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A very unexpected delivery of Deschutes Black Butte XXI showed up here in Portland. This happy windfall will not last long so grab it while you can.

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Here is what the brewery has to say about it......

A tribute to Black Butte Porter, the revolutionary Deschutes Brewery beer that has excited beer enthusiasts since its release in 1988. This special Reserve Series brew is an extreme version of Black Butte Porter that the Deschutes brewers enhanced with several pounds Bellatazza coffee, Theo’s Chocolate cocoa nibs and by aging parts in Stranahan’s whiskey barrels. These regional partners from Bend, Seattle and Denver, respectively, each provide quality artisan ingredients that give this commemorative beer a truly handcrafted complexity.


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Last chance at 2008 Alaskan Smoked Porter. This will be our last shipment before the 2009 shows up.

Alaskan Smoked Porter is credited with helping revive the German rauchbier style, or smoke-flavored beers, in the United States. The most award-winning beer in the history of the Great American Beer Festival, Alaskan Smoked Porter has a dark, robust body and pronounced smoky flavor. This unique beer is produced in limited vintages each year and may be aged in the bottle much like fine wine. It ages very well and will continue to mellow and increase in complexity for some time. For those of you who love the hops, you will probably like it better young, for the rest of us aging it for a year or two smoothes and mellows it.

Two Baron brand beers are now at 33% off regular price (sales price is currently listsed)

Baron Rumpelstiltskin 22oz:


Deep brown / mahogany in color with a thin tan head. This 9.5% Rauch Doppelbock comes with whiffs of fruit and a light roasted malt that is hidden behind the large rolling smoke aroma. The flavor has a grape plum hit up front with a chocolate and smoke finish.

Baron Uber-Weisse 22oz:


This Weizen Bock is cloudy brown with a medium bubbly head. The aroma is chocolaty malt with yeasty banana and clove notes. The flavor is of roasty caramel, cherries, and wheat graininess. The lower carbonation gives it a smooth medium body.

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Lot# 116 Abyss 06,07,08
Start Bid $65.00
End Time 6:00

Lot #117 2 THOMAS HARDY 1990
Start Bid $28.82
End Time 6:05

Lot# 118 BRIDGEPORT OLD KNUCKELHEAD 1993
Start Bid $8.35
End Time 6:10

Lot# 119 LIEFMANS GLUHKRIEK 1997
Stat Bid $18.73
End Time 6:15

Lot# 120 2 HAIR OF THE DOG MATT
Start bid $29.94
Edit Time 6:20

This lager pours a beautiful copper orange color. The aroma is malty with bready grainy tones and a spicy herbal hop. The flavor starts toast and bready. It moves to nutty quality then a mild grassy hop with a crisp texture. The finish is full and creamy smooth.

Amber brown in color, this lager pours with a light tan head. The aroma is malty with a touch of toffee and chocolate. The flavor is roasty with some coffee bitterness and light hop finish.

Pinkish purple, creamy head and a thin lace. The aroma is big on the fruit and lactic sour with a little musty earth. Fizzy current juice in flavor with tart lactic and touch of barnyard.

A Belgian style IPA it pours golden in color and has a massive rocky head. The aroma is hoppy and estery, leafy, spicy, with lemon fruitiness. The flavor is honey sweet up front with grassy and bitter hops. The fruity aspect comes off orange and melon. Bitter enough to make any American brewer proud and strong and estery to be a true Belgian.

Whoa Mamma!!! This is everything a Belgian grand cru should be, that is strong - 11%, sweet, and a massive fruity ester. Tasting of figs, dark cherries and candied fruit. If you are a Belgo-phile like me you absolutely must get this one.

Bright yellow orange with a touch of haze and it pours with a thick frothy head. The aroma is spicy with a pear and apple fruitiness. The flavor is sweet and fruity with peach and pear. There is just a tad of hops at the end and it hides the 10% well.

I have always loved this exquisite offering from Chateau Lorane and this years bottling has top all pervious vintages. This traditional mead pours a deep gold / orange color. By far one of the darkest I have seen available. The aroma is bright and lively up front with a sweet mead character and woody earthy tones from the buckwheat honey. The flavor starts off honey sweet then the acidity comes in to balance it out it moves to those wonderful subtle buckwheat tones and finishes with just a hint of mint. This mead has a unique flavors profile. It is sweet but well balanced and has a nice body without ending sticky. A+

The color is darkest brown bordering on true black. The head is big and dark tan. The aroma is roasty with a whiff of grass and flower hops. The body is thick and the flavor is roasty with molasses and coffee. This is one big stout without being too sweet. The dark roasted malt down plays against the light sweetness and makes for one massive stout

This local, fresh, clean, crisp pilsner pours a light gold with a sudsy head. The aroma is of biscuit malt and floral hops. The flavor is bready with a spice hop with a clean flora finish.

This farmhouse saison style brew pours a bright straw yellow. Its head is big and billowy and is persistent. The aroma is spicy and lemony with plenty of yeast character. The flavor is peppery with a touch of clove, grainy and fruity. The body is soft and smooth and the finish is earthy ginger. Excellent!!!

