Upcoming beer classes from Oregon Beer Odyssey
If you're skipping my First Thursday show tonight, you can learn more about beer, and hoppy beer at that, from the folks at Oregon Beer Odyssey.
2010-09-02T12:53:42-05:00
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Brewpubs, cornerstone of Beervana: Monday at the Bagdad
Beervana wouldn't exist without brewpubs, and McMenamin's History Pub celebrates the 25th anniversary of Oregon's brewpub law with a panel of the people who helped make it so.
2010-08-30T12:25:31-05:00
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The Beer Here column: Biketobeerfest at Hopworks, McMenamin's History Pub and pints for Pakistan
Biketobeerfest, Pints for Pakistan, how Oregon's brewpub law came to be, Rogue's Nano Fest, Hop Madness, Lucky Lab's back porch hop-shuckin' bee, blues and brews at the good 'ol state fair, Roscoe's Imperial IPA summit, Oregon Beer Odyssey class at Upright and some of my Eastern Oregon/Washington rustscapes on display this First Thursday (with Lompoc LSD or C-Note on tap, if Dave F is willing)...Lucy, you got some plannin' to do...
2010-08-30T09:52:21-05:00
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Fresh hop season is upon us: Hop Madness this weekend; Lucky Lab backyard hop harvest next Thursday
Hop season is upon us and here in one of the world's best hop-growing areas, it's a big deal... It starts with a couple of events in the next week and continues into a month or more of brewers making special fresh-hop beers that show off the Northwest's bounty of hops.
2010-08-27T09:21:00-05:00
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Full Sail and Burgerville offer ale-battered Albacore that helps Doernbecher kids
Locally-owned Burgerville restaurant is spotlighting a bounty of great fresh local ingredients and some of the inspirational people that have a positive impact on their communities and the local food scene. Full Sail's Executive Brewmaster Jamie Emmerson has been honored as Burgerville's newest Community Champion—and the restaurants will be serving up Jamie's Ale battered Albacore Tuna and Summer Slaw which he helped create to celebrate local breweries.
2010-08-27T09:16:34-05:00
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$1.40 pints at Alameda Brewhouse today for 14th anniversary
Alameda Brewhouse celebrates its 14th year with $1.40 pints today, and you know you should be glad...
2010-08-24T16:48:29-05:00
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The Economist reports China now world's largest beer market
China's remarkable growth is as apparent in beer consumption as it is in more formal economic indicators. In the space of a couple of decades the country has gone from barely touching a drop to become the world's biggest beer market, a considerable distance ahead of America
2010-08-24T16:21:12-05:00
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The Beer Here August 20 print column
Bend Brewfest returns; Andy Crouch has a good new overview of US Craft Brewing, Belmont Station has a couple of good tastings, Full Sail debuts the newest Brewers Reserve beer, Sanctuary and two brewers dinners: Upright and Urban Farmer and Deschutes at 360 Pizzeria in Vancouver...
2010-08-21T09:38:46-05:00
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Saturday: Big IPAs and BBQ at Blitz Ladd; Montavilla Brewfest
Big IPAs and BBQ at Blitz Ladd and craft beers and BBQ at Montavilla Brewfest...a fine Saturday, all in all...
2010-08-21T09:23:17-05:00
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Maker's 46: big news from Loretto
The bourbon world is not renowned as a hotbed of innovation, which is the way most whiskey fans like it.
2010-08-18T17:40:33-05:00
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Hopworks releases Galactic Red tonight at Fire on the Mountain
Hopworks heads to Fire on the Mountain on East Burnside to debut Galactic Imperial Red alongside the best wings in town.
2010-08-18T17:39:57-05:00
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Tour de Fat comes to Portland Saturday
The traveling carnival called Tour de Fat spreads the message of the joys of bicycling.
2010-08-18T17:41:58-05:00
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Bloggo to lay doggo until Aug. 15
I'm off to Sand Point, ID the long way, and I'm not taking my laptop...so, despite likely going past Laht Neppur and a couple of other breweries out east, I'm thinking I'll be drinking more Bud than I ususally do, and lighting up with joy at the thought of those intrepid Widmer guys getting a Broken Halo handle all the way out here...
2010-08-11T14:11:52-05:00
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The Beer Here print column, August 6
The Bite of Oregon, Deschutes Street Fare, Fanno Creek Nano Beer fest and a new beer from Upright Brewing make for a typically busy Beervanan weekend...
2010-08-06T10:32:08-05:00
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The Hop & Vine celebrates two years with a party Thursday
This fine North Portland bottle shop/wine bar/ beer bar/cocktail spot The Hop & Vine turns two on Thursday with a party thyat illustrates why this is such a fine place...lots of special beers, cocktails and snacks...
2010-08-04T19:41:38-05:00
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Craft Brewers Alliance, Hawaii's Kona to merge
Craft Brewers Alliance, Inc., the Portland-headquartered partnership of Widmer Brothers Brewing and Redhook, will merge with Hawaii’s Kona Brewing Co. after a nine-year partnership.
Under the agreement, Kona will become a wholly owned subsidiary of CBA, which also distributes the beers of Chicago’s Goose Island Brewery. As part of CBA, Kona will be able to expand its brand and distribution while maintaining its craft brewery operations in Hawaii. I
2010-08-03T18:40:43-05:00
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MacTarnahan's launches Inkblot Baltic Porter with a party at the brewery Wednesday
If you haven't been to a Mac's release yet, you're missing one of Portland's best beer parties, especially on an evening such as the one we'll have, sitting on one of the city's best outdoor patios, talking to the brewers, watching the West Hills slip into shadow and sipping what should be an excellent beer.
2010-08-03T22:11:28-05:00
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A Beer writer's notebook...
Random downloads from the memory card...
2010-08-02T13:26:10-05:00
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The Beer Here print column for July 30
Roscoe's Oregon Craft Beer Summit and Oakshire/Madisons dinner tonight, Brewpublicrawl and Baileys third birthday Saturday, Bones and Brew and the Concordia Cup Saturday and Sunday...and there'll be more...such as Salty's Halibut Fry next Thursday, which I just now added...
2010-07-31T12:05:19-05:00
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Standing Stone, HUB, Deschutes Bend and PDX pubs among the nine best green brewpubs in the U.S.
The Daily Green website chose nine of the greenest brewpubs in the country and Standing Stone and Hopworks Urban Brewery led the pack, and Deschutes Portland and Bend pubs were also named in a list that, it must be noted, skewed heavily to the West Coast...still, this calls for a pint...
2010-07-30T11:22:25-05:00
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