Tag Archives: Beer Goddess

Putting the ‘Pub’ In Public Transit

A pair of Portland, Ore.-area beer lovers is giving beer lovers a greener option for exploring Beervana.
Marc Martin and Charles Culp are embarking on a new pub tour program that leads beer lovers — both locals and visitors, although the duo expects to mostly cater to tourists — on a pub tour around a handful [...]

Halftime Report: ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’

We’re nearly at the midway point of Oregon Craft Beer Month — and it’s been so good, so far!

Stan’s Dirty 9-Letter Word

A quibble with “quaffable” gets Lisa thinking about beer words.

Doing the Truffle Shuffle and Drinking Consecration

What do Russian River’s Consecration and The Goonies have in common? Both made for a wonderfully beery weekend on Oregon’s north coast.

How Much Would You Pay For A Beer?

A rare Hair of the Dog beer goes for more than $1,500 in an online auction. How much would you spend for a sip?

A Perfect Glass of Beer at Brouwers Cafe

Get served a perfect glass of beer at one of America’s premier beer restaurants, Brouwer’s Cafe, in Seattle.

A Tale of Two Brewpubs

Bellingham, Wash., is a lovely city with two completely different brewpubs …

Beer Town: Corvallis, Ore.

Thanks to its proximity to Eugene, Corvallis has a bit of a self-image problem – even though it shouldn’t.
Eugene, the larger of the two college towns, is home to the University of Oregon Ducks. Corvallis, a closer drive to Portland but a bit off the interstate, is home to the oft under-appreciated Oregon [...]

Romancing the Zwickel

My HopPress colleague in Bend, Ore., Jon Abernathy, wrote up a fantastic advance post on Valentine’s Day weekend’s Zwickelmania, a statewide open house that most of Oregon’s breweries held last Saturday.
Just for fun, I thought I’d follow up with a review of “My 2010 Zwickelmania Experience.”
Based on the region’s wineries that hold open houses twice [...]

Why Are Women Sweet On Sour Beers?

Last week, my friend, fellow beer writer and Beervanian brother, Jeff Alworth, posted on his blog, Beervana, an interesting post — with additionally interesting subsequent replies — about whether women seem to enjoy sour beers more than other flavors, and, if so, why.
It certainly seems like sour beers have struck a congenial chord with [...]