HUB Lager

After a long, long, long sabbatical (actually, me just being lazy), I've decided to share my latest beer experience with my fellow beermigos. I figured, "hey, a while ago, we had this thing rolling pretty well and I've just been slacking. I mean, we were almost at 100 posts!" Regardless of huge, gaudy post numbers, I felt I was doing a dis-service to my fellow beermigos by just letting this beautiful mix of tasty beer, and literary mastery sit idle while I continue to drink.

This lager I enjoyed the other night was during a bit of a bitter sweet moment. I recently moved up north to lovely Portland, and I just so happen to be four blocks away from Hopworks Urban Brewery (I shan't tell you the address, as I don't want thousands of adoring fans constantly on my door step). Tuesday night marked the first, of most likely many beers I will consume at this fine brew house. All while watching the Blazers get their butt's kicked in game two of the NBA Playoffs, by the Phoenix Suns, hence the bitter of the bitter sweet moment.

The lager was the second beer of the night, and the most necessary, as I consumed it during the ugly second half of the game. As all lagers should, this bad boy was bright yellow and clear as my pasty white, translucent skin (gross). HUB has replicated the Czech Republic style of lager in their flagship beer. Un-like many lagers today, you can tell they use nothing but malt rather than any corn by products like most of the big boys. The lager has a strong biscuit flavor that dominates the taste at the beginning, and finishes with a slight bit of hops and honey. Right above 5% in ABV, 32 degrees of IBU, and 11.5 Deg Plato OG.

Beermigos Rating: BBQ with your best Beermigos brew. This is a great beer to be hanging around an old Webber grill, cooking up some man meat, while doing some male bonding over current sporting events, and what have you not. However, due to the high quality of this beer, I would suggest a BBQ of Brats, or something a little fancier than Ball Park hot dogs. It would be like bringing an expensive bottle of wine to a pot luck where the main course is KFC.

P.S. THIS IS POST # 100. OH YEAH!