Painted red / amber in color this doublewide with a thick roof of dense foam. The aroma is of pale / crystal malts and earth / citrusy hops. The flavor has some upfront sweet malty caramel but moves into the resinous piney and citrus hops. The late bitterness layers over the sweet malt for a bittersweet finish.

This Czech style pilsner is spot on!!! Not many breweries can do one that impresses me but S.O.B. has done a great job. A brilliant yellow gold color. The head pours well and settles into a fingers worth of head after some time. The aroma is of Saaz spice and pale malt. The flavor is biscuit / cracker in malt (as long as it is not too cold) and those Sazz come shining through again. It is currently (8/09) my brew of choice.

This quaffable farmhouse ale is the next offering in MacTarnahan’s 22oz seasonal lineup. The color is light golden yellow with an adequate head. The aroma is tropical fruity with earthy undertones. The flavor has an easy peppercorn flavor with pale malt and fruity grassiness.

Orange / yellow in color with a finger or two of head. The head settles down with some nice lace. The smell is sweet with candy sugar, spicy ester and doughy yeast. The flavor is tropical fruity with pineapple and mango with pear and a touch of alcohol in the finish.

Peach / yellow in color this fruit beer pours with little head. To be honest I have no idea what an acai berry tastes like but this beer has a nice (read not sweet) berry flavor that is mostly raspberry with a light underlying blueberry hint. The flavor is light and wheaty with the above mentioned fruit notes and an easy hop finish. The health benefits of acai berry aside this is a well-done fruit beer. By that I mean not sweet, not overpowered by the fruit with a natural flavor with a real beer base.

Bright copper in color it pours with a thin but dense head. The aroma starts with a bit of sweet malt but quickly moves to the big fruity hop. With big orange and lemon tones along with some tropical pineapple and mango with maybe just a hint of peach. The flavor has a pervasive caramel malt but it is juicy hops and the honest 98 IBU bitterness that dominate. Sure there are beers that post higher IBUs but this brew is a real kick to the taste buds. There is no doubt that this bad dog is all about the hops, well that and the 10%.

As usual Full Sail comes out with another fine vintage of Old Boardhead. Amber/orange in color with a small but tight head. Light fruity hop aroma with whiffs of caramel and cake. Soft and malty up front than moves into the fruity hop flavors and finish quite bitter. At the time of this review the IBUs come shining through in the finish; this will calm down quickly in the next few months and settle into a more rounded finish. At 9% and easy smooth, this barley wine will age for a good 5 years plus and is yummily accessible now.

From those wacky Austrians who brought you Samichlaus, we are now carrying Urbock 23. This 9.6% golden bock is a tasty sipping treat. The aroma is of honey and yeasty bread. The flavor is sweet malt, herbal hop with a solid bitterness. Exactly what you would expect from the makers of Sami.

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I was told that this was a 2000 vintage but since the bottles are not marked I have no way of verifying this. Since the other beers acquired in this sale dated from 1988 to 2003, I don’t doubt it.

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 1998 12oz:

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 1999 12oz:

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2000 12oz:

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2002 12oz:

Sierra Nevada Celebration 2000 12oz:

Sierra Nevada Celebration 2002 12oz:

Sierra Nevada Celebration 2003 12oz:

Sierra Nevada Celebration 2004 12oz:

Anchor Christmas Ale 1996 12oz:

Anchor Christmas Ale 1997 12oz:

Anchor Christmas Ale 1998 12oz:

Anchor Christmas Ale 2001 12oz:

Anchor Christmas Ale 2003 12oz:

Each week Liquid Solutions will be running special discounts, close outs and deals on certain items. Last week it was the glassware house cleaning and this week we are discontinuing a brand (too many new things on the horizon and not enough space in the cooler).

This week the Unibroue brand is on special at deep discounts for the 750ml bottles. Only $4.50 each while supplies last.

Belgian double style from Canada.

Belgian blond with cranberries.

This Belgian style Canadian brew pours orange/amber in color with a big fluffy head. The aroma is big and estery, yeasty bread, bananas and spice. The flavor is caramel and cake, figs, and currents with some peppery spice and a sweet creamy finish.

Spicy wiezen bock style that has a Belgian hint to it.

Malty dark and strong with plenty of Belgain yeast esters.

Belgian dark and fruity without the usual caramel sweetness. More on the raisin, fig tones with a crisp sharper finish.

Copper in color with a touch of haze and an off white head. The aroma is tropical like pineapple with leafy hops. The flavor is grapefruit, pine with figs and caramel. Bitter and sweet, fruity and rich the flavors are strong and intense.

Red with a copper yellow tint. The aroma is malty with toffee and herbal hops. The flavor is creamy with nutty caramel, and a light grapefruit. A great American Pale Ale in tribute to Sub Pop records.

Classic Munich lager. Golden yellow with an aroma that is sweet and noble hoppy. The flavor is assertive and crisp with a dry finish.

This is an excellent semi dry cider that has a superb balance between the slight sweetness, acidic tartness and a light tannic finish and a fresh apple flavor all the way.

