February 20th, 2013 edition of beer club took us to Fire on The Mountain Brewery (Fremont location)

Fire on the Mountain was first a chicken wings place but branched out to beers since thats just what they do in Portland.
The chicken wing review
Lime Cilantro
Bourbon Chipotle (spicy but not distinctive)
Rapsberry Habanero
Spicy Peanut (2nd)
Jamaican jerk (top choice)

The beers were found to be a nice compliment to the wings.

X-TINGUISHER WHEAT (favorite of 3 of 4. unique flavor)

WONDERIN' RYE 

PANCHO PALE 

SHOCKS OF SHEBA IPA

ELECTRIC MAYHEM (American strong ale) (Robs favorite)

The fine wings and beer were finished off with some fried cookies.

They used to have fried twinkies (replaced with little debbies as twinkies are gone) 

We skipped that and went with nutter butter and oreo. Nutter butter perhaps the better unfried cookie, was unspectacular fried. The oreo on the other hand did quite well in fried form and merits a reorder in return visits.

Overall pleasant experience, nice wings, good beers

Rob 

Base Camp Brewing

Wednesday, Jan 30th, 2013

We visited Base Camp this month.  The bar has a nice space and the tables are very robust.  We did not hear the story behind the damaged canoe handing over the bar.  They brew there own beer but the food is handled by food carts out front.  They work well together and you can order food from your table and pay one bill.

We had pizza and a side order of brussel sprouts.  The pizza was good and ranked above average for Portland.  The brussel sprouts were good.  To be honest the first 40 years of my life I could say I don't like brussel sprouts.  These were cut in half and roasted.  I don't know what seasoning they put on them but they were good.  Now I can say someone in this world can make an edible brussel sprout.

Here are the taps we tasted in order,
Paolschenbier - This is a solid pale.  The beer is light and reminiscent of a lager.  Good flavor and easy to drink.
NW Fest - This beer has a lager flavor also.  It is okay but not as festive as expected with a name like NW Fest.
Ripstop Rye Pils - Smooth, easy drinking without much rye flavor.
Belgian Session Ale - Smooth, easy drinking but light on the Belgian flavors.
Out of Bounds Brown - Okay but nothing distinct.
Acclimator Dopplebock - One said it was too sweet.  The others felt is it was well balanced and had more character than the prior beers.
In-tents IPL - It has the hoppyness of an IPA but not much lager.  The aroma and the upfront flavor is sweet.  Okay but probably just drink one.
Prime Meridian IPA - This IPA has a different smell.  It is almost Tropical.  The hop flavors are pronounced.  "Probably finish the pint but move on."
S'more Stout - The toasted marshmallow goes great with this stout.  There are chocolate flavors but the dominant flavor is smokey.  Just like going camping.

Okay now we have tasted them all what are the favorates.
Rob - Paolschenbier, Ripstop Rye, Dopplebock
Ben - Paolschenbier, IPL, Ripstop Rye
Todd - S'more Stout, Dopplebock, Ripstop Rye

Overall we would visit Base Camp again.  The unfortunate thing is they close at 9:00pm on Wednesday.

Until next time....brew at home.
Cheers,
Todd