The Brew Site
With Homebrew Con in Portland just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about conference survival tips. If you’ve never been — and somewhat surprisingly, this will be my own first time attending! — the AHA has helpfully posted a First-Time Attendee Guide that you should read. General Conference … Continue reading
Portland, are you ready for a bunch of homebrewers coming into town in just over two weeks? On June 28-30, 2018, the American Homebrewers Association will be hosting the 40th annual National Homebrewers Conference for three days of special events, seminars, and of course the awards ceremony for the annual … Continue reading
June is not just a month for Oregon beer weeks (three at current count), but embraces cider as well; Oregon Cider Week starts up on June 21 for its seventh annual “week” (eleven days) of cider events. Presented by the Northwest Cider Association, the week showcases the local cider industry … Continue reading
My latest print article for The Bulletin is out today: Humm, Deschutes partner on ‘kom-brew-cha’. (No I did not come up with that headline, I’m sorry to say.) But I do delve a bit into kombucha, and Bend’s Humm Kombucha, and the Humm Zinger kombucha radler brewed in collaboration with Deschutes … Continue reading
The 12th annual Cheers to Belgian Beers festival returns to Portland this weekend, taking place Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2 at The North Warehouse on North Tillamook Street. CTBB is one of the better “themed” beer festivals out there, in which most beers present are brewed using the same … Continue reading
This June, Bend’s Deschutes Brewery turns 30; on June 27, to be precise. I detailed the history of the opening starting with the first paragraph of chapter five of Bend Beer: Downtown Bend, Monday, June 27, 1988: Deschutes Brewery opened its doors to the public at four o’clock in the … Continue reading
This weekend the annual Nano Beer Fest returns to John’s Marketplace in Portland, the largest little beer festival in the world (based on its tagline, anyway). Featuring over 50 beers and ciders from some of the region’s smallest breweries, the fest runs from Friday the 27th through Sunday the 29th, … Continue reading
I’m still catching up on news and events, but this is one I hadn’t really seen promoted anywhere outside of Facebook and only became aware of it recently: Immersion Brewing is hosting its first Give Me a Firkin Beer Festival today, featuring a lineup of Central Oregon breweries pouring firkin … Continue reading
It’s once again that time of year, when the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization hosts its annual Spring Fling homebrew competition—coming up on the last weekend in April, the 27th through 29th. The competition is both BJCP-sanctioned and OSHBOTY-sanctioned and open to anyone who brews beer. I just sent out the … Continue reading
Details have been set for this year’s Oregon Brewers Festival in July, the thirty-first edition of this annual favorite festival, and organizers have announced the details, including the brewery lineup. The fest will run from Thursday, July 26 through Sunday, July 29, in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland. … Continue reading