Portland beer Archives • DAVID G

BEER WRITING IS ABOUT DESTINATION BEER? NOT ALWAYS

Beer writing is about the new, the bold, the best beers on the market. It’s citrus beer, fresh hop beer, hazy and low-cal beer. From first beer to last beer, destination beer is still king. Go out for a new beer and you’ll get more than you bargained for if your destination is Kalama, Washington […]

BEER HERE: CELEBRATING THE END OF LEAF SEASON

The beer here needs a refresher from the Olde Country. How olde? Belgium old, German old, Czech old. That old. Maybe the oldest? Since it was a celebration for the end of Leaf Season, the beer here had to be extra special.

BEER DRINKING THE HARD WAY WITH A FAIR FATHER

Most times, when it comes to beer drinking, you need a plan. The easy part is when and where. Then it gets tougher. Which beer to drink has become an identity check. In a place like Portland Beer City, a beer identity means everything. Beer cred means never getting caught with a commercial light beer. […]

PORTLAND WAY ON A CLEAR SUNDAY: WHAT DID YOUR TOWN LOOK LIKE

The Portland way means something different to everyone who crosses the city line. But the Portland way is the same thing for everyone who lived here and left. People miss Portland more than they thought they would. Why is that? Please proceed.

DRY JANUARY? START NOW, PARTY LATER

Dry January, or No Drink January, came as a surprise. One of my favorite booze-hounds came up with it before I’d ever heard of it. “I’m thinking of doing a dry January,” he said.

HALVE MAAN BREWERY, BRUGGE, BELGIUM

To start, I like beer. I seek out beer. New beer, old beer, good beer, or bad, I want to know more about beer. The Halve Mann brewery took me to school. Portland, Oregon beer has had a bad month, including the recent brewery closings. This link to Willamette Week lists the sad news for […]

Oregon BrewFest 2018 Featuring Famous Mandy Hat

In a tradition unlike any other, the Oregon brewfest is more than tossing beers down on a hot day. It’s civic involvement. I’d like to think every big beer event carries similar goals. If it’s only about drinking beer you can do that in your garage, or living room, or backyard. But it’s […]

LAST BEER CALL? MAKE IT THE BEST LAST BEER

(Part I of two.) The Last Beer Call Champion: Breakside Brewery IPA. After traveling coast to coast, Breakside blew the competition away. Drinking every beer in Portland since Grant’s and Red Hook were the only new beers on the rack shows how good Breakside is. Call it scientific research. You want to […]

PORTLAND TAPROOMS: NINE COMMANDMENTS

A cry for beer opened Portland taprooms, but suburban taprooms like Tigard’s Tapphoria make our day. An ocean of new beer flooded Oregon in the 1980’s. The original Portland Brewing next to the old Acapulco’s Gold on NW 14th and Flanders was enough to make beer lovers cry. Then things changed when small batch beer […]

BEER WRITING IS ABOUT DESTINATION BEER? NOT ALWAYS

BEER HERE: CELEBRATING THE END OF LEAF SEASON

BEER DRINKING THE HARD WAY WITH A FAIR FATHER

PORTLAND WAY ON A CLEAR SUNDAY: WHAT DID YOUR TOWN LOOK LIKE

DRY JANUARY IN PORTLAND OREGON WITHOUT THE JITTERS

DRY JANUARY? START NOW, PARTY LATER

HALVE MAAN BREWERY, BRUGGE, BELGIUM

Oregon BrewFest 2018 Featuring Famous Mandy Hat

LAST BEER CALL? MAKE IT THE BEST LAST BEER

PORTLAND TAPROOMS: NINE COMMANDMENTS

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