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  • Frosty 1:00 pm on January 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Provide Haiti with its own version of Frosty Goodness. 

    I’d like to take a quick moment here to address the tragedy in Haiti. I consider myself extremely lucky to be living in an area where I can sit back and leisurely drink the beverage of my choice: in this case, beer. For Haiti however, “frosty goodness” is as simple as a clean glass of water. If you’ve been thinking of donating some money to help those struck by the earthquake, now would be a great time.

    We at Frosty Goodness have signed up with Mercy Corps to help them fulfill the greatest needs in this terrible situation. If you can, please spare the cost of a pint, and donate today.

    http://www.mercycorps.org/fundraising/frostygoodness

    Thank You!

    -Frosty

     

  • Admin 4:13 pm on December 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Happy Hoplidays! 

    From everyone here at Frosty Goodness, we would like to wish our loyal readers a well sauced Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We will return with a new batch of brew’d attitude in 2010. Happy Hoplidays everyone!

     

  • Frosty 9:50 pm on June 20, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Oregon Brews and BBQs 

    Look, I can walk around!Anyone who remembers SwillJockey’s post from last year’s Brewfest will remember how much fun we had with the crushing horde of humanity there (It wasn’t fun!). I thought for sure that my days at beer fests were over. Luckily, thanks to the miracle of the internet and a timely mention by my buddy Mister Q,  I was able to discover a mini-me version of Brewfest over in McMinnville aptly named Brews & BBQs. With a name like that, how could you go wrong?

    Smaller (WAY) smaller, but still fun, the B&Bs (I shortened it cause I’m lazy) was a fun little excursion with the combined brood of Mister Q and our own Frosties.  Despite not getting to drink too much (what do you mean kids don’t like to wait around while daddy gets drunk?), there were a few memorable sips worth noting.

    Block 15 – Aboriginale

    I’d never heard of these guys, but they made some of the really good beer at the B&Bs. Aboriginale, seemed to be one of the more popular ones (as the pourer made sure to tell me), but in truth was a bit too hoppy for my taste. It actually reminded me of the HUB review a ways back. Despite not getting any more than the obligatory one token sip, Mister Q went back for a full glass, so I’ll give this the “not for me, but what the heck” – 3.

    Block 15 – Honey Wit

    It’s summer! (I’m ignoring the fact it just rained on us). All you people who like IPA’s are just wrong. A tasty, sweet wheat ale is what summer is all about. For the Missus, this even deserved a mug and a half (Love ya hon!). Bottle worthy.

    Cascade Brewing Razzberry Wheat

    Everybody knows of that one grandma or mom who has that guest bathroom full of those funny smelling shaped soaps. Have you ever wondered what those taste like? How about what they taste like as a beer? I don’t wonder anymore. Raspberry, with a glycerin chaser.

    Full Sail Keelhauler

    Winner!! I have been hesitating to buy this at the local beer pusher for fear that “Scottish Ale” meant headbutting you and kicking you while you’re down. But now I just feel ashamed for doubting my kilt wearing brethren. This stuff was great. Light on painful hoppy-ness, balanced and worthy malts, and a pinch of greased Scotsman. If its not Scottish, its crap!

     

    • Ivana Goodbeer 4:25 pm on June 24, 2009 Permalink

      I really liked the Honey Wit. It is worth a trip to Corvallis just to visit Block 15. Good stuff!

  • Frosty 12:15 pm on June 5, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Stumptown Tart Returns! 

    Not actual wrapper...or is it?

    As you know, the original Stumptown Tart is one of my favorite beers. When we heard the run was ending, SJ and I of course headed out and bought as many bottles as we could. As time has passed, we have dwindled down to the final bottle. (No!) But lo and behold, it looks like the Champion Brewers of Bridgeport have decided to bring it back! In name at least. This time around, instead of the beloved marionberries, local cherries will be used instead. Will it continue the trend of awesomeness? Bridgeport’s track record says yes, but we will reserve judgement until we get well drunk on it at the release party. Oh, yeah, the release party. Go, and let the guys know that fruity beer is what Oregon summer is all about.

    Stumptown Tart Release Party
    June 25th, 2009  5:30 – 8:00pm   (or until you pass out…ie: 5:45)

    Bridgeport Brewpub
    1313 NW Marshall St.
    Portland Oregon

    More details at their site.

     

  • Frosty 8:47 pm on April 5, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    The month in beer. El mes borracho. 

