The Brew SiteJust a quick note on a couple of beers we picked up from Trader Joe’s while in the Portland area last week: Mission Street Pale Ale and Black Toad Dark Ale. Both were the cheap beers: $4.99 for a six-pack, and they’re good enough to make that a good deal. … Continue reading
Ran across a few more blog writeups of the Brewfest. Good ones, too. Brüfested (cyclotram): Good writeup, funny too ("OMG HOPPY"). Nice selection of tasted beers. Oregon Brewers Festval 2006 – Saturday Report (Gone Ronin): Holy crap he tried a lot of beers… good notes here, too. Beer and then … Continue reading
You know how a lot of beer commercials like to tout their "mountain spring water" or somesuch in their brewing process? They’ve really got nothing on these guys: A brewery in Greenland is producing beer using water melted from the ice cap of the vast Arctic island. The brewers claim … Continue reading
So even though I was off most of this past week, I’ve been following some writeups of the Oregon Brewers Festival from other blogs. Beervana has some really good writeups, as does the Brookston Beer Bulletin, both blogs wrote quite a bit. Bad Ben’s Brewing Blog had a post with … Continue reading
And now, some pictures I took at this year’s Oregon Brewers Festival. Ten. After the jump.
More Oregon BrewFest goodness! While I was there Friday, in addition to taking notes on the beers I was sampling, I took some time (before my friend Justin arrived) to jot down notes in "real time" in my notebook. Sort of a low-tech "liveblogging" that only goes, er, live when … Continue reading
The problem with a beer festival as big as the Oregon Brewers Festival is there’s no easy way to sample many beers… without getting wasted, of course. You could spread it out over two or three days, but it’s still no mean feat. The Oregon BrewFest has 72 different beers … Continue reading
So I made it to the Oregon Brewers Festival on Friday, but not to the blogger meetup that was happening that evening. Sorry guys! I had been hoping to make it, but the day had turned out so nice, and I hadn’t seen my best friend Justin for a long … Continue reading
Looking over the list of breweries and beers at this year’s Oregon Brewers Festival, I thought I’d make some notes on the ones I’m going to make sure to try. Watermelon Wheat from 21st Amendment Brewery Hop Rod Rye Ale from Bear Republic Brewing Company Powderfinger Rye from Big Time … Continue reading
The other beer I got from the Roslyn Brewing Company was Roslyn Beer, a dark lager that complements the pale lager I reviewed previously. The Roslyn website indicates that they use "four types of malted barley and three hop varieties" in this beer. I’m not sure I totally buy into … Continue reading