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6-8p.m., WED. NOV. 12th WIDMER TASTING & MEET THE BREWER/FOUNDER, Belmont Station, 4500 S.E. Belmont St.; free. Jerry Fechter and Rob Widmer surrounded by masked men in capes at the beginning of last summer’s Brewers Parade Join Rob Widmer &…
November 10th, 2008 | Posted in beer characters, beer history, beer tastings, Buzz Beers, Life in Beervana, Meet the Brewer, Upcoming Beer Events | Comments Off on Have a beer with the nicest guy in the bizz: Rob Widmer
From Joellen at the Horse Brass Pub (4534 S.E. Belmont St.): Our 32nd anniversary is officially Saturday, Nov. 1st and while we are not doing a big celebration we are going to have some special beers on for the…
October 29th, 2008 | Posted in beer characters, beer history, beer tastings, Life in Beervana, Upcoming Beer Events | Comments Off on Horse Brass 32nd Anniversary features special Hopworks beer
…or at least Beer Goddess Lisa Morrison will be there while radio partner Bruce Bjorkman broadcasts from the KXL’s Portland studio…Morrison went to Denver and the GABF last weekend and is stopping off in Houston to report on what’s likely…
October 15th, 2008 | Posted in beer characters, beer touring, beercasting | Comments Off on Libation Station goes to Houston Sat., Oct 18th
The latest in a series of Dixie Cup t-shirts honoring our own Fred Eckhardt We have a pretty good claim to the one and only Fred Eckhardt, right? After all Fred has spent most of his adult life in Portland,…
October 15th, 2008 | Posted in beer characters, beer history, beer touring, beercasting | Comments Off on Unhand our Fred, Houstonians!
…and here’s the list: Double Dead Guy Shakespeare Stout 200 Meter IPA Juniper Pale Ale Hazelnut Brown Nectar Honey Orange Wheat Also: Rogue’s grog, made with Rogue Rum and dedicated to Black Beard… The third annual Portland Pirate Festival…
September 3rd, 2008 | Posted in beer characters, beer festivals, Buzz Beers, Life in Beervana, Upcoming Beer Events | Comments Off on Rogue pours at Portland Pirate Fest Sept 20th, 21st.
If you’ve never had the pleasure of hearing the Rolling Boil Blues Band play frontman Tom Dalldorf’s collection of rock tunes reworked with lyrics about homebrewers and the like, then you haven’t lived a full life — or are luckier…
August 8th, 2008 | Posted in beer characters | Comments Off on Rolling Boil Blues Band, 4 p.m. Friday at The Bite
It was another great evening: perfect weather, lots of interesting people, good food (more on that later) and brilliant beers from Oregon’s finest. Fred Eckhardt always has fans around him, such as this gent, who got the master to sign…
July 24th, 2008 | Posted in beer characters, beer festivals, General Beer Chat, Life in Beervana | Comments Off on 2008 Oregon Brewers Guild Dinner photos
We know Karl Ockert as the longtime head brewer at BridgePort, but he’s also an avid amateur guitaris and ukulelist. You can hear that side of Ockert onstage (along with Raccoon Lodge brewer Ron Gansberg )at the Oregon Brewers Festival…
July 23rd, 2008 | Posted in beer characters, Life in Beervana, Upcoming Beer Events | Comments Off on Brewers onstage: Step away from the folk ballad, pleas
Fred Eckhardt, Dean of American Beer Writers, raconteur extraordinaire and man of many hats…uh, none of which he’s wearing in this photo… Fred Eckhardt is the godfather of Good Beer and a beloved figure in Portland’s – and the country’s…
July 15th, 2008 | Posted in beer characters, beer tastings, Life in Beervana, Upcoming Beer Events | Comments Off on Fred Eckhart’s beer and cheese tasting
Kick Off Party for Oregon Craft Beer Month 5pm, Tuesday, Horse Brass Pub, 4534 S.E. Belmont St.;503-232-2202 • www.oregoncraftbeer.com here’s the beer list: Bridgeport Brewing Co. > > 2007 Hop Harvest Fresh Hop IPA > > > Deschutes Brewery…
June 25th, 2008 | Posted in beer characters, beer festivals, beer tastings, Buzz Beers, Life in Beervana | Comments Off on Oregon Craft Beer Kickoff is the First Taste of Rogue’s Imperial YSB