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This week another bunch of beers arrived, as well as a cider, and a book. I’m getting my work cut out for me. First up: the latest Zupan’s Markets collaborations: Breakside Brewery Farm to Market IPA, and Reverend Nat’s Farm to Market Cider. These are the tenth beer and first … Continue reading
Recently Ooligan Press sent me an advance review copy of The Widmer Way, the new forthcoming book by Portland beer writer Jeff Alworth. I read the book over the holidays and found it to be a relatively quick and enjoyable read. I’ll start with full disclosure: I’ve known Jeff Alworth … Continue reading
Shameless self-promotion time! This Saturday, January 27, I will be at the Deschutes Brewery Bend Tasting Room to present “Uncovering Bend Beer: A History of Beer in Central Oregon” — a book and history talk based on my book Bend Beer (of course). My plan is to talk both about … Continue reading
A popular blog topic that makes the rounds this time of year, often starting at Black Friday, is the holiday gift guide. I’ve done some of those in the past and they can be fun roundup. Both Brewpublic and The New School published their guides with some good and fun … Continue reading
Oregon Beer News for Friday, December 2, 2016. News in beer and brewing from all around Oregon, including events, tastings, festivals, and more. If you have news to share, let me know!
Good news Portland! This Saturday, December 3rd, at Bazi Bierbrasserie, I’ll be on hand with several other beer writers for a book signing event from 5 to 7pm. Bazi is a terrific beer bar with a Belgian focus and a great taplist; I’m thrilled to be able to be on … Continue reading
On Sunday, December 4, Portland’s N.W.I.P.A. is hosting a holiday Books & Beer event featuring a number of Oregon beer authors, myself included! This will be a fun holiday shopping event from 2 to 5pm where you can come meet the authors, buy signed books, and drink beer of course! … Continue reading
Two different press/media arrivals last week: The Book of Dangerous Cocktails, and the imperial winter/holiday cider Nice & Naughty from 2 Towns Ciderhouse. Not sure if there’s a theme. I will note neither of these things have much to do with beer directly; a quick check of the index of … Continue reading
For this September edition of The Session, Joan Villar-i-Martí of Blog Birraire asks us to consider The Role of Beer Books: The discussion at hand is “The Role of Beer Books“. Participants can talk about that first book that caught their attention, which brought them to get interested in beer; or … Continue reading
Just in time for hop harvest season, this new book arrived this week: Hoptopia: A World of Agriculture and Beer in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, by Peter Kopp. I’m excited to read this one, not least of which because it’s about Oregon’s beer-related history. Oh, and I happened to write a book … Continue reading