By D.J. Paul

The day finally arrived for the much-anticipated collaborative beer, “Collage”, from two of Oregon’s most coveted breweries, Deschutes Brewery and Hair of the Dog Brewing Company. As was previously mentioned here on Brewpublic, the official bottle release is took place on May 15, 2012 at both the Bend and Portland Deschutes Brewpubs. After this initial release the bottled beer will be making its way through the Deschutes distribution system but availability will be extremely limited. Read More…

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On Wednesday May 9, 2012 Gigantic Brewing officially opened its doors to the public. The industrial brewpub at 5224 SE 26th Avenue in Portland, Oregon’s reputation of esteemed brewers Van Havig and Ben Love preceded the first tastes of beer by most, and with good reason. Havig and Love have both asserted themselves at two of the state’s most esteemed brewers by creating some of the region’s most beloved craft beers. In addition, both have been avid members of the brewing community in a myriad of capacities.

Upon arriving at the squeaky clean new brewhouse off SE Steele Street, it was evident that Read More…

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One of our favorite hoppy brews is Boneyard Beer‘s Hop Venom Double IPA. A classic West Coast imperial IPA, it’s big and malty, yet surprisingly balanced for a 10% ABV, 80 IBU beast. The key to Hop V’s deliciousness is the floral and aromatic hops obtained through copious late addition lupulin. It’s not so bitter, because, as the brewer states “No one wants a bitter beer face!” The Bend, Oregon-based brewery was inspired by magnificently hopped brews, most notably Firestone Walker’s Double Jack Imperial IPA. The killer artwork above was composed by artist Dana MacKenzie. Cheers to Boneyard for this killer brew. We will have it pouring at our KillerBeerFest 3.5 at Bailey’s Taproom on Sunday May 27, 2012. More details to come…

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Instagram is a free photo sharing program launched in October 2010 that allows users to take a photo, apply a digital filter to it, and then share it on a variety of social networking services, including Instagram’s own.[*]

The Beer Wench is none other than Brewpublic’s favorite comRAD blogger, Ashley V Routson. Here we have a pictorial recount of the past weekend that was certainly not to be forgotten.

Ashley made it to Portland after a bit in the airport laid over in San Francisco. A short stay in Beervana couldn’t have passed by more quickly. Fun, craft beer, and relaxing. Lots of beers at By The Bottle in Vancouver, WA, no doubt. Check out these awesome Instagram pics! Read More…

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On April 7, 1933, 13 years of Prohibition officially ended in the United States with the repeal of the 18th Amendment. The 21st Amendment re-legalized alcohol here, and to celebrate on this day, the 79th anniversary of our victory, with a session beer. You see, at the time of repeal, legally allowable beer weighed in at 4%ABV or below. Who doesn’t enjoy multiple quaffs of delicious low alcohol brew? Well respected beer blogger Lew Bryson of Seen Through a Glass has started a grass roots movement to celebrate this day with large glasses of low ABV brew (4.5% and under). Says Bryson: “We thought we could ask for session beers at our favorite bars, and brewpubs, and suchlike, invite people to try them, gin up plenty of social media whoopee, and all dat.”

So to celebrate this great day, here are a few suggestions of truly sessionable craft beers to enjoy. Raise a glass! Cheers to Session Beer Day! Read More…

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By Jean De Ieso

Springtime in Manhattan, walks in Times Square, a musical on Broadway, flowering dogwood in Central Park, dinner in Little Italy, yes these are the things movies are made of. With all of that going on, I guess I was surprised to see a local brewery so close to Times Square, but who could argue with fate. A local, employee-owned brewery right smack dab in Midtown, Heartland Brewery , located at 625 8th Ave. at 41st St. was a welcome sight, a great place to rest the dogs and enjoy a handcrafted lager or ale.

My choice was the Read More…

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By Jean De Ieso

New England offers a plethora of destinations for day or weekend trips, year round. So it happened that a three hour drive south brought us to Stamford, CT (very close to the New York border) for the purpose was visiting high-end antique malls. Arriving in town just as the St. Patrick’s Day parade was in full swing, we decided to check out SBC Restaurant & Brewery as they were revving up for the post parade crowd. We had heard wonderful things about the local beers, brewed by Southport Brewing Company. Read More…

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Monday is here and it’s for certain that the weekend didn’t last long enough. Still, it was quite memorable with lots of tasty beer to make an attempt at quelling our insatiable thirst.

On Thursday evening after much delay at the airport, Ashley Routson, aka The Beer Wench arrived in Portland for the weekend. The highlight of her visit was undoubtedly a Beer Mixology event at The Guild Public House that we at Brewpublic were so pleased to sponsor. Routson, as previously outlined in our recent interview with her, is the director of awesomeness at Bison Brewing in Berkeley, CA, and one of the key figures behind the modern day beer mixology movement. We’ll get to the Guild event in just a moment, but first, let’s go back a bit… Read More…

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Presidents’ Day Weekend was highlighted by Zwickelmania, Oregon’s statewide open house event in which folks were welcomed into brewhouses to sample craft brewers’ wares, many direct from the brite tank nozzles, or zwickels. This year, we headed to Bend, Oregon, arguably the state’s most burgeoning city for artisan brew.

Recent growth makes Bend the champion of Read More…

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Over the weekend Brewpublic teamed up with one of our favorite craft beer haunts Saraveza Bottle Shop & Pasty Tavern to present the third annual My Beery Valentine. This decadent event showcased 13 of the region’s finest breweries in an array of one-off beers designed especially with sweethearts, sweet tooths, and craft beer lovers in mind. These rich and robust offerings were each made with Valentine’s Day appropriate ingredients such as chocolate, fruit, and many of them were barrel-aged for added flavor.

My Beery Valentine 3 paired up these wonderfully dessertif ales with the choice sweets from Sugar Pimp, Saraveza’s own beermeister Lori Adams Clinton to result in one amazingly mouthwatering experience unlike any other. Read More…

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