The South is a mysterious place to many in this country. If you’ve never spent any time there, you might picture Plantation homes, humidity on a scale unimaginable, and glasses of sweet tea being consumed on a large wrap-around porch. All of those are things you find down south, but there is so much more than that going on. I’ve been in Atlanta for the last several days at a professional conference, and it’s been great. Atlanta is an old southern city, known for its history and friendly charm. Ive been here several times in my life and am always struck by the livability of the place. Considerably larger that Portland, most would assume that it’s all traffic and concrete. The truth is that the city has done a fantastic job, the last couple of years, of focusing on amenities that soften the edges of the large metropolis that it is. With all of that has come renewed investment in the city and a burgeoning food and beer scene.
Bust A Bucket
25 AprI almost exclusively write posts from the comfort of my home, where I have time to think about the beer and write. Or I am visiting a brewery with the purpose of reviewing their brews. Most nights when I am out, I am out. I drink to drink and enjoy and that’s it. But here I am waiting for the Blazers game to start…(we interrupt the regularly scheduled programming to say, oh my god! Did you see those first two games against the Rockets? Lamarcus Aldridge is a beast! I mean, I’ve had a crush on him for years, but seriously, those back-to-back 40+ games are just ridiculous. And talk about excitement. Blazer mania is in full force. Rip City baby).… I am at Tin Bucket with a Korean Pork Belly and Kimchi sandwich from Lardo in one hand and a Crux Banished Doublecross in the other and it’s like I died and went to heaven.
feeling salty
17 AprThere are a few things in life that are good in just about any form. Coffee and chocolate are two that I can think of…a cup of coffee, coffee candy, coffee ice cream, coffee beer…you get the picture. One of my other loves is salted caramel. The salted caramel macaroons from Pix, salted caramel candy bars, salted caramel ice cream…in fact, I just finished a bag of chocolate covered salted caramel eggs. So when Michael saw Breakside Brewery’s Salted Caramel Stout he immediately thought of me and brought it home. Especially since it was brewed in collaboration with Salt n Straw, who just so happens to make my favorite salted caramel ice cream: sea salt with caramel ribbon. Continue reading
weekend update
13 AprThe past couple of weeks I’ve realized how much beer I tend to consume over a weekend. Makes sense that I would keep track of it and update readers with a few beers at a time, right? It’s a bit of a cheat, really. Instead of multiple posts, I get to be a bit lazy and get it up all at once. Whatever. It’s more Dennis Miller than Seth Myers probably. Seth seemed like a hard worker. Dennis felt like he was always mailing it in. Nealon? That guy seemed like he had to work twice as hard to look half as good as Miller. Sometimes talent wins out, I guess. Continue reading