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BEERS
Year-Round Beers - Seasonals & Specialties
We currently make four year-round beers along a wide and ever-changing variety of seasonals, one-offs, experiments, and labors of love. All of our beers feature an organic Pilsner malt (from Gambrinus Malting in British Columbia) as the base ingredient, supplemented by various high-quality specialty malts and often copious amounts of hops.
To learn more about how we do it, check out our Brewery page. To see what's currently pouring at the brewery, go to the Taproom page.
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YEAR-ROUND BEERS
» KÖLSCH «
In Cologne, Germany, many a brewery produces a light-bodied ale with a delicate fruitiness and rounded maltiness, attributable to the unique yeast strain commonly used. Our Kölsch is unfiltered and more generously hopped than its German cousin.
Brewed with Gambrinus Organic Pilsner and Munich malt and
Perle hops. 5.2% ABV, 40 BU
» PALE ALE «
It’s easy to forget just how dynamite a well-made pale ale can treat you. Our Pale combines softness from our Pilsner malt, a touch of sweetness from English crystal malt, and plenty of fruity, resinous Northwest hop flavor. The finish is dry, clean and refreshing.
Brewed with Gambrinus Organic Pilsner malt, imported crystal malt, Cascade, Centennial, and Perle hops. 5.1% ABV, 45 BU
[***NOTE: Due to tank space limitations, we're sending Pale away on a sabbatical while we focus on making Alpenbrew for the thirsty winter crowd. Look for Pale to return to campus next summer... most likely sporting a killer tan and an exotic new girlfriend.]
» INDIA RED ALE «
The “IRA”, as it’s known around here, marries a ruby red color and rich body with the hop flavors of an IPA. Our unique ale yeast strain adds a delicious layer of complexity. One of the first beers we made, and an enduring favorite.
Brewed with Gambrinus Organic Pilsner malt, imported crystal
malt, Simcoe and Brewers’ Gold hops. 6.8% ABV, 55 BU
» HOP LAVA «
This big, glowing, powerful IPA is packed with assertive Northwest hops that are floral, citrusy and resinous. A healthy dose of Munich malt helps to provide backbone and balance against the hoppy attack. The result? Explosive!
Brewed with Gambrinus Organic Pilsner and Munich Malt,
Centennial and Cascade hops. 7.0% ABV, 75 BU
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SEASONALS & SPECIALTIES
We've brewed more than a dozen different unique specialty beers since we've opened, and are dedicated to constantly providing our customers with variety and invention. Here's a list of some of our past, present and future offerings:
» ALPENBREW «
Created specially for Mount Hood Meadows’ 40th anniversary in 2007, Alpenbrew features a beautifully nutty maltiness, buoyed by spicy/herbal hops and fruitiness from the yeast. Look for this one at the Alpenstube, The Finish Line and the Mazot up on the slopes this winter, and at a select number of wholesale accounts.
Brewed with organic Pilsner and Dark Munich malt; Newport, Perle and Mount Hood hops. 5.0% ABV, 40 BU
» ALTBIER «
This special German-style ale is still made faithfully in Dusseldorf, just down the road from Cologne. Our interpretation is light brown in color and cleanly malty, with a crisp hoppy bitterness in the finish.
Brewed with organic Pilsner and Munich malt; Chocolate and wheat malt, and imported Spalt hops. 5.6% ABV, 45 BU
» BLACK IRISH «
Nitro Stout
A proper stout to call our own...this brew is a quintessential Double Mountain interpretation of a classic style. Rich, creamy, roasty and beautifully bitter. Poured with a thick head, courtesy of nitrogen.
Brewed with organic Pilsner malt, black, brown crystal malts, roasted barley and Brewers’ Gold hops. 4.5% ABV, 50 BU
» BROWN ALE «
Our Brown incorporates multiple specialty malts to create a rich, smooth beer with a tad less alcohol. Chocolatey and delicious.
Brewed with organic Pilsner and Munich malt, Amber, Brown, and Chocolate malt, Perle and Sterling hops. 4.9% ABV, 32 BU
» CRAG RAT PORTER «
Crag Rat is a session-strength dark ale that's distinctively hoppy, courtesy of lots of Simcoe whole flower hops. Named in honor of the oldest volunteer mountain search-and-rescue organization in the USA, based right here in the Hood River Valley.
Brewed with organic Pilsner malt, imported crystal and chocolate malts, Brewers Gold and Simcoe hops. 4.7%ABV, 60 BU
» DARK RYE «
This one is broadly in the dark Altbier style – a rich brown beer with a complex malty taste, accent with some peppery flavor from a judicious amount of crystal rye malt. Very roasty and nicely bitter.
Brewed with organic Pilsner malt, imported crystal and rye malts, Brewers Gold and Sterling hops. 5.2%ABV, 35 BU
» DEVIL’S KITCHEN « Strong Golden Ale
Named for a perilous spot high up on Mount Hood, this golden brew is perilously drinkable. It sports a silky-smooth body, warming alcohol and fruity esters. Served in a goblet with a collar of foam.
