The Brew SiteJuly is Oregon Craft Beer Month, a month-long “Celebration of Oregon Brews and Brewpubs”. It’s a great platform to showcase the good beers of Oregon, and promote the state’s many excellent brewers and establishments. The website has a comprehensive list of associated events, far more than I could keep track … Continue reading
A couple of notables “Beer Weeks” are in the news right now: Seattle Beer Week officially started today, and lasts through the 17th. SBW features a week and a half of fantastic events all over the city, making me totally envious (and thinking there should be a “Bend Beer Week”). … Continue reading
The Beer Wars movie (I mentioned it previously here) is debuting this week in its one-night-only showing, on Thursday, April 16th. Remember, it’s the insider’s view of the U.S. beer industry and online buzz I’ve been seeing about it seems promising. In Central Oregon, it will be playing at the … Continue reading
Yes, it’s a little late, but a Happy St. Pat’s anyway. Here’s what I was drinking tonight: Ah, tradition. Incidentally, this is the first post written entirely in WordPress. The blog migration is coming along.
Okay, "the month for beer" may be a slight exaggeration, but there are at least two "Beer Month" things going on that I know about. First is Strong Beer Month: February 1st, marks the start of the 7th Annual Strong Beer Month. The brewers of the 21st Amendment and Magnolia … Continue reading
I mentioned the other night how Rogue is brewing Oregon’s sesquicentennial beer for the 150th birthday of our state coming up on February 14th. In fact, that’s not the only "beer and Oregon’s birthday" thing going on next month—there’s also Zwickelmania. This President’s Day weekend, dozens of Oregon breweries and … Continue reading
This month’s edition of The Session is a significant one: it happens to fall on Repeal Day: the day that Prohibition in the United States was finally abolished. Fittingly enough, this month’s topic is exactly that, and is brought to us by 21st Amendment Brewery: In 1920, there were thousands … Continue reading
The annual Holiday Ale Festival held in Portland (Oregon) seems to be getting bigger each year—so much so, that I’m now thinking of it as the "winter Oregon Brewers Festival." It’s held downtown at Pioneer Square, and this year it runs from today, December 3rd, through the 7th (Sunday). One … Continue reading
That’s right, Deschutes Brewery‘s The Abyss is back this month! The Brewery is kicking off the 2008 edition of this fantastic beer with a pair of launch parties, first in Portland: Friday, November 14th | 10 pm to Midnight Join us at the Deschutes Brewery & Public House in Portland’s … Continue reading
My friend Simone, who is a professional photographer, was also at the Fresh Hop Tasting I reviewed yesterday (taking pictures, natch). She left a comment on yesterday’s post pointing to her own blog where she posted a bunch of those photos. Needless to say, they’re better than mine and will … Continue reading