Breakside Brewing The new Wanderlust IPA from Breakside will represent in Washington, Idaho, and British Colubmia. Impressed by the sunshine and easy weather we’ve had recently? So were the brewers at Breakside, apparently. Those busy brewers (the goal: 100 different beers in 2013) just rolled out a new wide-distribution IPA called Wanderlust, which will be […]
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Women & Whiskies
On Saturday afternoon I attended Women & Whiskies, a “consumer class” (read: geared toward non-professional booze slingers) that was part of Portland Cocktail Week (which rages on through Thursday, with some other parties that the general public is welcome to). Tickets were $30, and included whiskey tastings (obvi), a nice canvas tote printed with the […]
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Saraveza’s Fifth Birthday Party is Way Drunker Than Your Fifth Birthday Party
The beloved craft beer bar turns five this Saturday. I don’t know about you, but the taplist at my fifth birthday party sucked. Not so for North Portland tavern Saraveza, home of the perfect pasty, the vintage fridges of vintage beer, and the whooping and hollering of Packers fans. Tomorrow is Saraveza’s fifth birthday party, […]
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Old Town’s “Entertainment Zone” Could Get A LOT Bigger
The much-debated “entertainment zone” clustered around NW 3rd and Couch may be getting an upgrade. The zone would expand to cover all of Old Town Chinatown and even reach into Downtown Portland, under a new proposal by the city’s Office for Neighborhood Involvement, largely absent the weekend street closures that mark the area now. Not […]
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Portland Cocktail Week: There Are Parts You’re Allowed to Go To!
A much as people in Portland love their cocktails, Portland Cocktail Week doesn’t exactly have the vibe of citywide inclusiveness—their motto, after all, is “for bartenders, by bartenders.” And no harm, no foul; They have plenty to keep them busy without the prying eyes and dumb questions of tourists. If anything it’s becoming more of […]
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Hawthorne Hophouse Takes Lead in Race for “Worst Oktoberfest Pun”
How are we getting drunk this weekend? The same as always, curled up around our phone trying to mumble something that will make Siri “accidentally” call our ex? That’s important, too, but maybe let’s make some time tomorrow, Saturday the 12th, for Hawthorne Hophouse’s… ugh… Danktoberfest. Danktoberfest. Come on, Hawthorne Hophouse. I know you were […]
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PSA: Fox Tower Now Has Booze
Here’s what I saw this afternoon when entering downtown’s Fox Tower 10 theater for a press screening of All Is Lost: Back in May, we reported on the possibility of this happening, and the results, at least as far as selection goes, aren’t bad—it’s nice to see Regal Cinemas going for a couple of regional […]
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Beer and a Banh Mi? Must be Portland, and Must be Breakside
Tonight at the intersection of food and beer (or SE Division and 11th or whatever), Breakside Brewing takes over not one but two taplists. Is it unfair? Is it selfish? Is it over the top? Who are we to judge? Oh, we are The Internet. And we judge it fair, selfless, and so close to […]
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More Free Stuff at Bent Brick
Northwest Portland’s Bent Brick is offering us free stuff again (remember their growler party two weeks ago?) so we naturally decided to pass the benefits to our loyal fanbase. This Wednesday, September 11, the restaurant will open their kitchen to fermentation aficionados for a pickling class with chef Will Marquardt, at $35 a head and […]
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Saraveza and The Hop & Vine Have Hot Beer Served Cold at Fire & Brimstone Beefest
Sort of a slow beer news week,* but this weekend’s going to be a blast if you’ve got one more beefest in you before the summer’s over. And of course you do. Hell, it’s not even going to be your last one this season, but the rain is back and it’s starting to feel like […]
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Coming to Old Town’s “Entertainment District”: Street Seating! …At One Bar
Mayor Charlie Hales’ push to create a vibrant, walkable “entertainment district” in Old Town took a step forward earlier this month, when the Portland Police Bureau began fielding applications from bars and restaurants who want to extend seating into the area’s cordoned streets. That’s a potential game changer for a district that’s struggled to find […]
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Win Tickets to Lagerfest—This Weekend!!
Woohoo! Here comes another great Portland beer fest—and YOU CAN WIN FREE TICKETS for Saturday! Portland? Meet Lagerfest. Lagerfest is where cheap beer crushing meets finely crafted brew making. It’s a celebration of the lager–everyone’s very first introduction to beer, the one that takes us all back to our younger days when beer meant something […]