Happy (hoppy) New Year! I’m taking another crack at starting up the daily Oregon Beer News posts, since I’m not (currently) writing a book. However other projects may yet intercede, so we’ll see how it goes! Here’s the news for Monday, January 5. As usual, I’ll be periodically updating this … Continue reading
Quick follow up to my story yesterday about Old Mill Brew Wërks closing: we stopped in today for their last day for a couple of happy hour-priced apps and a beer and picked the brain of our server a bit to find out more details. According to her, it’s the restaurant … Continue reading
Bend, Oregon’s Old Mill Brew Wërks, opened in 2011 as the region’s tenth brewing operation, officially announced their closing today on Facebook—with tomorrow (Sunday) being their last day. Here’s their post: This Sunday we will be CLOSING the doors to Old Mill Brew Werks!! A farewell to all our fans we … Continue reading
It’s the first Friday of 2015, this second of January, and that means another round of The Session—collaborative beer blogging, open to anyone and everyone. (Read all about it at that link Jay Brooks maintains.) The topic for this month was selected (or rather, posed as a question) by fellow … Continue reading
In actuality the 94th edition of The Session took place last month, the first Friday in December—and it was the first one I missed. The main reason for that was that I was in Portland that entire weekend for book events—including a talk and signing at Powell’s—and just didn’t have … Continue reading