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Lately, everyone is chasing charity with
beer. Portland will soon have its first nonprofit brewery, Ex Novo, not
far from its first nonprofit pub, Oregon Public House. And at that
nonprofit pub, you'll now find a nonprofit beer, Do-Gooder IPA. Brewed
at Old Town's Pints with a little help from the staff there, but using
OPH's own recipe plus hops and malt donated for the cause, Do-Gooder is a
coppery IPA with a little toffee and a lingering bitterness. You'll
feel hot green hops in your nasal cavity after you've sipped. Meanwhile,
Hopworks recently released a milder, English-style IPA called British
Invasion to benefit KBOO community radio, which gets 50 cents from every
pint sold. British Invasion is a little lighter in color, with a round
and rosy sweetness, a little passionfruit and just enough bitterness to
balance things out. I strongly prefer it—and I'm relieved someone in
Portland is willing to keep a little something for themselves.
WWeek 2015
