Ah, the excess that is Portland’s self-adoration… As if there’s any danger that we might for one second forget how much great beer is produced in our lovely city, the second annual PDX Beer Week is here to give us one more excuse to drink local. Kicking off with a party tomorrow June 7 at […]
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Los Angeles Gay Bar Bans Bachelorette Parties Until Marriage Equality Is Attained
From the press release sent out by the Abbey, the L.A. gay bar that has, as Frontiers reminds us, been named the world’s best gay bar two years in a row by homosexual television network Logo: “Every Friday and Saturday night, we’re flooded with requests from straight girls in penis hats who want to ogle […]
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YouTuber Sagely Advises “Watch the Background”
I’m sure there’s a very important and tragic story being reported here—but it’s kind of hard to concentrate with that shirtless dude in the background. Note to person who filmed this: Thank you SO MUCH for advising me to “Watch the background.” Otherwise, I may have missed the subtle shirtless dude falling out of a […]
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With Gentrification Come Temperance Cries in New York
But g’head and let poor people stumble around bad neighborhoods. Ginia Bellafante of the New York Times calls it out.
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Awning Chasm
Tipsy British woman insists sitting on the awning is fine, learns lesson. Thank you, Reddit.
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Legal Question Clouds Fate of Portland’s Would-be Malt Liquor Ban
After 18 or so months of mostly loggerhead talks involving industry advocates and Oregon Liquor Control Commission staffers, Commissioner Amanda Fritz’s controversial plan to ban sales of malt liquor and fortified wine in downtown, Old Town, and Goose Hollow might finally be decided by the OLCC board this fall, the Mercury has learned. But it’s […]
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AG Candidate’s Stance on Medicinal Pot Pays Off Handsomely
Ellen Rosenblum‘s embrace of the medicinal pot community—increasingly a centerpiece in her run to serve as Oregon’s next attorney general—is looking increasingly shrewd (at least, tactically) with less than a week to go before ballots are due. Drug Policy Action, a national group that helped lobby for Oregon’s 1998 medicinal pot law, just announced a […]
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Barenjager Honey Liqueur Lab
Barenjagerhoney.com The adjunct spirit in question. I never know who—or if—to thank for these packages. Barenjager, known to less-than-most as a German honey liqueur, sent in a sample bottle of their new Honey & Bourbon boozer. Though initial impressions bring to mind the nipple-searing tipple of a pertussic bosun, our friendly bartender Nick Keane worked […]
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When’s the Last Time You Had a Julep?
Pope House Bourbon Lounge (NW 2075 Glisan St) will host a fundraiser for the Oregon Bartenders Guild this Monday in the form of Julep Fest 2012 – a competition/party/silent auction where “dressing up Southern Style is strongly encouraged,” meaning “dapper suits for the men and dresses and hats for the ladies.” $25 admission to this […]
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Gluten-Free Beer: Omission Pale Ale
Our tasting panel far preferred Omission’s gluten-free pale ale to their gluten-free lager, with regards to its similarity to the original product. It has the hop attack of a classic northwest pale, front-loaded with that fresh, lively, sour-bitter goodness that has you stomping your boot-heel and reciting bridges. Chris Onstad This beer has so little […]
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Gluten-Free Beer: Omission Lager
Widmer’s Omission Project aims to cash in on the gluten-free bandwagon with a lager and a pale ale. Here’s our panel’s impression of the lager, which, at under 20ppm of gluten, won’t slow you down or fill you up or agitate what might be celiac. Chris Onstad Understated, like Charlie Chaplin. It is impossible not […]
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Regression Never Tasted So Good
The brewing industry in this town has gotten to the point where truly new ideas are few and far between, and ironically the most original thing to pop up in a long time (at least design-wise) is a return to basics. I’m talkin’ ’bout Churchkey, the newest old/oldest new way to drink beer as of […]