San Francisco Beer Week is an amazing extravaganza of beer and community that resonates throughout the Bay Area and this year’s ran from February 8-17. For the launch of this incredible event… I thought it would be fun to instead pay visit my old home of San Diego for the weekend! I lived in San Diego for about 10 years and while I honestly never particularly liked living down there I have enjoyed my visits … Continue reading →
Three Creeks Brewing over in Sisters has recently added a great feature to their pub: the Outlaw Taps! These are three special taps at the end of the bar (jutting out of a re-purposed barrel top), and brewer Zach Beckwith tells me that “they’ll continually pour barrel aged, vintage and big beers.” They were pouring Bourbon Barrel Aged Crosswalk Imperial Porter, and the last of the 2012 vintage of Hoodoo Double Voodoo Imperial IPA as of a … Continue reading →
The month of February marks 18 years of brewing beer for Bend Brewing Company, and all month long they’ve been offering up all of their award-winning beers (both on tap and in bottles). Today, Saturday the 23rd, they are celebrating with live music, giveaways, great beer prizes, and more (Facebook event page): We’re celebrating 18 years in business, and we invite you to come celebrate with us. Saturday, February 23rd we will be featuring free … Continue reading →
This Saturday, February 16th, is Oregon’s fifth annual statewide Zwickelmania event: organized by the Oregon Brewers Guild, breweries across the state hold special open houses from 11am to 4pm, offering up tours, tastings, and often special extras just for the one day. As OBG’s blurb says, “Your once-a-year backstage pass to tour Oregon’s breweries.” And here’s their capsule description: 2013 President’s Day weekend, dozens of Oregon breweries and brewpubs will open their doors to visitors … Continue reading →
This blog is all about Oregon; every now and again I pop my head up and try to highlight various beer-related things and news elsewhere too. One such tidbit that’s been catching my eye is coming out of Asheville, NC (of course!): Twin Leaf Brewery. I’ve been particularly interested in this because it’s being launched by fellow beer blogger (and homebrewer) Steph Weber and her husband Tim, and it’s been fascinating to “watch” the progress … Continue reading →
