Archive for December, 2009

  • Obligatory Year-End Thingy
    2009/12/30, 1 Comment

    Well, it is the end of 2009 and, as is customary at the end of any year, the media has thrown at us 2009 year in review after 2009 year in review. Recaps of the past year’s events fill almost every television station, every website an ...

  • On The Outside: Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout
    2009/12/28, 5 Comments

    Yesterday, my girlfriend noticed a beer bottle in a seldom seen area of the refrigerator, mixed in with the secondary condiments.  She asked me why I was hiding a bottle of Bourbon County Stout (BCS).  I yelled from my spot on the couch t ...

  • Fermented Photo: Deschutes Red Chair NWPA
    2009/12/25, No comments

    Deschutes Red Chair NWPA. Spring Seasonal (6-packs, 12-packs and draft) From the brewery: “Not up for a full–on hop assault? Red Chair NWPA is a smoother ride. Seven select European and domestic malts take a surprisingly plush, sati ...

  • Fermented Photo: Bell’s Expedition Stout
    2009/12/18, 1 Comment

    Bell’s Expedition Stout. Nope not a Portland beer.  Not even a West Coast beer.  But that’s the point of the holidays: give, give, give.  I give out a lot of beer realted presents for the holidays, and sometimes I get some in ...

  • The Beer Finder
    2009/12/17, No comments

    During our recent site updates, I rewrote some of the code in the Beer Finder’s “Similar Beers” engine to spit out more accurate results.  It ain’t perfect, but it does a good job of leading you down the right path. ...

  • Fermented Photo: Laurelwood’s Auld Battle Axe
    2009/12/11, 1 Comment

    Laurelwood’s Auld Battle Axe. This year, for their limited addition 1 Liter swing-top release, Laurelwood brings us a Scotch-style ale.  This is a style that’s not seen too often around Portland.  Big on malt, high in alcohol, ...

  • BridgePort Releases Newest Big Brew
    2009/12/10, No comments

    Assistant BridgePort Brewmaster Jeff Edgerton. PORTLAND, Ore. – Dec. 4, 2008 – BridgePort Brewing Company, Oregon’s oldest craft brewery, is launching its newest beer in the Big Brew Series, Highland Ambush, on December 17. This b ...

  • Holiday Ale Festival 2009: Pretty Great
    2009/12/03, No comments

    In years past I have taken the Holiday Ale Festival for granted.  Sure, it has always had a phenomenal selection of beers and I always enjoy myself, but for some reason in my mind it was always overshadowed by the plethora of summer festiv ...

  • Holiday Ale Festival 2009 Starts Tomorrow
    2009/12/01, No comments

    2009 Holiday Ale Festival In a bout of uber-lazy journalism, I could merely remind everyone that the 2009 Holiday Ale Festival starts tomorrow and point to my beer blogging brethren’s pregame coverage over at Beervana, Brewpublic, and ...