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Le Tour de Chien 2009

Last weekend, 1500 bicyclists all donned doggy ears, noses and tails and biked from one Lucky Lab to another, shared doggy stories and even pulled their canine buddies around in the 2nd annual Tour de Lab. I snapped a couple pics to give you a feel for the event:
The end of the ride was [...]

09.16.2009 See the rest →

Taplister Launch Party

by Dieselboi

Taplister, a new beer geek service, is having a launch party on Monday and they want you to join them. Taplister.com — and their sister application for the iPhone, BeerSignal — are pretty cool. If you’re at a local bar enjoying your favorite beer, you can tweet @Taplister naming the beer and location (see [...]

07.05.2009 See the rest →

Burgerville + Beer + Twitter = Excellent

by Aaron

Last week, a group of local Twitter users arranged a meetup at the Salmon Creek Burgerville. Part of the motivation was just to meet some folks in real life, but the other reason for this particular location is that it’s the pilot location for beer and wine sales at Burgerville.
Don’t fear the beer. [...]

05.15.2009 See the rest → 4 comments

Dear PDX Advice Guy – Deviant Advice Friday Edition

by Endless Monkeys

Dear PDX Advice Guy
So Mother’s Day is coming up and I don’t know what to get Mom. HELP!!!!!!
-FJ, Gladstone

05.08.2009 See the rest →

Is Portland Beer City USA? Vote now!

by Dieselboi

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Everyone, Portland needs your help right now! Do you drink beer? Do you love that Portland is truly a beer town? We have more breweries in this city per capita than anywhere else in the nation – a total of 38. Yet, we are in a neck and neck [...]

05.06.2009 See the rest → 10 comments

Oregon places 5 breweries in top 50 for the country

by Dieselboi

Today’s news brought us yet another ranking. Oregon placed 5 breweries in the top 50 breweries in the country according to the Brewer’s Association – Widmer (known as Craft Brewers Alliance); Deschuttes Brewing; Full Sail Brewing; Rogue Brewing and finally Bridgeport Brewing. This list is based on 2008 beer sales volume. I’m so glad the [...]

04.14.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

How ’bout a pint of Bitter Bitch

by Dieselboi

The 2009 Barleywine Festeroon is coming to the Lucky Lab this weekend and will showcase Barleywines from 30+ local and national brewers. What is Barleywine? According to the Beer Judge Certification Program, Barleywine falls under the beer category of Old Ale. There is a specific subcategory for American Barleywine because we’re special. A Barleywine usually [...]

03.06.2009 See the rest →

No new tax on Beer party

by Dieselboi

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The Green Dragon is hosting a ceremonial “dumping of the beer” on Thursday to protest the 1900% proposed beer tax being discussed in Salem. I love that they point out that the original Green Dragon in Boston was the site for revolutionaries during he war for independence. This is a battle we [...]

02.25.2009 See the rest → 4 comments

Say No! to the new beer tax

by Dieselboi

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This pint of beer may not be available in years to come if the Oregon Legislature has its way. In order to make up for a budget shortfall, they are recommending a 1900% increase in the per barrel beer tax. Think about that? Going from around $2 a barrel [...]

02.18.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

The Band: How to Attract Talented Band Members

by Motor Jeffries

I am going to reveal some trade secrets.
To those of you who know how to do this already, you are going to say “Well duh” because it works the same in industry, the blogosphere, etc. For other musicians out there struggling, hopefully some lights will go off and this will save you some frustration. Please [...]

02.14.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Zwickelmania – a tour of breweries

by Dieselboi

Tomorrow, along with being Oregon’s 150th birthday, is also Zwickelmania! What is Zwickelmania? Zwickelmania, hosted by the Oregon Brewers Guild (OBG), is a free statewide event that offers visitors a chance to tour Oregon breweries, meet the brewers and sample their favorite beers – all during Oregon’s Sesquicentennial weekend. All day tomorrow, you’ll [...]

02.13.2009 See the rest → 1 comment