Feng's Beerlog

Devil's Club Brewing: Tube Creek
Juneau, AK
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Hazy IPA: 6.6%/40 IBU
Color Note: Pale and solid hazy color with thin lacing
Taste Note: My favorite brewery in Alaska, and with a beautiful branded beer glass.
Super tropical, citrusy and hoppy aroma; light and crisp body; extremely low bitter with lots of fruits, especially some stone fruit; refreshing and soft mouthfeel with a clean finish.
Overall super refreshing, crisp and crushable for a hazy, super clean finishing with nearly zero excessive bitter, and ends with a longering floral and stone fruit aroma. A well-deserved gold medal in Alaska Beer Awards.
Rating: 90
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Took a great and close-up photo with cat and this beer. 😂
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Culmination Brewing: Back In The Tall Grass
Portland, OR
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Double Dry Hopped Double Hazy IPA: 6.4%
Color Note: Solid golden hazy with thin lacing
Taste Note: Tropical and citrus aroma; zesty and sweet forward taste with a bit vanilla; medium to light body, hoppy but with low bitter and a very clean finishing.
Overall very crushable, smooth and clean, but just lacks a bit of depth.
Rating: 89
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat skipped this round of tasting. 😂

Culmination Brewing: Obscured By Clouds
Portland, OR
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Imperial Hazy IPA: 8.4%/24 IBU
Color Note: Light pale hazy color with thick lacing
Taste Note: Explosive citrus aroma at pour; clean and crisp at first, then fruit and malt comes up right after; smooth and soft mouthfeel; hoppy but surprisingly low bitter; easily enjoyable with lots flavors.
Overall clean and crisp but with lots of fruit flavors, smooth texture, low bitter and a super clean finishing. Highly Recommended.
Rating: 92
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat loved the chillness of this draft. 😂

Fort George Brewery: 3-Way IPA 2024
Astoria, OR
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Hazy IPA: 8.0%
Color Note: Solid pale golden hazy with minimal lacing
Taste Note: Vast summer chill and hop aroma; loaded with citrus flavor plus a beautiful orange peel tannin; medium to light body; super crisp, hoppy but with no excessive bitter; and the finishing is very clean.
Overall very zesty and chill, the orange peel tannin really stands out, super smooth and balanced, an outstanding summer favorite.
Rating: 91
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat actually enjoyed the aroma, for 5 seconds. 😂

Little House: Okay, We're Kinda Cute.
Chester, CT
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Double IPA: 8.5%
Color Note: Solid pale hazy with thin lacing
Taste Note: Fresh hop and tropical aroma; medium to light body; crisp and sweet taste with a ton of fruit, especially passion fruit; mouthfeel is nearly silky smooth, but still a slight bit of raw bitter at the end; strong ABV.
Overall loaded with tropical friut, bitter sweet and smooth with a lot of depth. Also must mention its cute can art. Highly recommended.
Rating: 91
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat wasn't very interested in this one. 😂

Silver City Brewery: Tropical Haze
Bremerton, WA
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Hazy IPA: 6.4%/50 IBU
Color Note: Solid golden hazy with medium and short lasting lacing
Taste Note: Super tropical aroma; very chill and refreshing body with low bitter; loaded with tropical fruit; very zesty with a clean finishing. Works well for both food pairing and standalone.
Overall very tropical, crisp and zesty, super smooth and crushable, easily a summer favorite.
Rating: 89
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat came for it then left. 😂

Silver City Brewery: Whole Leaf IPA
Bremerton, WA
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Hazy IPA: 6.6%/23 IBU
Color Note: Solid pale hazy with medium and fast vanishing lacing
Taste Note: Crisp and citrusy aroma; a unique and pleasant floral sweet forward taste; medium body; quite juicy and crushable; hop amount is comfortable with no excessive bitter; the finishing taste is clean and refreshing.
Overall quite floral and low bitter, yet very flavorful.
Rating: 88
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat gave a solid 5 seconds of curious stare. 😂

Reuben's Brews: Quad Crush
Seattle, WA
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Hazy IPA: 12.0%/60 IBU
Color Note: Pale but super concentrated hazy with firm lacing
Taste Note: Packed with citrus aroma; thick and powerful mouthfeel but surprisingly smooth and low bitter. Vastly loaded with various hop and lots of citrus and stone fruit flavor, backed with solid but not excessive bitter; and ends with a strong bread sweet; also must mention its dominating 12% ABV.
Overall vastly loaded with fruit, hop, ABV and yet super smooth, definitely worldclass.
Rating: 93
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Too strong and cat said no. 😂

Rogue Ales: Honey Kolsch
Newport, OR
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Kolsch: 5.0%/26 IBU
Color Note: Golden clear with fast vanishing lacing
Taste Note: Honey and malt aroma, super crisp and clean taste with a soft touch of honey, sweet and malty like a honey loaf.
Overall very crisp and refreshing with a clean taste of honey, and ending is like the honey bread I baked. Very nice one.
Rating: 90
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat said Oh this is new. 😂