Bidding will start Friday the 14th

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Lot 112 4 2003 Victory Old Horizontal
Lot 113 1 New Glarus Winsconsin Belgian Red NV (2000??)
Lot 114 4 Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws 2002
Lot 115 2 Stone Vertical Epic 03.03.03

Time to clean house. Over 50 glasses between 30% and 55% off, many at $1.50. Available only while the supplies last. The items can be purchased at this address……

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Altenmunster Glass $1.50
Anchor Liberty Glass $1.50
Anchor Porter Glass $1.50
Anchor Steam Glass $1.50
Augustijn Glass $2.25
Bass Black and Tan Glass $1.50
Beamish Glass $1.50
Binchoise Glass $2.00
Bitburger Glass $2.00
Bornem Glass $1.50
Celebrator Glass $2.50
Corsendonk Christmas Glass $1.25
Der Hirsch Doppel Hirsch 250m $1.50
Der Hirsch Holzar Oval Glass $1.50
Der Hirsch Holzar X Glass $1.50
Der Hirsch Newschwan 250ml $1.50
Deschutes Jubel Pint Glass $1.50
EKU 28 Glass 300ml $2.00
Far West Glass $1.50
Frankenheim Alt Glass $1.50
Golden Valley Glass $1.50
Grotten Bier Glass $2.00
Guinness Glass $1.50
Hapkin Glass $2.00
Hoegaarden Glass $4.00
Jenlain Glass $1.50
Kapuziner Hefe Glass $2.00
Lagunitas Glass $1.50
Lindeman's Glass $2.50
Lost Coast Glass $1.50
Melbourn Bros. Glass $3.50
Mendocino Red Tail Glass $1.50
Murphy's Glass $1.50
New Belgium Wheat Glass $1.50
Newcastle Glass $1.50
Oberdorfer glass $2.00
Pietra Glass $1.50
Pike Glass $1.50
Pilsner Urquell Glass $2.00
Primator Glass $2.50
Pyramid Glass $1.50
Redstone Meadery Glass $2.50
Reinaert Glass $1.50
Reissdorf Kolsch Glass 400ml $2.00
Rogue Dead Guy Pint Glass $1.50
Samuel Smith Glass $1.50
Schneider Weisse Glass $2.00
Smithwick''s Irish Ale Glass $1.50
St Sebastian Glass $1.50
Stella Artois Glas $2.00
Uerige Glass $2.00
Wexford Glass $1.50

Auctions are now up and ready to be bid on. Thanks.

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Lot 106 HOD Fred 39 1.5 liter 2001
Lot 107 Marin Brewing Star Brew 2004
Lot 108 Four Full Sail Old Boardhead 1999
Lot 109 Three Alaskan Smoked Porter 2003
Lot 110 Three HOD Rose Cassis 2005
Lot 111 Northcoast Ann X 1998

This beer comes with a bit of a story. It is a joint venture between Russian river and Avery brewing because they both had a beer called Salvation. Instead of filing legal action to make the other change the name of the beer, they decided to blend the two into a special brew. The only problem I saw was when I tasted this release back on 2007 it was way too young and had not reached its full potential. Knowing a good thing when I saw it I grabbed up a several cases and put them in the cellar to age. Now at one and a half years old it has reached its peak and it ready for sale. This aged beer comes in at a good price and has a full range of deep mature flavors.

This aged 2007 vintage beer pours with a color that is a deep ruby red with brown underpinning. The head is two and a half fingers high but settles into a thin layer with some nice lace. The aroma is amazing as it has big brown malts, cherries with port and prune at the end. The flavor has a great chocolate cake, raspberry syrup quality and a qualifying hop bitterness in the finish.

For those of you who frequent BeerAdvocate.com you may know that when batches of this beer has been reviewed young (when released) it has received a lot of B- and B ratings but this 2007 aged version receives an A+ in my book. Enjoy!

The German Alt style is a bit obscure but is tasty and robust. It is a malt driven style and the aroma of this beer is of toasted oats with a ting of hops. The flavor is very nutty with some hazel nut up front and a crisp spicy hop at the finish.

A brew that is a cross between an American wheat and a German Hefe. The aroma is big on the wheat with a touch of spice and tang. Although it lacks some of the Bavarian spice it did have the citrus notes of a good American Hefe.

Just as Widmer makes a great American Hefe, Levenworth make a great American Dunkelweizen. It starts clean and crisp with the wheat. It moves to the darker flavors with date and chocolate. Not big and complex but neither is the style.

Bidding will start Friday the 7th

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Yes, that's right an eight year old magnum of Hair of the Dog Fred. What more needs to be said.

The "Star Brew" is a wheat wine (like a barley wine but made mainly of wheat). Five years old.

These four bottles of 99 Old Boardhead come in with very little hop but an intense and agressive malt profile.

Three bottles of Alaskan Brewing’s Smoked Porter 2003. At this age it is smooth and low in bitterness and quite smoky.

Three Hair of the Dog Rose Cassis. This is their Belgain Tipple with a healthy dose of black current added. These are 2005 vintage.

Eleven year oak aged anniversary brew from North Coast.