Double Mountain Brewery

When I first arrived in Oregon I was a little disappointed. I had been dreaming for months about all the amazing new beers I would find. It is hop country, so I expected to find the best pale ales and IPAs I'd ever had. But for the first few weeks, I just wasn't having as much luck as I expected. Don't get me wrong, all of the craft breweries I had tried were good, it just took me a while to find a really amazing brewery (and then a few more after that).

Enter Double Mountain. Double Mountain is a constantly full little brewpub in Hood River. Hood River, if you don't remember, is like the cool version of The Dalles. It is the windsurfing capital of the northwest and has lots of cool shops and restaurants as well as two breweries (Double Mountain and Full Sail).

The first Double Mountain beer I had was their India Red Ale or IRA. It was fantastic. Since then I have tried every beer they have on tap, and have been blown away by most of them (Their IPAs are good, but not up to par with the rest). The IRA is still my favorite, but they also make an amazing Kriek. A Kriek is a Belgian style lambic made with cherries. It's sour and tangy from the cherries and the brettanomyces bacteria that it is inoculated with. This particular Kriek drinks almost like a wine. It is really delicious, I am bummed that it's no longer on tap.

Unfortunately, I think they are out until the cherries are in season. They use locally sourced bing cherries, so they only make it once a year. I guess they either make a lot or age it a long time though, because I had a glass in April.


They also have, as it turns out, amazing pizzas. Becca and I stopped there for dinner on the way to the airport. The pizza pictured above is the "truffle shuffle." It is a white pizza with green onions and portobello mushrooms that have been marinated in white truffle oil. It was just as delicious as it sounds and looks.


The pictures in this post can be credited to Becca and her nice new camera. Thanks, Becca!