I'm back from a prolonged period of oh let's call it busy time. For this blog I'm reaching out to my roots sort of. Back to that somber, reclusive area known as northeastern Washington. If you go north from Colville, right next to FDR lake (aka the Columbia River), there lies the small town of Norhtport Washington. Now sadly this is one brewery I have not yet reached, and if any of you know the distance to this area, then you'll also know why I'm saving it way down the list. I have managed to have a taste here and there at the odd brewfest, but not a good helping. Well hope comes to forwishen, as I laid eyes on one of two bottles from Norhtern Ales while perusing the isles of 99 Bottles. After a rigorous amount of scientific analysis and calling upon all my supernatural capabilities with statistics, eenie meenie miney moe yielded the IPA for me to sample. What I love about this beer, it's the first bare bones IPA I've had in quite some time. No hints of citrus, or dash of herbs, or touches of honey, nope just straight mashy hop smell. It has been the closest to a straight hop on the vine smell I've come across yet. The taste translates right from the smell. Once again this is just a pure bitter IPA, with none of the bells and whistles attached. It tastes like a hoppy mash, and it's wonderful. Not to fruity, not to hardcore, it's positioned itself in the center of varieties. I'm glad to see a company like this thriving and bottling out of one of Washington's most rural, and economically slowed areas. Whats more impressive is just having the ability to bring up a straight shooting IPA, that goes down smooth, not to sweet, just a wonderful hoppy mash of flavor.
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