The Brew SiteI’m hosting The Session this Friday, and the topic is “Sour Beer“: write anything you like about the topic (reviews, history, brewing notes, whatever), and leave a comment on the original post or let me know on Friday so I can keep track of all the contributions and write up … Continue reading
Deschutes Brewery posted on their Facebook page today the first look at the 2011 bottle artwork for their seasonal Jubelale: Looks like a mittened hand holding a glass of Jubel while the other hand is tossing a snowball casually into the air… getting ready to throw?
With the Oregon Brewers Festival wrapped up, the next big beer event is the Beer Bloggers Conference in Portland in a few weeks. I am happy to report that I am officially signed up, and will definitely be attending! Since I’d last posted about the BBC, the agenda has crystallized … Continue reading
Saturday August 20th 730pm $6 Bagdad Theater 3702 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214 Pub: (503) 467-7521 Movie Line: (503) 249-7474 x1 http://theloveofbeermovie.com/ Advance ticketing at Cascade Tickets: http://www.cascadetickets.com/apps/calendar/performer.php?performer_id=1196 The first annual PDX Beer Week is proud to to present the World Premiere of Alison Grayson’s documentary on women in … Continue reading
Friday at the Oregon Brewers Festival I tried 10 more beers (after essentially 19 the day before), and Saturday I had five (though two were repeats). All in all I managed to sample all but three beers from my own “must try” list, which is pretty good. Here are my … Continue reading
Being that today is the last day of the Oregon Brewers Festival, you may want to head down there this afternoon to get a chance to try some final beers. Based on what I’ve had the past several days, here are some final recommendations you might want to seek out: … Continue reading
Thursday opening day of the Oregon Brewers Festival was a busy beer drinking day for me: I only sampled four beers via token but I also had the 15 samples from the blogger preview so by the time I left about 4:30 (where I headed on up to the Tugboat … Continue reading
Bad news for Oregon Brewers Festival goers for the rest of this weekend: the Buzz Tent is closed: So this is sad news – the massive crowds on Thur/Fri drank the Buzz Tent dry – there is literally no beer left, so no more Buzz Tent this weekend. There’s still … Continue reading
A few odds and ends I’ve observed over the past couple of days at the Oregon Brewers Festival… It’s interesting to note the general level of “hum” or background noise you encounter when entering the tents after a certain time of day; keeping in mind that these tents are open … Continue reading
Saturday July 30th 6-10pm The Hop & Vine 1914 N. Killingsworth Portland, OR http://thehopandvine.com/ http://brewingupcocktails.blogspot.com/ It has been just One Year since Ezra Johnson-Greenough, Jacob Grier and Yetta Vorobik founded Brewing up Cocktails with the intent of exploring the gray areas and overlap of the craft spirits and craft beer … Continue reading