A shot of the three Block 15 beers in my cellar. I have two of each of these left, but they are so good, and my will power, well, not so good. Try as I might, I don’t see any of these lasting past our annual New Year’s Day tasti ...
Sometimes an event announcement comes out and I want to keep it all to myself. It literally hurts me to post it. The fact is, the more of you that show up, the less beer I get. It’s simple math. This Friday at Beermongers is no ...
From Block15.com: “Brewed with six malts of Belgian & British origin. Bourbon in color with a very complex and interesting malt profile. Matured in 9 & 10 year old bourbon barrels for 2-4 months. Bright aromas of bourbon, fres ...
Not quite Portland, but then again, not talking about Block 15 would be a great sin of tremendous proportions. Block 15 from Corvallis Oregon is out of the gate with their first official bottle release of Figgy Pudding. From their websit ...
Not much on the label, except that we can expect: a 22 oz bottle of hoppy, Imperial IPA, sometime in 2011, IBUs: 80, ABV: 7.5% This should be another great release from John and Phil down at the Portland Waterfront location! I’ll have ...
Nick Arzner, owner, brewer, bartender… Before I get started with this writeup, I think it’s only fair that you know I’ve got a big prejudice against Block 15 Brewery. It may color my writing a bit, so I wanted to air al ...
Fermented Photo: Nick Arzner, Block 15 Brewery. Nick unleashing barrel-fermented, brett-pitched, sour goodness directly from the source. Today, it’s good to be me.