Craft beer, Homebrewing, Reviews
From the category archives:
Beer Wars, an independent documentary on the state of craft beer in relation to the established “big three”, will be having a live event held in movie theaters across the country on April 16th. If the online clips are any indication, it appears to be a pretty well-done movie.
In America, size matters. The bigger you [...]
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Saw this while lurking on the COHO email list … thought I’d throw up a quick pointer in case anyone in the area can make it
Dave Fleming, the Brewmaster of Three Creeks Brewing Co. in Sisters, will be at Cross Creek Cafe (in Redmond) on Fri. Dec 12th. The tasting will start at 5:00. Dave [...]
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That’s right people. My favorite Northwest beerfest is back, and sweet sassy molassey … this year’s PIB is bringing the heat. I’ve done my homework, and all I can say is, [...]
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I have to say that it seems the Barrel Tasting event gets better and better. By far, this is the annual Deschutes event that I most look forward to each year. The sun was out, the temp was cool, and there were beers-a-plenty. The food they chose paired incredibly well (good Lord … that lamb from [...]
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For those of you who are quick to act, love high quality beer, helping others, and will be in Portland this weekend, may I submit for your consideration, FredFest 2008. This is the third year of an event that started out as a surprise birthday party for noted beer writer, Fred Eckhardt.
Limited tickets for this [...]
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Quick post here … The Bend Brew Fest starts today and ends tomorrow. It is being held at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. I’ve had several people asking me what the highlights will be at the Bend Brew Fest. I’ve also received comments on how lazy I’ve been in posting lately. In an effort to appease [...]
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It’s Wenesday afternoon, and it has taken me this long to digest our epic weekend in Portland. Beyond the beerfest, we hung out with friends who I haven’t seen in a while and ate amazing sushi at Masu. It was a great weekend. In addition to the friends and food, I was able to take [...]
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Just a quick post to remind all that the Portland International Beerfest is this Friday through Sunday. The scheduled hours are as follows:
Friday – 4:00 PM through 10:00 PM
Saturday – 12:00 PM through 10:00 PM
Sunday – 12:00 PM through 7:00 PM
Here’s a recap of what I think are the outstanding beers being poured this year. [...]
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The Deschutes Barrel Tasting was a hell of a lot of fun. Good beers, good people, good times. Outside of almost running over Paul’s foot, it was a flawless evening. I’d say that out of all the beers, the favorites had to be the Nitro Bourbon Porter, the French Oak Mirror Pond, [...]
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Deschutes’ is having their 4th annual open house this Saturday from 12:00 to 4:00. If it is like last year’s event, then they will have the brewery open for self-guided tours with people stationed around various spots to tell you about things like how many gallons of beer a vessel holds or how quickly [...]
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