Rock Bottom’s Eat a Bale o’ Hops from the OBF program There are those who go to the Brewers Festival to get trashed, and there are those who go to the Brewers Festival to geek out. There are also those who go to the festival not knowing what they’re looking for, casting about for something […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Festival!!!
Last night I drank a beer for sheer pleasure and took no notes, knowing that the Oregon Brewers Festival was coming up today. I needed to relax. You know who else needs to relax? Sam Adams. If ever there was a mayor that needed a beer, it’s probably Sam Adams. Luckily for our mayor, the […]
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The Best of Enchanted Forest
Inside Oregon’s Best (and Most Enchanting) Theme Park
How one man’s dream became Oregon’s best (and most enchanting) theme
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Best of Enchanted Forest
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Alberta Hop
Carts, Windows, and Big Flavor in the Alberta Arts District
A few new food carts and a gumbo window fill in the dwindling empty
spaces on NE Alberta’s burgeoning culinary landscape.
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Pale Tale
Drinking two beers of the same style back to back can lead to some interesting revelations. Last night, with the Drifter experience still fresh in my mind, I popped open a Hopworks Crosstown Pale. I knew that there are deviations between beer in certain styles, but I had no idea that the deviations could be […]
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Oscar Meyer Rolls in His Grave
I’ve been a smoker for a very long time. Even after a public announcement that I was quitting last January, I’ve once again started puffing. My habit is less than before, to be sure, but I’m still reaching for the pack. Strangely, in all those years of smoking, the label on the side of that […]
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My Oregon craft Beer Month: Drifting
As I write this there are scientists trying to track down the Higgs-Boson particle, the holy grail of physics that explains why matter has mass. Me? I’m just trying to figure out what the fuck that flavor is in the beer I’m drinking. Important? No. A challenge? Yes. Something I’ve learned during this month of […]
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My Oregon Craft beer Month: Festival and Fred
Today marks the run-up to the Oregon Brewers Festival (OBF) and, at least for me, anticipation is running high. The hope is, having attained the focus and skill necessary to talk knowledgeably about Oregon beer, I’ll be less doe-eyed and overwhelmed as I traverse this year’s OBF selections. I’ve got three days to cram. Luckily, […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: Laurelwood and the Baby Cheeses
I would like to meet a certified cicerone. More specifically, I would like to meet a certified cicerone at work in a local restaurant that puts as much thought into pairing food with beer as most French and Italian places do with wine. Let me back up. For those who don’t know what a cicerone […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: The Neglect Test
Here’s a tip: Drinking large amounts of the same beer is not an adequate replacement for drinking thoughtfully and taking notes. You see, I was at Amnesia Brewery last night with Erik Henriksen celebrating the release of the first issue of The Warriors: Jailbreak. The thought was that I’d be able to both celebrate with […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: the “Marx Brothers & IPA” Cure
Yesterday, for the first time, my tasting notes had nothing to do with aroma or mouth feel or finish. Actually, even the term “notes” may be a misnomer. I didn’t actually take notes. That’s not to say that I wasn’t true to my mission. I did enjoy a unique Oregon craft beer, albeit a ubiquitous […]
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My Oregon Craft Beer Month: The Middle
Here I am at the mid-point of my grand adventure into the seething heart of Oregon craft beer. Could I say that I am like Conrad’s Marlow, steaming slowly up a river of local brew to find and capture a mystery? Not Mistah Kurtz (he dead), but a more profound mystery: The mystery of how […]