It's On! Beer-wise, that is...

by Matthew on Feb 17, 2009 5:02 PM PST

And the results: An 825-590 smackdown of Oregon by the greatness of Washington.

And this time, there's a twist! (Can you have a twist when it's only the 2nd time it's ever happened?) California is waddling its tall, ungainly and insecure self into the room and demanding that we fawn over it before it goes off to rape our electricity prices some more.

Dates: 11 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 25th - Midnight Sunday Mar. 1st
Where: Concordia Ale House (Map)

If California wins, then by gods, I will make a fanpost decrying the results.

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What, is California bringing wine?

Give me a break.

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by Jack Moore on Feb 17, 2009 5:13 PM PST reply actions

Stone says hello. Mmmmm...

Although go washington!

by AtomicGarden on Feb 17, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions

Lagunitas pretty good.

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Feb 17, 2009 5:57 PM PST up reply actions

Also Racer 5

and to clarify, that is, Lagunitas is pretty good.

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Feb 17, 2009 5:59 PM PST up reply actions

I tried a Racer 5 last night

Very impressed.

by Robert on Feb 17, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions

Racer 5 is not a brewery.

by Matthew on Feb 17, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions

Everything else I've tried by Bear Republic is quality

by katal on Feb 17, 2009 6:16 PM PST up reply actions

oops. I really only drink IPA's so I forgot.

I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.

by InSpokane on Feb 17, 2009 9:00 PM PST up reply actions

No

You can never stop

by Fuzz on Feb 17, 2009 5:56 PM PST up reply actions

Not in May

http://www.seattlebeerweek.com/events.htm

by Matthew on Feb 17, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions

Robert's going to die.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 17, 2009 6:25 PM PST up reply actions

Don't tell him that

We think that Roberts liver is a fighter and will never give up!

by Fuzz on Feb 17, 2009 8:15 PM PST up reply actions

Fingers crossed!

by Robert on Feb 17, 2009 8:26 PM PST up reply actions

Mmmm this looks tasty.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 17, 2009 5:49 PM PST reply actions

I'm there!

"We are a bad defensive team" -B. Cashman

by Big Jared on Feb 17, 2009 6:31 PM PST reply actions

So the WA-CA battle is in Oregon?

Boo-urns.

by katal on Feb 17, 2009 6:34 PM PST reply actions

Works for me

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Feb 17, 2009 9:02 PM PST up reply actions

Booo, they dropped the Belgian category

Given that I dislike most IPAs and Pales…I’m out. Oh wait, I live in Seattle, so I’m out anyway.

by appleshampoo on Feb 17, 2009 7:21 PM PST reply actions

I've never had a Belgian style anything above decent from a West Coast brewery.

by Aaron Campeau on Feb 17, 2009 10:34 PM PST up reply actions

Lost abbey makes really good belgian style beer

Jolly Pumpkin from Michigan as well.

by thepull on Feb 17, 2009 10:44 PM PST up reply actions

Lost Abbey is probably the best brewer of Belgian style ales on the West Coast, but the can't touch Unibroue or Ommegang.

by Aaron Campeau on Feb 17, 2009 10:51 PM PST up reply actions

Unibroue and Ommegang have been pretty damn static over the past five years

Not very impressed with the new beers I’ve had from either one lately.
Although the Ommegang Rouge sour that they don’t bottle is pretty excellent.

by thepull on Feb 17, 2009 11:10 PM PST up reply actions

I would agree that Unibroue's recent limited releases have been rather uninspiring.

