Haven't even checked the forecast.... may never surf OR again. Fug this piss. I need to move to San Diego or Ventura!
Still a fan of the hops, but I hear ya….. the juicy New England style hoppy beers have changed the whole IPA game for me and lots of others.
As for the coast, slim pickings. I usually bring my own or drink Raindogs. Rouge blows esp their business model, although I have fond memories of turning 21 and regular forays at the OG Rouge location in Ashland before the 96 El Nino floods trashed the place and they moved to Newport. The beer was good and fresh back then. Pelican pretty much sucks too, although they are palatable. Regardless I am convinced their development killed the sand transport that set up the point. Both have a monopoly on the coast it seems.
Agreed on De Garde my buddies trendy brewery here in PDX did a colab with them and until then had no idea that place was even there.
Astoria is kingpin, but I consider that semi-costal at least from a surf perspective. Ft George is easily one of my all-time favs. Buoy is pretty good too.
So funny when I stumbled upon the Yahats Brewery and “Garden (grow) Store”. I lived in that rad little village in the late 90’s and there were only a few dive bars. One was Lesters, now the pub. Place was like going back in time. Lester was an old boxer in his 80’s and was still known to break up fights. Taps were 60 cents and bottles of beer were maybe a dollar. He even had and used an old antique cash register. He lived upstairs and so did a few of the local drunks. Crowd was always an interesting mix of coasties, artists, gays, and hippes living on a commune up the river. It was fair game to light up a dooby in the bar long before medical or legalization. Anyways back to the brewery…. last time I was down there I didn’t make it in was trying to get away from all that coming for PTown, but have heard good reviews.
Devils River? Think that is the name in CB is supposed to be good. And Arc Cape located in a remote location near Gold Beach is good. A tap house I frequent here keeps their golden lager on tap as a constant house beer.
Routine is a vampire. Manu Chao-