In the latest article in the Sightglass Series, I’ve spoken to a number of women in the beer industry to highlight how their creative expressions have changed the way we make, market, write about, and of course, drink beer. It’s a process entirely of addition, and we are all the beneficiaries of their work.
Read MoreMuch-anticipated Steeplejack Brewing opened to the public in Northeast Portland yesterday, becoming in an instant the most impressive place to drink a pint of beer in the city. Here are my first impressions of the space and the beer, along with a photo essay of the remarkable spaces.
Read MoreBoston Beer overestimated growth for its Truly brand of hard seltzers and is getting roasted in today’s business sections. But are the writers declaring the “hard seltzer craze has come to an end” right? Is hard seltzer really dead?
Read MorePortland has so many breweries that many get lost in in the scrum. Yet while they may not be as buzzy as Great Notion or Breakside, some of these lesser-known breweries have a lot to celebrate. Here are seven of the best underrated breweries you should check out.
Read MoreIn a shocking expose of regional weirdness, Kate Bernot reveals that Montanans love love love Scotch ale. Can this be so? And if it be so, what weirdness lurks elsewhere?
Read MoreEvery beer contains a whiff of history. Traditional Berliner weisse, which went extinct in the mid-aughts before enjoying a revival years later, contains more than a whiff. Yesterday, at Portland’s Zoiglhaus brewery, I sampled both the ghost and its reincarnation.
Read MoreAs my perambulations take me around the beautiful sort-of post-Covid City of Roses, I have been finding a number of great beers to try. Today we have a look at stouts at Assembly, hoppy wild ales at Little Beast, and cask summer ales at Upright.
Read MoreWe love good beer, finding good beer, talking about good beer. But identifying what that “good” is in beer—that’s a lot harder. Truly great beers are defined by subjective, often subtle elements of a beer. Yet they aren’t unknowable. Here’s a proposal for how to identify them.
Read MoreLet’s spend a moment celebrating the unusual, quirky, and visionary breweries that drive beer culture.
Read MoreA vignette that illustrates how the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
Read MorepFriem recognizes the importance of educating their customers, particularly about unusual styles of beer like lambic. I’m happy to have helped with the current series of videos that describe what they’re supposed to taste like, how they’re made, and the foods they complement.
Read MoreFollowing each new disruption, I keep looking for a return. Normalcy can’t be that hard to restore. Yet each disruption carries darker connotations than the event itself. I feel the need to publicly acknowledge that sense of danger the small animal feels. It has been growing in me for years now.
Read MoreAs our beer journey unfolds, our sense of flavor changes. That can cause our memories to drift as well. Fortunately, we can turn to “calibration” beers to remind us what the past was actually like.
Read MoreBits and bobs as Portlanders brace for a heat wave that may well melt half of us.
Read MoreIn the final post of Teri Fahrendorf’s remarkable career, we hear how she created the Pink Boots Society, the nonprofit that has given thousands of women support and connections in their professional lives.
Read MoreIn the second of three posts about pioneering brewer Teri Fahrendorf’s remarkable career, we hear how it was to enter the brewing world in the late 1980s, and how she built Steelhead into a regional chain.
Read MoreWith her sterling career as a professional brewer and groundbreaking work in bringing women into the industry through the Pink Boots Society, no American has had a greater impact on brewing than Teri Fahrendorf. Here’s part one of her oral history.
Read MoreLast night, former employees charged BrewDog with creating a workplace fueled by fear. This follows charges of transphobia in March. It’s an important moment of accountability for BrewDog—and craft brewing.
Read MoreA comment by the Beeronomist highlights where craft beer is headed in a post-pandemic era in which large companies have abandoned beer for seltzers and FMBs as more reliable vehicles for national sales. Depending on how and where you look at that situation, it paints an alternatingly comforting or alarming picture.
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