    Its April, and time for that venerable tradition; a review of the happenings in the Frosty Goodness world of beer.

    • To begin with, I took a tour of Pike Brewery recently, and sat down with a taster of their on tap brews. Apart from making the mistake of drinking them all before my food arrived, I was pleasantly surprised by the full range of Pike offerings. Only two weren’t worthy of a return swig. The IPA, which I give a pass to since I think IPAs are nasty, and the Stout. I like stouts generally, but this one was so roasted, it gave Snow Plow a run for its money on “most like drinking burnt wood”. All in all though, good selection, good food, and a solid recommendation, even if I couldn’t get the wifi to work.
    • How sad the fall from grace for Dixie Blackened Voodoo. It used to be one of my favorites of all time, but either my tastes have evolved, or they still have some Katrina water in the fermenters. Its not that it was bad, just ‘meh’. To their credit, I’m pretty sure the Dixie brewery isn’t actually brewing the beer. I read somewhere that they have given the recipe to some other breweries to do the brewing, so I’ll give them a break this time.
    • Two weekends ago I had 3 pales and 2 belgians in one sitting. Thanks a lot Quinn. I won’t say who the brewery was, but needless to say I was doing it for drunk value more than taste.
    • So Sad, Papa Haydn isn’t serving Lompoc Special Draft on tap any more. The bottles are good too, but the draft really is the best way. And what did they replace it with? Hoegaarden. I mean really…come on.
    • And finally a sad appeal to my favorite brewery Bridgeport. They decided to bring back one of their “big brews”, but decided on Hop Czar instead of Stumptown Tart. Come on guys, we have enough hops around here already. Bring on the Marionberry.

    Stay tuned this week for our review of Widmer Drifter Pale Ale. Here’s a hint: Bottle, meet Sink.

     

    • SwillJockey 9:53 am on April 7, 2009 Permalink

      And I quote from last night as my dinner drink request was being processed……”I’ll choke down a Drifter, that’s the only way this stuff will disappear.”

      Whoever chose the hops for this swill needs to be steeped in them himself.

  • SwillJockey 6:27 pm on February 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Beervana in Oregon may be nearing an end 

    Damn bureaucrats.   I really hope this falls as flat as some of the beers I drank during the Superbowl.

    http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_021309_news_oregon_beer_tax.126942e1.html

     

  • Frosty 12:05 pm on February 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Beer Bottle Dominoes 

    Beer bottles, foosball, and a drunken finish. This video is a glorious homage to never letting go of your youth.

     

  • Frosty 8:42 pm on September 23, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

    Et tu New Belgium? A dear John letter. 

    Dear New Belgium,

    For some time now, skylark and I have had an argument. He has claimed that you were unimaginative. He claimed that all your beers tasted the same. He claimed you weren’t the awesome microbrew heroes you claimed to be.

    And all this time I defended you. I said “No, 1554 is original!”. “New Belgium is awesome”. “They GET it.” I believed it in my heart… and then I saw this.

    There you were, nestled up next to the Pabst Blue Ribbon. And me, standing there mouth agape. How could I face skylark now? It’s like I was the guy angrily defending the fidelity of his best girl…while she bangs some guy under the bleachers at the monster truck rally.

    Good bye New Belgium. You can keep the singing fish plaque and the Garth Brooks CD. You’ll need it where you’re going.

    - Frosty

     

    • Hops-scotch 7:15 pm on September 24, 2008 Permalink

      New Belgium… In a can? What is the world coming to?

    • Swill Jockey 12:42 pm on September 27, 2008 Permalink

      I think the beer bubble has popped….just like the dot com and housing bubbles have.

      Frosty ‘Goodnesses’ may be fewer and far between these days.

      Where’s my government beer bailout??

    • Walt Liquor 11:23 am on October 23, 2008 Permalink

      Hey, if they degrade in quality a few more notches, they just might make it onto my list. Let me know if they start selling in 40 ounce bottles!

  • Walt Liquor 12:14 pm on September 10, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: dork ahead, Look out   

    Horrible Beers So Far: A Summary 

        We’ve come to a decent point for reflection in our quest to rate the worst beers on the planet, a place to set up camp and stop for the night, as it were.  A place to look back, survey the wide forests of malt liquor and beer+seafood combinations we’ve hiked through, and ponder.  A place to stop for the night and rest our shoulders, which strain under the weight of this hiking metaphor.  But let’s be serious and systematic about this — we all know that most of the beers I review are bad, but which ones are REALLY bad?  If you’re in a spot in your life where you absolutely had to drink one of these, which would it be?

