Canvolution

Quick, answer this question: When was the last time you had a beer from a can?

There’s a large percentage of you right now cringing and imagining an ice-cold can of [insert American Macro Industrial Lager here] and thinking, “No way.” A smaller (but hopefully growing!) percentage of you are nodding and thinking of that can of Oskar Blues Gordon, or Maui Coconut Porter, or 21st Amendment Monk’s Blood you enjoyed recently. You know.

Good beer can come in a can.

One of the benefits of beer blogging

I’ve been doing this beer blogging thing for quite awhile now, and while I’m not getting rich off of it (yet!), there is a benefit that doesn’t seem to get talked about much (aside from the mandatory disclosure language required these days): samples. A number of breweries and/or their public relations/marketing agencies regularly send out samples of their beer to bloggers for review.

Zwickelmania!

Today marks Oregon’s second annual Zwickelmania event, a state-wide celebration of our brewers hosted by the Oregon Brewers Guild. Since everyone has been talking up San Francisco Beer Week (and rightly so), and Josh covered the Vancouver, BC beer scene, I thought I’d spend a few words on Oregon’s big beer weekend.

What to drink for the Super Bowl?

Shocking as it may be for a beer-drinking male in America, I’m not a huge fan of professional football, and the only time I really watch is when the Super Bowl is on—and even then, it’s because we’re usually at a friend’s house for their Super Bowl party. So while I’m not the first person you should go to for football advice, I always jump on the opportunity to make a beer list. And with the Super Bowl tomorrow, you still have time to follow my game plan here and stock up on the beer.