February 14 may be set aside for amorous couples marking the Feast of St Valentine, but this year lovers of beer will have something to celebrate as Zwickelmania returns. Billed as an ‘Oregon brewery tour‘ it’s a great opportunity to visit breweries that are normally closed to the public, peep behind the scenes, and (obviously) […]
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The Malt Ball! The Best Beer, the Best Music, and the Best YOU
The Malt Ball is back! Starting in 2012, the Portland Mercury has teamed up with the Oregon Brewers Guild to put on an annual music and beer festival that highlights the creativity and superiority of both the craft brewing and music scenes of our city. The result was the Malt Ball, and it’s become a […]
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“I Built My Rabbit a Cart and Now He Brings Me Beer.”
I’m pretty sure the title of this post says it all. ROLL THE TAPE! And now… a poll.
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MOAR Oregon Breweries That Reject IPAs!!
Courtesy: Tom Kramer Ambacht Ale’s Proudly Anti-IPA Coaster A while back, I wrote about how there were some five-odd Oregon brewers—out of about 200 total—who have the cojones to NOT make an IPA. I hedged my bets in that story, knowing there would be a few more brave souls to crawl out of the foxholes […]
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Portland’s Threatened Pabst Lawsuit Fizzes Out For Now
Seems Portland City Hall’s plan to sue Pabst for copyright infringement—on account of how closely its unicorn-bedecked Project Pabst logo resembled the city’s famed “Portland, Oregon” sign—has gone flat for the time being. After the city attorney’s office sent word it wanted to pull a resolution on the current city council agenda authorizing the lawsuit, […]
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Christmas Eve at Rum Club
This week, whether it’s your favorite bagel shop, fine dining restaurant, or neighborhood dive, you gotta check to make sure they’re open! Christmas Day obviously is the most dicey (though Kelly’s Olympian, Radio Room, and the Spare Room are among the places that are stalwart in this regard), but a lot of places’ hours are […]
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Holiday Spirits
If you’re looking for some quality booze to help power through/survive the holiday season then head down to Portland Saturday Market today or tomorrow as they are hosting Spiritfest 2014. It’s basically a chance to explore, taste and purchase local craft spirits—rum, vodka, gin, whiskey, brandy, liqueur, grog—from a dozen or so distillers, including Bull […]
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Sampling the Best of Oregon’s Producers
The Hotel deLuxe runs a series of tastings, usually on a Wednesday, in their rather sumptuous lobby. Called Creative Close Up it’s a showcase of local and regional drink products—beer, cider, wine, spirits, mixers—selected by the bar supervisor at the Driftwood Room, Kaitlin Dover. This Wednesday they are sampling kombucha from Salt, Fire and Time […]
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In Defense of Brave Microbreweries Who Refuse to Make IPAs
Illustration: Jenna Lechner A confession that may make me the worst native Oregonian of all time: I don’t like IPAs. Believe me, I’ve tried; I’ve even gone so far as to track down a bottle of Northern California’s famed Pliny the Elder just to make sure. But there’s something about an IPA’s overwhelming blast of […]
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Your Choice of Beer Festivals in St. Johns
There are two cracking, but very different beer events in St. Johns this weekend. From Friday to Sunday the 4th Annual St. Johns Winter Beer Fest is happening at the inimitable Plew’s Brews. They’ve lined up 12 taps of heavy duty winter ale, porter, stout and cider including HUB Abominable, 21st Amendment Fireside Chat, Double […]
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Your Holiday Office Party!
Maybe you’re unemployed, or maybe you are one of the city’s many self-employed freelance creatives, or maybe your work/office culture just sucks. There are a number of such lifestyles that may not lend themselves well to a kickass, raging holiday office party, complete with bare asses all over a photocopy machine. Well, have we got […]
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Differentiate Your Scotch from Rye: Whiskey 101
The folks at The Old Gold* take their whiskey very seriously. There have over 100 bottles to choose from, some of it rare, and they even recently traveled to Kentucky to procure their own barrel of nine-year-old Elmer T Lee. They also run regular Whiskey 101 classes, a safe and friendly tasting session for beginners, […]