The annual Oregon Brewers Festival is opening a day earlier this year. Starting next Wednesday, the 24th there will be a full five days of drinking on the waterfront.
No more plastic cups. … Read the rest
Just another weekend in Beervana
Under perfect summer skies on the banks of the sparkling Willamette with Mt. Hood towering in the distance, 72 wildly wonderful beers will pour for the denizens of Beertopia and the folks who are lucky enough to visit here. It's the most perfect weekend of the summer, and following is a preview of how you're likely to spend it. Now 21 years old, our Oregon Brewer's Festival (OBF) has become the stuff of legend. Some say it's the largest outdoor beer festival in the country. I say it's just another one of the many things that make our city great.
Think Globally, Drink Locally
Portland has become positively civilized with its recent explosion of small distilleries. Let’s raise a glass and have a proper drink toasting the city’s burgeoning local, made-by-hand liquor producers. Classic cocktails are nothing new, but small-batch artisanal liquors are showing up in liquor stores, restaurants and bars all over town.… Read the rest
Review: Westcafe
6/17 – Westcafe has closed
Westcafé is a a sunny downtown outpost offering brunch, lunch, dinner, happy hour, coffee, take-out, snacks, cocktails, and dog-walking (just kidding on that last one). I am often in that neighborhood, and had been walking by Westcafé for months this past summer, curious to see what was going into the massive space.… Read the rest
Oregon Brings Home the Gold, Silver and Bronze at Beer Festival
DENVER – Oregon is still Beervana, at least in the eyes of the judges at the Great American Beer Festival. Over the weekend, 2400 beers from 450 breweries were judged in 69 style categories.… Read the rest