Brewed with organic Pilsner and Munich malts, light Belgian candi sugar, Perle and Mt. Hood hops. 8.0% ABV, 40 BU
» DEVIL’S KRIEK « Belgian-Style Ale with Cherries
We added a boatload of Bings from Matt’s orchard to our Devil’s Kitchen (along with some “unique cultures”) and let ‘em hang out together for a few months. The neon-raspberry colored result features a funky-sour backbone that’s uniquely delicious.
Brewed with organic Pilsner and Munich malt, Perle hops, “unique cultures”, and local cherries. 9+% ABV, 35 BU
» FA LA LA LA LA «
T’is the season for a big, malty hop bomb! We load up our holiday brew up with enough Centennials to fill Santa’s toy bag. A big malt bill provides a rich counterpoint to all those hops.
Brewed with organic Pilsner and Munich malt, imported crystal malts, and Centennial hops. 7.6% ABV, 83 BU
» HUNKER DOWN « Winter Brown Ale
Time to settle in with a nice dark ale and warm up your spirit. Hunker Down is stronger and hoppier than our original brown ale, with an extra touch of Belgian attitude.
Hunker Down with a big pint of the brown!
Brewed with organic Pilsner malt, imported crystal malts and Perle hops. 7.0% ABV, 55 BU
» I.R.A. FROM THE WOOD «
We aged a batch of our lovable red brew in new Missouri oak casks for five months, giving the beer a intense whishky-like character, with nutty caramel and vanilla notes and a big woodiness.
Brewed with organic Pilsner malt, imported crystal malt, Simcoe and Brewers’ Gold hops. 6.8% ABV, 55 BU
» KILLER GREEN 2007 « Fresh Hop IPA
A sunrise trip to the Weathers hop farm outside Salem yielded us sackfuls of plump, picked-that-morning Crystal hops. This brew has fantastically juicy and mouth-coatingly resinous qualities, while remaining balanced and super-drinkable.
Brewed with organic Pilsner Malt, imported crystal malts, and fresh Oregon hops. 7% ABV, 60 BU
» KILLER GREEN 2008 « Fresh Hop IPA
The folks at Weathers Farms supplied us with some beautiful Perle hops this year, which lent a more balanced aroma to our '08 effort. Matt chose to tweak this year's brew with more malt and some Simcoe hops (dried, not fresh), which helped to make the beer bigger in all respects. A seriously heady beer!
Brewed with organic Pilsner Malt, imported crystal malts, Simcoe and fresh Oregon Perle hops. 7.8% ABV, 70 BU
» LITTLE JOHN « Dark Abbey Ale
Little John is brewed in the manner made famous by the cloistered monks of the great monastery breweries of Belgium. We chose a different yeast than our house variety to accentuate the fruity, winey, estery notes that are signatures of the style. Designed for “sustenance, nutrition and guidance”…so sayeth our exalted brewmaster on high…
Brewed with organic Pilsner malt, imported crystal and dark malts, and Brewers Gold hops. 7.9%ABV, 35 BU
» MOLTEN LAVA « Imperial IPA
This is Hop Lava's bigger, meaner cousin -- a radiant orange-hued beer featuring more than six pounds of hops per barrel. The out-of-control hopping is barely balanced by a tight malt backbone and noticable alcohol notes. We used our Kolsch yeast on this one, which gives it a different type of fruitiness than the Belgian ale yeast used in Hop Lava.
Brewed with organic Pilsner and Munich malt, imported crystal malt, Centennial and Cascade hops. 9.0%ABV, 95+ BU
» PILSNER «
Matt's own "Bohemian Rhapsody", featuring traditional ingredients used in a distinctly Northwest recipe. We aged this beer for between six and nine weeks -- two to three times our normal program -- to give our Czech lager yeast enough tie to do its thing, and to allow the flavors to mellow and merge. The result was a hophead's Pilsner that was supremely satisfying.
Brewed with organic Pilsner malt, Czech lager yeast, and Sterling hops. 5.5%ABV, 50 BU
» ÜBER BROWN «
This big, chocolately dark ale made a short appearance in the summer of 2008. Look for it to re-emerge in early '09 after a long summer vacation in bourbon barrels....
Brewed with organic Pilsner malt, imported crystal and chocolate malts, and Brewers Gold hops. 6.8%ABV, 35 BU
» ULTRASTOUT «
Whoa, this one is huge! Mass quantities of richly caramelized and roasted malts create a deep and dark flavor profile. Our Kölsch yeast adds a superb roundness.
Brewed with organic Pilsner and Munich malt, imported crystal malts, and Perle hops. 7% ABV, 80 BU
» VIENNA «
Time to take a trip to “MALTVANA”! We used our house Kölsch yeast at very low temperatures to make beautiful amber brew, with a classic malt bill and long aging. Prost!
Brewed with organic Pilsner and organic Munich Malt, imported crystal malts, and Sterling hops. 6.2% ABV, 25 BU
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