no shit it’s been a while. as i scroll through the last dozen or so posts, my name does not appear in the author column. not one fucking time. i’m sure this comes as no surprise to “our fans” who i am sure have dearly missed my ever so poignant beer reviews and sarcastic style. thank you! i’ve missed you too! Continue reading
Wednesday is basketball night. And what does one do after an hour hustling on the court for an hour? Rehydrate with beer, of course! For the winter we have been playing at Creston Elementary and enjoying a couple of pints just down the road at C-bar on SE Gladstone. In Portland we are lucky that good beer bars are a dime a dozen. The C-bar is a good example of one of these beer bars. They have twenty rotating taps, covering a wide selection of beer styles, including two nitro taps. Speaking of nitro taps, a few weeks ago they had Deschutes’s Jubelale on nitro. Jubelale is a nice, medium winter ale, but on nitro…well, that is the best way to drink that beer. But winter is over and it may be hard to find it on nitro these days.
Usually I just go enjoy my beer and conversation but on the last day before the gym closed for spring break, I scribbled down a few notes on a napkin about that evenings’ beers. The first beer of the night was New Belgium’s Trip XV. Continue reading
it’s a friday happy hour celebration, and i find myself at Produce Row pondering the beer menu as everyone else at the table has already ordered a drink. no surprise, i’m the last to order. but i’m contemplating an important question. i mean, i could have already ordered. a few favorites on the menu jumped out immediately: Boneyard RPM, Terminal Gravity IPA, or Upright’s 4. but then a few beers catch my eye that are new to me and i think…should i order something new?
I am pretty lucky to live in Portland, Oregon…especially when it comes to beer. There are a plethora of taphouses, bottle shops, and breweries to choose from any day of the week. A trip to the coast and its myriad brewpubs is only about an hour from my front door. The same goes for Hood River and its breweries/pubs. It would take some time to work your way through all of them, and lord knows I have been making the effort to.
The one part of the state that I had yet to visit for a beer-related trip was Bend. At just over 3 hours away, it’s not exactly a there-and-back day trip. So when I was recently presented with the opportunity to enhance my professional knowledge and network with various members of my chosen field in Bend at a statewide conference, my first thought was: Hell yeah! It’s time to drink some beer! Continue reading
With the wife and daughter out of town, I had the opportunity to throw back a few pints on a weeknight, which is kind of a rare thing. Seizing upon the opportunity, I contacted a friend in Troutdale to accompany me to Brewligans, a new tap house and bottle shop along Main Street. I had been made aware of the place back in January, and had even stopped in to pick up a few bottles on a visit to the city for work, but I had yet to saddle up and have a few pints from the taplist.
I gotta say…it was a really nice experience and Troutdale (and the East Side) are lucky to have this shop. Take full advantage, people! This is a nice little oasis in the middle of Coors Light Country! Continue reading
