I-P-A RIVER: June 2026

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Alaska Cruise (and, of course, some brews)!

8/5 - Fly to Seattle

8/6 - a full day in Seattle

8/7 -

8/8 -

8/9 -

8/10 - Juneau brewery tour

8/11 -

8/12 -

8/13 - Canadian ale trail tour in Victoria, British Columbia

8/14 -

8/15 - Back in Seattle for a day

8/16 - Fly home from Seattle

8/18 -The End of Oak Street

Glossary o' Terms

ALE: One of the larger families of beers. True ales are brewed with top-fermenting yeast. They are low in carbonation and served warm (not in the U.S. - blogger insert). Best known in England.

BOCK: German-style beer with a strong alcoholic content. (afraid to try one? what are you, chicken? bock! bock! bock! - blogger insert)

LAGER: (boo!! hiss!! - blogger insert) From the German word to store, lagers represent a major family of beers. They have a longer and cooler fermentation period than ales and are brewed with bottom-fermenting yeast (even sounds gross - blogger insert). Most German and North American beers are lagers.

PILSNER: A type of lager beer, first made in Czechoslovakia in the late 13th century. (Czech out that wimp and his pilsner! - blogger insert)

PORTER: A characteristically dark brown beer of English origin. (name origin - so heavy you need a porter to carry it to the table for you?? - blogger insert).

STOUT: A fuller-bodied, richer and sweeter version of porter (created by Ireland's Guiness). (God bless Ireland! - blogger insert)