Pilsner Room Hopfest 2009!

Beer Luvvas,

Did you miss the 2009 Hopfest in either Hood River or PDX over the last 2 weeks? If so, fret not! The Pilsner Room has 7 Fresh Hopped Ales on Tap, and you can get a Sampler for $10!

My ratings and tasting notes:
#7 Double Mountain Killer Green - I was disappointed in the "green" flavor. Tasted waaaay to new, like it should have spent another couple months in a keg, or a barrel, to age. Maybe I'm just not a fan of the Perle Hops they used in the fresh-hop.

#6 Alameda Failing Street - Another "green" tasting brew. This time, Carson Hops.

#5 Full Sail Lupulin Ale - Crystal Hops - This was one of two versions of the Lupulin Ale that the Pilsner Room has on tap. I found the two versions very difficult to distinguish, but the Crystal Hop version was just a little more bite (in a bad way) than....

#4 Full Sail Lupulin Ale - Cascade Hops - The only difference here was the use of Cascade Hops as the Fresh Hop. What Freebird and I were able to distinguish is that we both prefer Cascade Hops over Crystal.

#3 Hopworks Fest of Fury - This was Freebird's Fav as the marzten style brought some sweetness to balance the spice of their Fresh Willamette Hops. For me, too sweet...still. Just not a big fan of martzens.

#2 Ninkasi Nugg-e Fresh - This was the lightest, in color, and mouth feel (if I'm using that term correctly) and I was shocked at how well balanced the beer was. Freebird thought that it bordered on Bitter Beer Face, but I found it quite quaffable! Nugget Hops.

#1 Oakshire Cascade Conundrum - The darkest beer was again my favorite of the bunch - shocker! Also a shocker is that the Conundrum used Cascade Hops in the "Freshening"...there can be only one hop!

Hopefully you can get down to the Harborside/Pilsner room while this mini-hopfest is still available!

Prost to the Pilsner Room Hopfest 2009 Sampler!