The Brew Site
A new beer-ticking digital passport has launched for the town of Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast, the Tap and Brew Trail. Created by Explore Lincoln City, this new passport is out in time for National Beer Day (according to the press release), and features nine locations to start, where … Continue reading
This past weekend my wife and I attended the ilani Brewfest in Ridgefield, Washington, an event I’d posted about previously. ilani is a casino resort located on the Cowlitz Reservation, about 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon, which opened in 2017. The Cowlitz Indian Tribe developed, owns, and operates the … Continue reading
Oregon’s Clackamas County Tourism & Cultural Affairs launched the Mt. Hood Territory Tap Trail back in 2018, joining the growing number of regional “beer trail” activities promoting tourism and the craft beer industry. Recently the group announced the launch of a new mobile passport app for the Tap Trail, starting … Continue reading
A new “Ale Trail” mobile app is launching, from Oregon’s Washington County Tualatin Valley Ale Trail. The new app is launching January 3, and like similar programs, as you visit the various breweries and locations on the Ale Trail, you get your “Passport” stamped which is redeemable for prizes. Press … Continue reading
Recently, my wife and I spent a night in Pacific City on the Oregon Coast. No real reason other than to get away, for only the second overnight trip in two years; we’ve continued to mostly isolate and stay extremely cautious and careful during the pandemic, but even so, we … Continue reading
We spent the Fourth of July weekend last month on the southern Oregon Coast, in the town Bandon. Bandon is one of my favorite places to visit and we were last there two years prior; I wrote a beery post about that trip at the time, and this one is … Continue reading
Pursuant to our recent visit to Public Coast Brewing in Cannon Beach in May, I mentioned that I’d made the extra time to be able to explore Cannon Beach rather than having to rush. In particular I’d wanted the chance to visit Bill’s Tavern & Brewhouse, the OG brewpub in … Continue reading
This past Labor Day weekend was an interesting one: we traveled to Florida to celebrate my wife’s grandmother’s 90th birthday, staying at a resort in Palm Beach (definitely not a regular experience for me) with the rest of my wife’s family, and generally getting away from it all. (I didn’t … Continue reading