Their core line is so so good though. Fin du Monde is one of my absolute favorite beers in the world.

by Aaron Campeau on Feb 17, 2009 11:18 PM PST up reply actions

California is the best

by Jeff Sullivan on Feb 17, 2009 7:27 PM PST reply actions

At beer

by Jeff Sullivan on Feb 17, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions

In America

by Jeff Sullivan on Feb 17, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions

of states containing the substring "aliforni" in it.

by Matthew on Feb 17, 2009 7:34 PM PST up reply actions

Honestly

I’m having trouble coming up with WA breweries that beat Stone.

by katal on Feb 17, 2009 7:35 PM PST up reply actions

Hush

(there aren’t)

by Matthew on Feb 17, 2009 7:39 PM PST up reply actions

(nor Russian River)

by Matthew on Feb 17, 2009 7:40 PM PST up reply actions

(nor Lost Abbey)

by Matthew on Feb 17, 2009 7:40 PM PST up reply actions

You represent Cascadia well, Mr President.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 17, 2009 7:50 PM PST up reply actions

Honesty is a positive trait

by Jeff Sullivan on Feb 17, 2009 8:09 PM PST up reply actions

When I rule, beer will be a subsidized industry.

by Matthew on Feb 17, 2009 8:54 PM PST up reply actions

From both the supply side and the consumer side, right?

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by Corco on Feb 17, 2009 9:00 PM PST up reply actions

Anderson Valley.

by Aaron Campeau on Feb 17, 2009 10:53 PM PST up reply actions

I can't imagine how Washington beats Oregon either.

by Aaron Campeau on Feb 17, 2009 10:35 PM PST up reply actions

Washington Beer is really good..

A lot of it just doesn’t get bottled and shipped all over.
That is one thing the California breweries have over both Washington and Oregon.

by thepull on Feb 17, 2009 10:45 PM PST up reply actions

I've had a lot of Washington beer, and I think a lot of it is very good and some of it is excellent.

Oregon produces more excellent beer than Washington and I don’t think it’s particularly close. California blows both of them completely out of the water.

by Aaron Campeau on Feb 17, 2009 10:52 PM PST up reply actions

Well it's a matter of size and population

Sure I guess if this is just a pure numbers game California would win almost any contest.

I would put Walking Man brewery up against any in California.

by thepull on Feb 17, 2009 11:12 PM PST up reply actions

Even Russian River? And Stone?

by Aaron Campeau on Feb 17, 2009 11:17 PM PST up reply actions

Walking Man doesn't come close.

I think Oregon wins simply because of Deschutes, Rogue, and Hair of the Dog. The Adam in the Wood is Godly.

by Garces on Feb 18, 2009 12:34 AM PST up reply actions

Between WA/OR, that is

Pound for pound, I think Oregon makes the best on the west coast. But there’s no denying that California wins this contest.

by Garces on Feb 18, 2009 12:34 AM PST up reply actions

Take five minutes and put it all in one post.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Feb 17, 2009 7:43 PM PST up reply actions

Another feather in the Oregon cap!

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1233204913317950.xml&coll=7

by Garces on Feb 18, 2009 12:35 AM PST reply actions

Meh

http://tinyurl.com/cdn695

by Garces on Feb 18, 2009 12:36 AM PST up reply actions

I have a link for you, Garces

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2009/2/7/752841/ll-howto-posting-pics-and

by Matthew on Feb 18, 2009 8:58 AM PST up reply actions

You walked right into that one.

by Matthew on Feb 18, 2009 9:11 AM PST up reply actions

Please compose your thoughts into one comment before you post

by Graham MacAree on Feb 18, 2009 9:30 AM PST up reply actions

Damn you, preview button.

I had that coming.

by Garces on Feb 18, 2009 9:31 AM PST up reply actions

C'mon Washington!

The rules of the contest make this much more even. If I were a cynic, I’d say the rules really helped Washington the first time. I don’t care how many breweries CA has that are better than anything in WA., the point is they need a total of 4 beers. That SHOULD give CA. the advantage in I-IPA, but they can’t win the same category 4 times (which, honestly, they probably would). For Pale, I think it’s anybody’s game. Stone Pale is tasty, but I don’t know that it’s better than Manny’s or, depending on your taste, Maritime’s. Stout…. yeah, on paper this is a bloodbath. But who knows? Maybe WA ties it up with the Brewer’s choice – with a barley wine or something.

by marc w on Feb 18, 2009 10:04 AM PST reply actions