Articles Posted in the EVENTS Category
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Ugly Sweaters, Barry White’s Voice & Sparkle Parties: A Recap of Portland’s 16th Annual Holiday Ale Fest
This past weekend, I attended the 16th Annual Holiday Ale Fest in Portland, OR. The 5-day winter beer fest took place under a large tent equipped with heat lamps in the heart Pioneer Courthouse Square, underneath the city’s largest Christmas tree. More than 50 winter ales were poured this year. The Holiday Ale Fest is [...]
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Holiday Ale Fest: The Ultimate Fest For Beer Geeks
Anyone who follows me in some capacity on the interwebs has undoubtedly gotten wind of my love-hate relationship with the enigmatic city of Portland and its esoteric residents. Although I still think Portland is even weirder than it promotes itself to be, I have found a very soft spot in my heart for its extraordinary [...]
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Epic #GABF Event Alert: Brewmaster + Top Chef Collaboration Beer Dinner
Date: Sseptember 29, 2011 Where: Cholon Bistro Time: 6pm for beer cocktails, 7pm dinner Cost: $125 In my world, nothing truly beats an amazing food & beer pairing. Well, there might be an exception or two, but I will leave that to your imagination. Food and beverage pairings, let alone food and beer pairings, are [...]
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Bison Brewing Presents: PDX Beer Week Organic Beer + Bacon Pairing
When asked to put together an event for PDX Beer Week, local beer writer and organic beer proponent Abram Goldman-Armstrong didn’t want to do a standard beer event. “Portland beer sage Fred Eckhardt once conducted an “organic beer and junkfood pairing,” says Goldman-Armstrong. “With that inspiration, I decided to pair organic beer and bacon. All [...]
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Jester King Craft Brewery Opens in Austin: A Field Report From Lil’ Routson
This post is a little late, so I apologize to both my sister and Jester King Craft Brewery. But regardless, better late than never. Right? I’m really excited to have a “guest” writer on my site for this post. And I am particularly excited because this writer is also my younger (only) sister. The most [...]
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Black Star Beer Barter Video Recap
Wow. I am super lame. It only took me like a month to edit film I took during the Black Star Beer Barter in Whitefish, Montana. Now granted, I did recently start a new job. And then there was the insanity known as SF Beer Week. And I’m sure I can come up with a [...]
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SF Beer Week 2011: Where to Spot the Wench!
San Francisco Beer Week 2011 happens to be extremely exciting for me this year, for several reasons. I recently brewed a collaboration beer called Ryedentity Crisis with Knee Deep Brewing Company and Devil’s Canyon Brewing Co. that will be exclusively available to at select accounts in the Bay Area this week. Also, I am now [...]
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Ryedentity Crisis Collaboration Beer Release Announced for San Francisco Beer Week 2011
(photo credit above: David Jensen of Beer 47) Riddle: What do you get when you brew a traditional beer style with unconventional ingredients? Answer: An identity crisis. And what happens when one of those ingredients contains rye? Answer: A Ryedentity Crisis. Knee Deep Brewing Company and Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company in conjunction with The Beer [...]
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Event Recap: Beer Dinner at Black Star Brewery
This past weekend, Black Star Beer played gracious host to its staff, partners (graphic designers, clients, distributors etc.) and myself. Upon arriving on Friday night, Black Star beer surprised all of us with a beer dinner. I have attended and even hosted several beer dinners and beer pairings events, with each and every one being [...]
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The Wench’s Epic Weekend in Whitefish With Black Star Beer
One of the great perks to writing a blog is having the complete creative freedom to write about whatever you want, however you want. By now, most of you are probably aware of my rather opinionated approach to beer writing. And when I get excited about something, it is hard for me not to express [...]
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