Deschutes "Hop Trip"...From the Vine to the Kettle

The Germans +1 are back for a week! There's no way that this beer could have been bad because of the company it was shared with. It's kind of like when D and I share a really good glass of Manishevitz(?) with our Jewish friends. Wait, no, no nonono it's not like that at all. That's all wrong, Manishevitz is awful. Always, despite the company it keeps. Sorry T, Shiraz, and One German out of Two, but your wine sucks.

This beer however, does not suck. Whatever the opposite of suckiness is, this beer is that. Well maybe not the opposite because the opposite of suck is, well, ok so it doesn't suck nor does it do the opposite of suck. It's just, mellow. That's a good word for it. Mellow.

It pours a little hazy at first and then settles down into a clear copper state. Lots of pine in the glass on this one, the reason being the fresh hops. This is a Deschutes Brewing Bond Street Edition Brew that celebrates the hop harvest by using fresh off the vines 4 hours down the road hops. It's an American Pale and without a doubt it is my favorite of this style. Most pale's I drink lately seem to be IPA's in APA's labeling. A litle too bitter, a little too carbonated for me. This one has an almost creamy mouthfeel from the diminished bubbles, and just enough bitterness to level out the malt. D even thought it was good and she's not one for hoppy beers.

It might have been the company, maybe the cute new baby, but I just wanted the sun not to set, it was so warm, and I wanted to sit out on that patio never empty beer in my hand with friends all around and D right next to me