Pacific Brew News

Update: 7/30 – I learned this from Wikipedia regarding “Pink Elephants“
Last night I made another trip out to the newish Concordia Ale House (I say ‘newish’ because in contrast with Horse Brass and other stellar locations these guys are the new kids on the block). If you haven’t been to Concordia, know that there’s [...]

Pictured: Allen of Hair of the Dog and RickWith barely enough sleep and weary capacities for thought and logic we left the Benson Hotel around 7:30AM for Edgefield to play a round of golf for the third annual Brewers ProAM charity event. All moneys for the event go to the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation, [...]

Well, sitting in my seventh floor hotel room in downtown Portland and getting ready for a busy beer-filled day. I am here with Chadd, the organizer for Sacramento’s local “Hop Heads” beer enthusiast group, and together we’ll begin the day by walking to Rogue’s tap room for breakfast with the brewers. After we’ve [...]

Bags packed. Boarding pass printed. Emails sent.
In twelve hours I’ll be in Beervana, the happiest place on earth. In twenty four hours the 20th Oregon Brewers Festival begins – with 72 commercial brewers and 1 home brewed beer flowing for the masses.
Here is my list of items most looking forward to:- [...]

Ok, this is a mix of press release and ramble.
No, Sierra Nevada doesn’t have a new beer. Yes, they are bottling a beer for the first time, which is cause for celebration. Now, mind you, I have not tried this beer, but reading their press release leads me to believe one thing: [...]

The beer is new to Northern California, but I first tried this in Oregon back in January. I can’t tell you how happy I was to see this in our local Nugget Market – apparently the only place in the region carrying the product at this time. In short, there isn’t a beer [...]

I’ll admit, I’ve never heard of this beer and can’t pretend to tell you the proper pronounciation. However, I know enough to not-so-boldly say this is a fantastic example of a Bavarian Wheat beer, otherwise known as Hefeweizen. Pouring an orangish gold color, with a cloudy haze and a frothy/rocky loose bubbled head, [...]

I had hoped to have this carried, at least in part, by a more local publication. I see now that ain’t happening, so here you go. Sorry it is late.FYI – There is an interview with Alicia Bar, the owner of Fifty Fifty at the bottom of the story, in case you are [...]

Well, I have originally intended to review the Stone Pale Ale, but realized that my palate was a bit off and didn’t think it’d do the beer justice. Then I realized something – I had a fantastic weekend, why not tell you all about that?
Friday after work I met some friends at our local [...]

I try to not put the podcast side of PBN on this page too much – but I wanted to let you know that our first of two shows with Martin Lodahl has posted. If you’re interested just click the Podcast & Press Releases link on the upper-right hand side – you will not [...]