Seapine Brewing: Rainbow Suspenders
Seattle, WA
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Double IPA: 8.7%/80 IBU
Color Note: Solid orange hazy witht hick and long lasting lacing
Taste Note: Intense hop and a sugary aroma; medium and solid mouthfeel; flavor is quite subtle, quite piney but surprisingly not too hoppy nor fruity as the aroma suggested; a lingering bitter with strong alcohol strength; ending is with a tasty breadiness.
Overall super nice mouthfeel, wish it's a bit more explosive at the forward note in terms of fruit and hop.
Rating: 85
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat wasn't too rebellious against this one. 😂

Skookum Brewery: Contract Blaster
Arlington, WA
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Triple IPA: 10.3%/80 IBU
Color Note: Solid pale hazy color with thin but firm lacing
Taste Note: Super hoppy aroma; dense body with a smooth texture; loaded with ripe tropical and stone fruit flavors, which totally offsets the supposedly strong underlying bitter, resulting in a very punchy but not spiky tasting experience; the alcohol content is very strong at over 10%, and ends with a bread sweetness.
Overall very impressed, best hazy IPA I've tasted so far in 2024. Very strong in every aspect: hoppy, fruity, dense, high ABV, but still very well balanced.
Rating: 92
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat couldn't handle the triple hop. 😂
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Reuben's Brews: Crush the Slopes
Seattle, WA
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Hazy IPA: 7.0%/0 IBU
Color Note: Classic golden cloudy color with dense and thick lacing
Taste Note: Mellow tropical fruit aroma, a super impressive theoretical "zero" IBU; although there is still a bit of hop tannin, rest is basically bitterless; ripe and crisp melon with a very juicy body; ending with a pure melon sweet.
Overall although it's somewhat odd to have a bitterless IPA, it's still quite revolutionary with 0 IBU. Very crushable with an outstanding melon crisp. Despite the innovation, I still prefer my IPA to have some level of bitter.
Rating: 86
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat was under bed and never came out. 😂

Elysian Brewing: Juice Dust
Seattle, WA
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IPA: 8.2%/73 IBU
Color Note: Clear copper color with light lacing
Taste Note: Super citrusy aroma; forward taste is clean, floral, definitely citrusy, with a hint of malt; mouthfeel is light and crisp despite an 8.2% ABV, super refreshing with decent hop bitter.
Overall super crisp and crushable with a good amount of bitter, relatively thin, but an easy IPA good for food pairing or standalone.
Rating: 83
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat was in bed and quite bothered by this beer tasting forced upon her. 😂

10 Barrel Brewing: All Ways Down
Bend, OR
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Double IPA: 9.0%/75 IBU
Color Note: Dank and clear color with thin lacing
Taste Note: Quite clean for a double; moderately hoppy with a good hint of malt; the bitter taste is quite raw and powdery, lacing some floral or fruity taste to back it up.
Overall quite clean and light for a double, but bitter taste is not well balanced.
Rating: 75
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat only stared from afar. 😂

Hopworks: Ace of Spades
Portland, OR
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Imperial IPA: 8.6%/95 IBU
Color Note: Copper golden clear color with thin lacing
Taste Note: Hoppy aroma; quite smooth for an imperial; quite balanced fruit, hop and malt, with malt standing out a bit; very crushable at this alcohol level and with a freshing sweet ending.
Overall quite crushable for an imperial IPA with a malty and sweet finish.
Rating: 85
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat was uninterrupted from her nap. 😂

Georgetown Brewing: Bodhizafa
Seattle, WA
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IPA: 6.9%/80 IBU
Color Note: Bright golden hazy with medium lacing
Taste Note: Bursting out stone fruit aroma; comfortable thickness; taste is citrusy and powerful with good and lingering bitter; and ending has a bread sweet.
Overall quite powerful.
Rating: 87
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat literally came out of bed for this tasting. 😂

No-Li Brewhouse: Imperial Squatch
Spokane, WA
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Imperial IPA: 9.0%/45 IBU
Color Note: Semi-clear copper color with thick lacing
Taste Note: Dense and hoppy aroma; flavor is hoppy with a bit floral sweet; low bitter and easily crushable yet preserving the strong imparial IPA density.
Overall quite satisfied, lots of flavor and strength.
Rating: 90
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat didn't want to get out of bed for this tasting. 😂

Diamond Knot Brewing Company: Ho! Ho!
Mukilteo, WA
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Winter Ale: 8.5%/60 IBU
Color Note: Almost stout color with thick lacing
Taste Note: Well carbonated, smooth and malty; slightly sweet; some spices to a degree, but not enough, wish it was a bit more toasty, cinnamony and thick to bring some warmth as a winter ale.
Overall mild and balanced, quite malty, but lack some spice and warmth.
Rating: 82
Cat Reaction🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛: Cat might not know this was a beer, she has not seen dark beer much. 😂