Portland, Oregon: It was my first time in Portland, the craft beer lover’s paradise: Beervana. With upwards of 84 breweries in the metro area it seemed I could throw a stone in any direction and it would clatter off the keg of a nearby brewery. I walked the damp Pacific Northwest asphalt. Crossing a bridge… [Read More]
Pucker Up: 4 Awesome Breweries Rocking the Sour Scene
Love them or hate them there’s no doubt that sours have risen to prominence in the craft beer world. According to the Brewer’s Association the US sold an estimated 45,000 cases of sour beer in 2015. A year later and those sales more than quintupled to over 245,000 cases. Brewing sours is its own precise… [Read More]
Drinking Beer and Doing Good at Ex Novo Brewing Company
Portland, Oregon: Drink beer. Do good. I read these words as I entered Ex Novo Brewing Company one rainy Pacific Northwest evening. It’s a sentiment that I think anyone could get on board with. Drinking beer was simple enough but doing good was a more complex request entirely. Thankfully, Ex Novo has it all figured… [Read More]
