Meet The Brewer With Bent Shovel Brewing At Green Dragon
This week’s Meet the Brewer at Green Dragon will feature one of the area’s most recent brewery openings, Bent Shovel Brewing. Making his way out from the brewery in rural Oregon City, Oregon will be owner and brewer, Rick Strauss. Some may remember Strauss from his days as a member of the Green Dragon Brew Crew. Well he went on to further his brewing skills when he opened Bent Shovel Brewing.
With its initials beers hitting the local market a little over a month ago Strauss and three of his Bent Shovel beers will be at the Green Dragon on Thursday, October 1 for its weekly Meet the Brewer event. The beers that will be featured include the following:
- Edgewood Pilsner
- IPA
- Black Spade Stout
Beers will all be tapped by 5:00pm and Strauss will do a short announcement inside to the folks at the Green Dragon at 6:00pm.
Bent Shovel Brewing is located at 21678 S Latourette Rd in Oregon City. Recently its been open on the weekends for growlers fills and pints from Noon to 4:00pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
Green Dragon
928 SE 9th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
About The Author
DJ
D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based writer that spent his formative years in the Midwest. With over 25 years under his belt of drinking beer at festivals across America and the world, he has developed a strong appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the industry that surrounds it. He can be found in any of the great breweries or beer bars that make Portland the best beer city in the world. His writing can also be found in the archives of Northwest Brewing News and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.