Unless you’re already planning on driving to Bend for the release event at Crux Fermentation Project tomorrow, get a preview today at Belmont Station. Freakcake is, freakishly, one of the few Oud Bruin style ales to be made in Oregon. In this era of burgeoning barrel-aged sour beers, you’d expect more stabs at this complex […]
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Nineteen World Beer Cup Medals Are Coming Home to Oregon
Breakside’s brewing team in Philly. Breakside Brewing Facebook wall If it’s cool to win a medal at the annual Great American Beer Festival organized by the Brewers Association, it’s more than doubly auspicious to medal at the World Beer Cup. It’s the biannual competition in which entries are judged blind and, unlike the GABF, the […]
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A First Look at Wayfinder Beer, Southeast Portland’s Newest Brewpub
Photo courtesy of Wayfinder Beer [From E+D, the Mercury‘s new Spring Eat & Drink Guide!] RIGHT NOW, you might need to use your imagination a little as you approach Wayfinder Beer. The brewpub is still a few weeks from opening in the space next door to the former Branx club—just around the corner from Produce […]
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Wayfinder Beer Finds Its Way
The Brewpub Will Emphasize Delicate Lagers and Great Food
The forthcoming brewpub will emphasize delicate lagers and great food.
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Pizza Week Preview: UFO Pizza’s “Danger Bird”
Brian Yaeger Find yourself abducted by UFO Pizza in North Tabor and you’ll find pies that have taken their names from the cosmos. Apollo isn’t just a Buzz-worthy space program; it’s also the feta, olive, garlic and tomato pizza. Pigs in Space features ham, bacon, sausage, and pepperoni (no Muppets are harmed). For Pizza Week, […]
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Great Notion Brews in the Present
Great Notion on NE Alberta brews in the present.
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Pizza Week Preview: Pizza Schmizza’s “Nacho Porko”
Brian Yaeger With five stores dotting both sides of the river, Schmizza is many a Portlander’s go-to pizza. With a full bar and loaded pies, how could it not be? They’re not afraid to shy away from traditional red sauce or even to douse the mouthful of toppings in additional sauces for the full Jackson […]
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AleSong Brewing and Blending Parks Itself in Eugene
Matt Van Wyk sampling AleSong’s debut saison. Brian Yaeger For some people, their beer speaks to them. It speaks of hops growing on the bines or yeast hitchhiking on the breeze. Brewmaster Matt Van Wyk’s beer obviously sings to him. He, along with brothers Brian and Doug Coombs, are the composers behind AleSong Brewing and […]
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Reel M Inn: An Oasis in a Desert of Development
Fried Chicken, Jo-Jos, and an Escape from 2016 Portland
Fried chicken, jo-jos, and an escape from 2016 Portland.
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A Burns Brewer Has Choice Words for the Malheur Occupiers
Steens Mountain Brewing OH, THE TRIALS and tribulations of looking for fresh beer in Portland. If you don’t have a brewpub within 10 blocks of your house, you deem the neighborhood “underserved.” Imagine if all of Southeast Portland didn’t have a single brewpub. Now, imagine if all of Southeast Oregon boasted nary a brewery. The […]
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From Bundys to Beer in Burns
How One Brewer Is Starting an Occupation of His Own
How One Brewer Is Starting an Occupation of His Own in Burns, Oregon.