        Not only am I going to get serious and systematic, I’m going full-blown Nerd on this.  I’m going to get out my taped-in-the-center glasses, put aside my rock tumbler, and present a plot of data taken so far that should illustrate which beers are the cream of this awful crop.  It boils down to this — a beer that is bad should be cheap, right?  So which beers give you the best bang in quality for the least buck (and I do mean a buck, or maybe upwards of $1.40 for the more expensive malt liquors)?  Let’s take a look at the price of beers rated so far (in cents per ounce) versus the quality I gave it (the rating, out of six).  I took the liberty of futzing with the rating dimension a bit, but you’ll forgive me, right?  Here are the results:

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        Well, there you have it folks.  Beers in the upper left corner are the ones you should aim for, being passable in quality and easy on the wallet.  Beers down in the lower right corner have the nerve to be more expensive than other beers of better quality.  Let’s put aside the Bud / Clamato abomination as an outlier obviously concocted by forces of evil.  Within the standard, non-clam-based beers, you’ll want to avoid Mickey’s and Schlitz, and instead opt to crack open a screw-top of King Cobra, Steel Reserve, or better yet Natural Ice.  The Natural Ice price is skewed a bit low since you can buy it in 24-packs, so I’d bet the little Natty Ice dot would move closer to the pack if you could buy it in 40 oz bottles.  Which would be nice, since I can’t be hauling around a 24-pack of cans to the bus station…

     

    • Frosty 6:45 am on September 12, 2008 Permalink

      Your dedication to our craft is worthy of the highest praise. Our craft of course being drinking random swill in the name of couch-bound science. To honor you hard work, as well as celebrate our posting centennial, I hereby bequeath unto you, one I.O.U. for a patented Frosty Goodness labeled beer coozie.

    • Walt Liquor 11:16 pm on September 13, 2008 Permalink

      Cool! I’m holding you to that, for sure — you have some work ahead of you at cafepress! Do they make them big enough to fit 40’s?

  • skylark 10:00 pm on January 24, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Chopperz, haircut, old e, porter   

    Another Beer and a Haircut 

    Where do you get your hair cut? Supercuts? Great Clips? Berts Barber Shop down the Street? Suck-cut? The same place you get your nails done? I graduated from Supercuts in college, moved up to Bishop’s (the original Rock ‘n Roll Barbershop) and then on to Hair M. The full-service, man-focused, hottie-populated hair do has become non-optional. I think it was the 5-minute crop I got from Great Clips for $5 (not worth a nickel) that did it. It was like bad prison sex (or what I imagine bad prison sex is like… Carlos keep your mouth shut, I have friends on the inside).

    Ever since being violated with a pair of scissors at Great Clips, I have taken great care in selecting my hair care professional. I’ve started going to Chopperz and have found it to be an awesome place. I’ve written about them before but I’ll do it again. I seem to be recycling beer reviews but there is a good reason. If you need a reason to stop getting your hair butchered/raped at Supersucks or Rape Clips, this is it: BEER. Go to Bishop’s, Hair M, or Chopperz and you’re going to get beer. At Chopperz, you’re going to get more than just the standard Hef, Guiness, or High Life (Bishop’s, totally perfect). At Chopperz they’ve got their own brews. I’ve written about them before but they just happen to have some new ones. I made a special trip after work so I could have a sample.

    I tried the Smoke Porter and man, was it a surprise. Winter time drives me away from Hef and lager towards Porters, Stouts, and Ales. There is something about a good IPA or Nitro Stout that makes the winter months more enjoyable. Anyway, I found the Smoke Porter had just the right amount of burnt-chocolaty flavor but didn’t try too hard. It was easy to drink like a lager. Unlike most of my winter time beers, which are best enjoyed with well spaced sips, the Smoke urged me to have another drink.

    So, next time your at Supercraps, ask them for a beer. When they look at you sideways, think about upgrading your hair care professionals. Of course, chances are your ex-prison barber will reach under the counter and hand you an Old E. Trust me, that isn’t a goog thing.

     

    • Ivana Goodbeer 11:52 pm on January 28, 2008 Permalink

      Hair M does a good job with Frosty’s hair. This explains why he smells like gel and beer when he comes home from a hair cut.

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