Friday, May 12, 2006

The kind you find in a second hand store

Finally dropped the cash on a Dogfish Head Fort. Normally beer is not a considered purchase, but when it costs $16 for a large bottle, you take care. Anyway, it's a very good beer. It's one of their "big" beers, meaning it has a high alcohol content, but unlike Hair of the Dog, it doesn't taste too much of alcohol. This particular beer is brewed with raspberries which gives it a nice fresh fruit taste. It's not really sweet, but the flavor comes through. The high alcohol/raspberry combo may turn off a lot of drinkers, but try this one, it is so smooth.

This one, like most Dogfish, is hard to find on the West Coast. Here in PDX, you can get it at Belmont Station and Beaumont Market. The Beaumont Market cooler is small, but well stocked. You can (almost) always get the Dogfish 90 minute IPA or some strange Lagunitas you've not seen before. They carry a range of Belgians, high end American micros as well as your standards. The people who run it are quite friendly as well.

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