The Brew SiteToday’s the first day of the Great American Beer Festival—I almost missed blogging about this (for shame!). The size of this thing is beyond comprehension: 1,669 beers are on tap, 2,358 beers are entered in the competition and 461 breweries are there. It’s basically the beer festival mecca. One of … Continue reading
It’s creeping up on us: Oktoberfest starts this Saturday, September 17th, and ends on October 2nd. I don’t have much to say on Oktoberfest itself that I didn’t say last year (I really like what I wrote, so why try to improve on that?), so I’ll just start doling out … Continue reading
Hail the Ale is reporting that "German designers want male drinkers at Oktoberfest in Munich to wear skirts this year." Oktoberfest Frock. Er… that’s just too strange. Actually, "Oktoberfest Frock" sounds like a good name for a beer. How long before someone brews it?
The Pacific Northwest Cheese Project blog has a review of an event I’d never heard of before: Rogue‘s Beer, Cheese & Chocolate Dinner & Tasting. Rogue’s Hazlenut Brown Ale, on the sweeter side for a beer, was really nicely paired with a chocolate chip hazelnut cookie – not something I … Continue reading
I’ve been watching for Oregon Brewers Festival reports all weekend, and am glad to see a few more turning up tonight. Let’s go: The BlueOregon article added an update, highlighting some favorite beers. Gone Ronin has a good post. I missed part of this one the first time around: Zeroes … Continue reading
I’m not at the Oregon Brewers Festival, but I am watching for mention of it online. It’s the next best thing! 🙂 Here’s an aggregate of some links so far: BlueOregon has posted an Insiders Guide to the Oregon Brew Festival. Fantastic article, there’s even links to PDF checklists for … Continue reading
Apparently we’re smack in the middle of Oregon Beer Week. Huh. I’d forgotten about this, even though I blogged about it two months ago. I’ll be sure to have some (more) Oregon beer this week.
No, it turns out I won’t make it to the Oregon Brewers Festival this year. Which sucks. Maybe next year. We’ll see. I was all set to blog it, too. I guess I’ll just watch for reviews from other bloggers.
The other day my wife pointed out that this year’s Oregon Brewers Festival is from July 28 through 31… the last full weekend in July, as it always is. What makes this notable is that it’s the first last full weekend that we won’t be celebrating my son’s birthday—he was … Continue reading
Found this story on RateBeer: OBF Announces Oregon Beer Week. The Oregon Brewers Festival is pleased to announce "Oregon Beer Week," a weeklong celebration of craft beer by Oregon’s specialty breweries. Oregon Beer Week will begin July 23 and feature a variety of special events taking place at craft breweries … Continue reading