Category Archives: River Brew Review

River Brew Review is the best place to find reviews on how well certain beers go with fishing trips. It is important to be well informed before bringing just any beer with you fishing, so come to Tasty-Takes.com for the best beer reviews for fishing. If you have a certain beer/drink that you want reviewed please email me at Chris@tasty-takes.com, we are always open to suggestions and we love trying new beer.

River Brew Review: Lone Star – The National Beer of Texas

I don’t have an official review for Lone Star, but I couldn’t not post about it. This was our first visit to Texas, how could I not partake in a beer that is branded as the “National Beer of Texas”? … Continue reading

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River Brew Review: Real Ale Brewing Co. Firemans 4 Blonde Ale

We spent 2 weeks in Aransas Pass, TX. Surprisingly, to us at least, it was awesome! The only semi bummer was a distinct lack of a microbrew scene. A mixed six-pack of Real Ale Brewing Co. beers was pretty much … Continue reading

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River Brew Review: Oskar Blues Pinner Throwback IPA

For the two of you who regularly read this blog (Hi Mom!) you know that I don’t really go in for IPAs, they just aren’t my favorite and who wants to read a negative review? I do make exceptions occasionally, … Continue reading

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River Brew Review: Klamath Basin Vanilla Porter

Here’s another review that I wrote during busy season. Looking back we should have enjoyed that success in mid-coast Oregon a bit more. We had a bit of luck on the north coast in Oregon, but we struck out on … Continue reading

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River Brew Review: Pelican Pub and Brewery Kiwanda Cream Ale

I was looking through my files and found this review that I started during the heart of both busy season and steelhead season. We were staying on the Kilchis River in Tilamook, Oregon at the time and it was wet … Continue reading

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River Brew Review: Great Basin Brewing Wild Horse Ale

Pyramid Lake is the land of giant cutthroat trout. Lahontan cutts are huge, predatory and voracious. I don’t do much of the background research for our team (me, Aimee and George) I mainly do logistics and how to catch fish, … Continue reading

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River Brew Review: Anchor Steam Beer

We’ve been at Pyramid Lake for a little over a week and when we got here I was super fired up to fill my new growler and drink some local brews. In our seventeen thousand trips down to Reno to … Continue reading

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River Brew Review: Terminal Gravity Breakfast Porter

So we made our first big drive yesterday. From Bend, OR to Sutcliffe, NV. It took us 8 and ½ hours, that is big. We chose to take back roads the whole way, which was both amazing and draining. Amazing … Continue reading

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River Brew Review: Ninkasi Brewing Company Oatis Oatmeal Stout

Boom! First beer review of the trip! We are camped on the Metolius River right now and are not crushing fish the way that we would like. We are getting them, but not as big or as often as we … Continue reading

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River Brew Review (kind of): Lost Coast Brewery

I wrote this guy while we were down on the south coast of Oregon fishing for Chinook and trying out the trailer. Just getting around to posting it now. Enjoy! So this isn’t a typical beer review. For the past … Continue reading

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