Dave Knows: Portland

The grand opening for Deschutes Brewery’s first Portland pub (210 NW 11th Avenue) is scheduled for next Friday, May 2nd. This Saturday, April 26 the pub is hosting a (sold out) pre-opening fundraising party to benefit Oregon Trout.
We’d heard rumors, however, that the pub might be open already for lunch, so Amy and I […]

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The festival packed, beer soaked, and sun drenched weekends of the summer are still months away.
But this late-April weekend is shaping up nicely. Don’t let a little rain bother you.
Thursday
At 5pm today head up to the old rope factory at NW 13th and Marshall for a free sample of Bridgeport’s Stumptown Tart, an Oregon Marion […]

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Spring has finally arrived, and with it my favorite part of the year: Festival Season.
That’s what I call it anyway.
By late summer every weekend has beautiful weather and copious cultural and neighborhood festivals.
But things start slowly.
Lucky for us beer, as it so often does, saves the day:
Spring Beer and Wine Fest
This is the beer festival […]

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If you were tasked with translating the smoky, beery ambiance of, say, the Crow Bar, into a sophisticated drink, it might look like this:

3oz PBR Reduction
2oz Cigar Infused Whiskey — don’t try this at home
1oz Meyer lemon juice

Shake with ice, strain into martini glass
Read the whole post by Lance J. Mayhew at My Life on […]

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Philadelphia is celebrating Philly Beer Week (March 7-16). Beer deserves celebrating. But some people in Philly aren’t satisfied with merely celebrating the city’s beer scene; they also want to claim that they have the best “beer scene” in the country.
Philadelphia City Paper:
Beer. Here.
Some claim Philly’s beer scene is the best in the nation. […]

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A whiff of varnish, not the bar-y spice of cigarette smoke, greets us as we enter the new Virginia Cafe (820 SW 10th Ave).
On Monday the bar moved from its old (since 1922!) space on Park. Thursday we needed a beer.
The new location is smaller. The bar is on the left now. […]

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Hillsdale Brewery & Public House (1505 SW Sunset Blvd) will host the 15th annual Hillsdale Brew Fest, aka the Battle of the Belt, this Saturday.
From the McMenamins website:
On Saturday, February 16, 2008, the notorious “Battle of the Belt” rages for the fifteenth time at Hillsdale Brewery & Public House. McMenamins’ Hillsdale Brewfest is a day-long […]

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Portland historian Tom Robinson’s vintage 16mm films will be shown at Mississippi Pizza through February, starting tonight at 9pm (right after the spelling bee).
Tonight’s subject:

January 7, 2008
Beer Commercials a Go-Go!
Tom’s been busy buying even more of those retro liquor ads. See some of the classics you already love, plus reels of never shown ads, certain […]

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Festivals are few and far between in late fall and winter, but this weekend is one of the exceptions. Fight the holiday cheer and cold: imbibe copious amounts of alcohol, sausage, and pickled herring.
Thursday-Sunday
Pioneer Square hosts the Holiday Ale Festival once again. Stay warm and dry and claustrophobic under the big tent. […]

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Both hops and barley prices are way up this year, and brewers are feeling the pinch; especially local craft brewers, and drinkers, who aren’t fond of adjuncts like corn or rice.
But I am hopeful the result, other than $5+ pints, will be some lighter, more complex beers.
I can appreciate the malty and bitter jolt of […]

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