Brian Yaeger

The beacon of the state capital’s emerging brewing scene, Santiam Brewing, will release their first sour ale, Gin Peche, at the Upper Lip—the specialty tasting room above Bailey’s Taproom—on Tuesday, May 26 at 4 pm. As one of only three off-premise accounts (and the only tasting room in Portland) to score a keg, Bailey’s will […]

Georgetown’s Manny Chao, Ft. George’s Jack Harris, and Pfriem’s Josh Pfriem. Ménage à trois and circle jerk jokes aside, here come a pair of IPAs from two separate brewery trios. First up, it’s time for Fort George Brewery’s annual dalliance partnering with another pair of regional brewers who excel at IPAs. The third in their […]

They’re in our ice cream. They’re in our bagel chips, our granola, our bean-to-bar chocolates and everywhere from wood-fired kitchens to discerning food trucks. And now, despite every Portland chef and gustatory artist worth their salt boasting that they use Oregon’s Jacobsen Sea Salt, it has taken Brooklyn’s Sixpoint Brewery to make us salivate by […]

Plans for Worthy’s expansion and observatory, c/o Roger Worthington Oregon ranks first in breweries per capita, earning it nicknames like Beervana and Brewtopia so naturally that there’s a self-perceived air of being the center of the Brewniverse. Portland has the human and brewery population, but Bend has the density, thereby giving it the gravitational pull […]

In a city where we celebrate everything new and brew under the sun, it may only be in its tenth year but FredFest celebrates the man who turns 89 years old—the dean of American beer writers, Fred Eckhardt. This mini but mighty beer festival is always held at Hair of the Dog Brewing, and their […]