No matter what you’ve thought of my endeavor this month, or the posts connected with said endeavor, I ask that you consider this one plea: Please, stop drinking lousy beer. This month I entered the jungle of craft beer and I drank deeply from those amber streams. I drank in the quiet of my living […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
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In Appreciation
I’d like to thank all of the taco truck workers of Portland for toiling through this week’s heatwave. You kept the downtown denizens fed with carnitas and asada. You kept the outskirts of the city supplied with perfect pollo. I know, because I stood outside some of those trucks as the sun beat down, listening […]
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Goin’ Down the Chippy?
At the Fish and Chip Shop with a Real Brit
The Fish and Chip Shop offers a meal traditional enough to make a
British national nostalgic for English winters.
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Beer Me
Lessons I Learned from Oregon Beer
A month of Oregon craft beer yields important beer lessons I’ll never
forget.
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Nearly Finished
I gotta tell you, guys. It’s day 29 and the only thing I can muster is a Widmer Hef from the bottle as I sit in front of the tiny A/C in my living room. I’m not so much tasting the beer as existing with it. I’m in the beer and the beer is in […]
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Organics Will Not Save You
Start the eye rolling and cue the scoffing. Once again the debate over the nutritional content in Organic vs. Non-organic food has spewed itself forth onto national media sounding board. Why, here it is from the LA Times: A comprehensive review of research comparing the nutritional content of food that was organically raised with food […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Frosty Pints Revenge
I think that when the weather is as diabolic as it has been the last two days, there is indeed a reasonable debate about the merits of tasting your beer vs. drinking something that’s as cold as you can possibly get it. My experience tonight was with Widmer’s Drop Top Amber. I don’t think I’ve […]
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Eat Some Cold Treats
One of the best things in the world on a day like today is chasing a couple scoops of ice cream with a gulp or two of cleansing, ultra-cold ice water. It is a sensation most appreciated when the mercury spikes into the 100’s. So why not brave the heat away from your home or […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Heat Beaters
“Gosh, it’s hot.” How many times have you heard that today? How about, “Hey, hot enough for ya?” Yep. As the evening cools it will be necessary to find a place to have a beer. May I suggest something light with a lower alcohol content? Maybe something with a bit of hops brightness, but not […]
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Food News
There’s been a passel of food news this last month, I’m recapping it here if you’ve missed it elsewhere: Pitxi in Portland One of the best meals I’ve had in recent memory was at Pitxi (pee-chee) in Sandy, Oregon. The quirky little European eatery has become a favorite place for those in the know, but […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Fort George
On Questionland, the Mercury’s on-line answer emporium, one questioner asked what there was to do while visiting Astoria, Oregon. There were standard answers: climb the Astoria column, track down locations from the Goonies, check out the only strip club in town. While all of that is well and good, I’d encourage anyone making the trip […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Hopworks
I dig Hopworks more with each of their beers I open. Last night, after a long drive to Seaside, Oregon, I cracked open a bottle of Deluxe Organic Ale (DOA). I’ll be honest. I wasn’t in the best environment for tasting. It was late; the motel room was, shall we say, “cheap”; the only cups […]