I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! In my latest print article, which came out before the holiday, I revisited an article I wrote seven years ago on beer and food pairings for the holiday. While these new-and-improved suggestions were nominally for Thanksgiving, they apply equally to your Christmas and … Continue reading
My most recent article for The Bulletin was out last week: Beers for feasting season. With Thanksgiving coming up this week, we’re entering the holiday season time where big meals, snacks, holiday baking and more are the order of the day. To stock up your beer fridge and to accompany … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is out and timely for the holiday weekend: Pairing barbecue courses with beer. (That’s not the title I would have used.) This year, I thought it would be fun to suggest beers to pair with classic Fourth of July food. With the number of … Continue reading
With Thanksgiving on top of us, it’s time to plan out your beer selections for the big day. There are a number of ways to approach beers for Thanksgiving. For instance, do you match beer style to menu? Do you have particular favorite beers you always have to have? Or … Continue reading
For the past several months, Monkless Belgian Ales has been hard at work renovating a restaurant and pub space to open its Monkless Brasserie, and this week the brewery held a soft opening for lunch and dinner. Up until now Monkless has only operated a small tasting room out of … Continue reading
On Saturday, April 13 we attended Pelican Brewing‘s Beer + Cheese event that the brewery organized with Visit Tillamook Coast, which took place at the brewery’s Tillamook production facility. I was invited to attend with a complimentary press pass, and since I’d never been to that location, I love beer … Continue reading
Pelican Brewing has teamed up with Visit Tillamook Coast to host their second annual Beer + Cheese beer pairing event to take place on Saturday, April 13, at Pelican’s Tillamook production brewery. From 11am to 3pm, you’ll be able to enjoy beers from a number of western Oregon breweries paired … Continue reading
A week and a half ago, Jon was able to secure complementary tickets for Tetherow Resort‘s third annual Brewery Smackdown. What is this smackdown? It’s where chefs plan a menu and four breweries from two cities team up to see who best pairs their beers with the food. This year … Continue reading
This month’s edition of The Session (which was properly hosted on the first Friday, even though this one is appearing on the first Monday of December) is hosted by Stan Hieronymus, who asked us to consider a hypothetical beer dinner: If you could invite four people dead or alive to … Continue reading
Once again this year, Bend-based Deschutes Brewery is celebrating National Burger Month all through the month of May by offering a special burger menu featuring a new and unique hamburger special each day. Here’s their event details: Join us for beers & burgers through the month of May! We will feature … Continue reading