Laurelwood’s Wry Pale Ale Discovered by Future Archaeologists
Deep in the heart of ancient woods, modern instrumentalists are devising songs of grandeur and epic scale. Wielding axe-and-hammer melodies like the bards of Sherwood Forest, the band Midlake takes a set brake. They gnaw dried meat and gaze forlorn into the glowering fog of midmorning. You are stunned by their significant musical contribution to this ethereal setting but recover enough to offer them an appropriate thirst quencher—the Wry Pale Ale from the Woods of Laurel.
Hundreds of years later, skeptics will say anecdotal evidence suggests there may or may not have actually been beer. Or musicians. Or forests. Rather dower, no?
Thankfully, future archaeologists will rescue our groggy, sobering culture by unearthing historical kegs, labeled “LAURELWOOD” in fading, rusty orange. Huzzah! A clear and tasty indication of rye, malts, heavy carbonation and fruit juice flavors. All consumptive observations perfectly consistent with the (badly) written records of early 21st century.
Dang the skeptics!
A final note from the future: though limited in the scale of its geographic distribution, the ale seemed to have positively engulfed all cultures it contacted with beguiling inventiveness and pleasantly warm syrup feelings. That and the ability to consume many Wry Pale Ale’s in one sitting.
By our Good Friend Peder Engelstad
Sometimes people forget that we’ve got two breweries, the production facility at 51st and Sandy and the original brewhouse at Pizza Co. Though much of the beer line up is the same between all of our locations, Pizza Co has a few unique styles of their own like 40th Ave Amber and Wry Pale Ale. Brewer Paul Bergeman leads the effort to bring some very cool new beers to the Portland brewing scene. Last week Paul and fellow brewer Hans Gauger spent the day brewing Altenburg smoked lager. The two were also bottling a F
ramboise that has been fermenting in oak barrels for the last two years. Chad and Paul filled those same oak barrels with a new beer which will be ready sometime in early 2012. On top of all that Paul has just released Organic Deranger Imperial Red, with Himmelbrau Helles coming out this Wednesday. Sounds good to me.
