Joining the Rogue Nation

<== We wake up the next morning... Joe and Edward seem to be getting along...

We stayed the previous evening in Aberdeen, Washington, the home of Kurt Cobain... I take a moment for a hero...==>

 <== Driving down highway 101, along the Washington and Oregon coasts... it's an amazing drive... the forest ending abruptly at the ocean is an amazing view, and the fog rolling all around is exactly what I expected from the Pacific northwest...








Taking some time on the beach to enjoy ourselves... ==>

<== But there is a goal to reach today... tonight, we dine in... Newport, Oregon!

And there it is at long last... the crown jewel of our brewery visits so far... Rogue! ==>

<== We are definitely happy campers...

Filled with liquid awesome... ==>

<== This place is so different than all the other breweries I've been to, it's got so much of a bootstrap, frat-y feel to it. It feels anti-commercial if anything, and is almost completely opposite to Miller...

A treasure vault, one of the cold rooms where Rogue stores their beers... there are some being aged like 20 years in here... ==>

<== But this is what we've been waiting for... time to try samplers!!!

Sugoi! ==>

<== The bar has a great view to accompany the great beer. I think I personally tried 16 different brews... what a great day!

We got a hotel room right next to the brewery so no one would have to drive... but we did take advantage of an easy day to do some laundry... ==>

<== And play a little Flux... that's it for today! Rogue rocks!