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  • Holiday Ale Festival: Opening Day Review
    2011/12/01, No comments

    The portlandbeer.org team has come out of the other side of opening day of the 2011 Holiday Ale Festival in tact. Mostly. Perfect day: 50° and sunny for a 2pm kickoff. I was eager to work my way through the beers I mentioned in the “ ...

  • The 2011 Holiday Ale Festival Begins
    2011/11/30, No comments

    #haf2011 Kickoff is just hours away!  We will be sending out info during the opening hours of the fest, so keep your eyes here: #haf2011 for news from everyone tweeting from the festival, on our Twitter account for news from us, and on o ...

  • 2011 Holiday Ale Festival Beer Descriptions
    2011/11/25, No comments

    Of the 42 beers listed below, this year’s Holiday Ale Festival is made up of some big beers weighing in at an average of 7.9% ABV! Over the upcoming days, we’ll be talking about some of the beers that we’re looking forward ...

  • Season’s Greetings from Lompoc Brewing
    2011/11/18, 1 Comment

    Holiday Beer Release Party Lompoc Sidebar Tuesday, Nov. 29th 4pm-9pm 3901 N Williams Ave. One of the perks of covering the Portland beer scene—as you might expect—are the media previews that we get to attend: beer, food, stories ...

  • Discovering Lagers Through Heater Allen
    2011/11/18, 1 Comment

    © Elii Walsh Over Halloween weekend, I had the pleasure of sampling a few beers from a McMinnville based brewery, Heater Allen.  At Heater Allen they “specialize in producing distinctive all-malt lager and other German and Czec ...

  • 2011 Abyss Release Party at Deschutes Portland Pub
    2011/10/30, No comments

    Nov. 15, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Deschutes Brewery Portland Public House 210 NW 11th Ave., Portland (503) 296-4906 We promised details, and he they are!  You’ll see me there for a four year vertical.  If you haven’t had the wi ...

  • Summer Closed With The 8th Annual Hood River Hops Fest
    2011/10/26, No comments

    Fresh hop season has come and gone, and being Oregonians, we are not only spoiled with so many breweries close to home, but these breweries have access to some of the local fresh hops this time of year straight from the Willamette Valley. S ...

  • Monster Mash Release Party at the Sidebar
    2011/09/29, No comments

    Lompoc Sidebar Friday, Sept. 30th 4pm-11pm 3901A N Williams Ave Portland, Oregon This Friday at the New Old Lompoc Sidebar, plenty of amazing beers will be pouring. Of course, the headliner is Monster Mash Imperial Porter which will be pour ...