Thirty years ago, Mike McMenamin sold seven of his employees the Produce Row Cafe and went off to start a wine distributorship and, after that tanked, an empire. The new owners of Produce Row (incorporated under the name Funhogs,…
Kevin King and the Amnesia brewery… Owner/brewerKevin King has a proper Oktoberfest lager and an Imperial Vienna on tap for Saturday’s celebration, which will also feature authentic German food such as warm potato salad and a sausage plate, and an…
neither wind nor rain deterred these Hood River beer fans from the pursuit of fresh hop beers at the first Fresh Hop Tastival of 2008. There are two more Oregon Bounty/Oregon Brewers Guild Fresh Hop Beer Tastivals coming up: Noon-…
This fall and winter, the party moves indoors at the Fort George Brewery + Public House in Astoria where the beer-pairing dinners are back for the second year. These sit-down dinners include several courses of food, each with a…
Dig out your lederhosen and get ready to get your Polka for Fearless Oktoberfest, which will include Bavarian food specials, traditional dress, and polka music. The band will play from 7-9:30 pm on Saturday, October 11th. Last year the same…
…but it’s not the hoped-for Westside outpost of Pacific City’s way-successful Pelican Pub & Brewery that we hoped for. According to the mall’s leasing office, it’ll be a cart/kiosk in the common area near Nordstrom where you can buy…
Deschutes Brewery will celebrate the hop harvest and bounty of fresh hops available in the Northwest by hosting a special fresh hop beer tasting and dinner at the Deschutes Brewery Mountain Room in Bend, OR. The brewery will be…
Brewer John Harris with that transcendent — and almost empty — 15-year-old keg of Imperial Porter at the recent Portland toast to Full Sail’s 21st. Lucky old us: Full Sail’s John Harris made a bunch of Lupulin Ale this year…
Roots brewers started their brew day while the other half of their crew picked up 60 pounds of just picked Nugget hops from Charlie Davidson’s hop farm. A blend of specialty malts makes up the backbone of their beer…
During the September hop harvest, brewers use fresh hops such as these in once-a-year fresh hop beers such as Lucky Labrador’s The Mutt, which was the subject of a FoodDay article last week. Yes, you’ve seen this photo of…