Finally, you can have your beer and coffee too. Introducing Elysian Brewing's latest seasonal: Split Shot Espresso Milk Stout. Officially releasing the first week of January, Split Shot comes in many forms—six-packs, 22-ounce bottles and on draft for all within the...
"Oatis is an unruly beast," says Matt Beatty, a Ninkasi Brewing brewer, about their vanilla oatmeal stout. Beatty's tasting notes can be found via video on the brewery's YouTube page which features clips from "Tasting with Jamie," suds-savoring excursions hosted by...
Talk about a ready-made food and beer pairing. BC’s first Imperial Oyster Stout was brewed by Lighthouse Brewing Company, with a shuck load of organic oysters, from Okeover Inlet in Desolation Sound and Vancouver Island’s cold, pristine waters. The plump, small...
Happy Black Friday! As you scroll through your social media of choice's newsfeed while you wait in what might be the world's longest line at Best Buy/Macy's/Target/a random furniture store, please know that a salvation drink is just a few hours away. From gourmet...
Fancy yourself an eclectic traveler? A bit of a historian or music lover or pub buddy perhaps? Gypsy even? Or at the very least, always wanted to be one? Since 1905, Hotel Oregon has been home to a restaurant and lounge, banquet hall, Greyhound bus depot, Western...
Bourbon Barrel Aged Belgian-Style Imperial India pale ale—betcha can't say that three times fast. The latest release from Astoria, Ore.'s Fort George Brewing's "North" winter ale series, North VII, is a mouthful—audibly and physically. The series kicked off in 2007...
Five years in, three breweries down and one new cause to benefit—Beer Church, a Seattle-based fundraising organization dedicated to the principle to “make the world a better place, one beer at a time” is at it again with their limited-release beers for the greater...
I was squinting to read a loosely-labeled comprehensive selection of house-made liqueurs when a pair of plaid-clad portly gentlemen begrudgingly straddled two stools at the bartop next to me at Woodinville, Wash.’s new Hollywood Tavern. “Got any light beer?” one of...
One could say that Art Larrance set the foundation for Oregon craft beer. In 1985, Larrance co-founded one of the first mircobreweries in Portland, Portland Brewing, and three years later, created and launched the Oregon Brewers Festival, which annually brings in...
This past weekend was my husband’s birthday, and don’t even ask me how this happened, but between my parents, in-laws and myself, we managed to throw him three separate parties. Overboard much? Needless to say, it was a great excuse for spending some time in the...
