Try This Beer: Caldera Brewing, Ashland, Oregon

Caldera Brewing // tahoefabulous.com

In addition to awesome mountain biking and beautiful sights, I wanted to visit lots and lots of breweries on our honeymoon road trip. Our first brewery stop was Caldera Brewing in Ashland, Oregon. Caldera is not a small brewery by any means - we can get their pale ale at our neighborhood grocery. I've enjoyed their beers I've had in the past and I was excited to try it at the source.

Caldera Brewing // tahoefabulous.com

The brewery and restaurant at Caldera are very large - plenty of seating in doors and a nice outdoor patio. We ate outside to keep an eye on the bikes. Despite the hot day, the patio was shaded and cool. Dogs are also allowed on the patio. I thought the food was delicious as well - especially the salad I had featuring smoked blue cheese. Now on to the important part - the beer. We got a tasting flight so we could try out five different beers.

Here's what we tried (all descriptions from Caldera Brewing)

Hopportunity Knocks IPA (3.75 out of 5 stars)IPA brewed with even more body and piney and perfumy hop profile

Mosaic IPA (4.75 out of 5 stars)Tropical-Style IPA brewed with Mosaic hops imparting hop flavors of mango, passion fruit and guava.

Grapefruit IPA (2.75 out of 5 stars)American-style IPA brewed with grapefruit juice and zest.

Double Red EyePA (4.5 out of 5 stars)Double red IPA with very piney and floral hop characteristics.

Ginger Beer (4 out of 5 stars)A light golden ale brewed with organic fresh ginger and light Belgian Candi Sugar.