA Firestone Double Barrel Ale San Luis Obispo, CA Paso Robles, CA home favorite Be part of the solution - Recycle

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