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Brian Yaeger
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Saraveza’s Humble Kitchen Opens
Ever since Sarah Pederson opened Saraveza in October 2008, it has been a spot for three things: hop heads, cheese heads (Pederson is a Wisconsin native; it’s a Packers bar) and pasties. Not the kind of pasties you find at strip clubs of yore but the Cornish inspiration for the bane of Jim Gaffigan’s existence, […]
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Oregon Breweries Win Big at the Great American Beer Festival
Competition Grows Stiffer Every Year, But the Beaver State Triumphs
Oregon breweries win big at the Great American Beer Festival.
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Where to Get the Freshest Fresh Hop Beer
It’s Harvestin’ Time, So Get Your Hop On
It’s harvestin’ time, so get your hop on.
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Scout Forages for New Terrain as Inner Southeast’s 11th Brewery
Scout Beer now open Brian Yaeger Reflecting on the number of breweries operating in Inner Southeast brings to mind a bit by Emo Philips titled “Most States” where the spasmodic comedian rattles off the examples proving that most states do not end with the letter A. (If you’re too lazy to count, watch him here.) […]
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Feasting on Beer—Portland Brewers at This Year’s Feast Festival
Park Kitchen’s Boilermaker Sundae with Breakside Smoked Porter at Feast Smoked Feast Portland is a food festival. (It’s chiefly about chefs and relatively regarding restaurants, but first and foremost it’s for food.) Vino is vaunted and cocktails are commemorated but beer takes something of a backseat. And that’s okay because Feast is a food festival. […]
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Portland’s Nanobreweries Are Thinking Small—and Big
Can Garage Brewers Make It in the Big Time?
Can garage brewers make it in the big time?
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Oregon Brewers Fest Begins Today
Tomorrow, call in sick. Or call in pre-hungover if you wanna be honest. For today marks the beginning of the 29th annual Oregon Brewers Festival, a beerfest so big it has not been contained to a mere weekend for several years now. And though the fest opens its gates at noon, there’s the matter of […]
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Lush Life: Oregon Brewers Festival Goes Global
Beers from Around the World Visit Portland
Beers from around the world at the 29th Oregon Brewers Festival.
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Hopworks to Open New Brewpub in Vancouver
New HUB under construction Siteworks Because beer lovers, biker riders, and families live in Vancouver, Washington, too, the brewpub chain popular with all three demographics (especially beer-drinking, bicycling parents), Hopworks Urban Brewery is opening a location in the suburb over the state line. Brewmaster Christian Ettinger opened the original pub and brewery on SE Powell […]
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Year of the Radler
Why This Fruity Beer Cocktail Is on Everyone’s Lips
Why this fruity beer cocktail is on everyone’s lips.
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What to Expect from This Weekend’s Fruit Beer Festival
Three Cheers for Fruit Beers!
Three cheers for fruit beers!