Tillamook and de Garde Brewing

de Garde Brewing is this funky little brewery - all sours.  It's a super cool little place, but in the middle of nowhere (industrial park) in the middle of nowhere (Tillamook) in the middle of the coast in Oregon.

Here are my observations:

• All the people there are beer geeks.  Not just beer geeks like I know, but serious beer geeks.  I kind of wanted to punch some of them.
• A guy at the counter literally unwrapped at least 3/4 of a pound of blue cheese, and another 1/2 pound of some other cheese, meats, and a little box of Ritz crackers.  Hey asshole!  Get the fuck out of the way of those of us that want to order beers!!
• The place smelled funky as you would expect, but this was...special.  And not at all pleasing.  Chris told me later it was "butyric" meaning it was some sort of bad shit growing on their barrels - and it was indicative of baby vomit.  That wasn't a good thing to think about after those oysters.
• Some of the beers were pretty good, and they had alot that you could drink on premise.

Like I said, the day was beautiful, and it was nice to just hang out and people watch.