http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com The Brew Site Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:00:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everyone knows Oregon has an amazing beer culture, and many of the breweries people first think about when they think "Oregon beer" have played a big role in the development of this culture (and justifiably so): Widmer Brothers, Deschutes Brewery, Rogue, BridgePort Brewing, Full Sail, and Hair of the Dog. ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/03/13/10-oregon-breweries-you-should-visit/ Unfortunately this week has completely gotten away from me and I don't have a pithy, witty, meaningful post to offer you up today. Instead I thought you might enjoy some photos of some classic and unknown beers I have in my collection. "Collection" might be a bit of a misnomer here; ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/03/06/old-unknown-beer-photos/ 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 ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/02/27/canvolution/ 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 ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/02/20/one-of-the-benefits-of-beer-blogging/ 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 ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/02/13/zwickelmania/ 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 ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/02/06/what-to-drink-for-the-super-bowl/ I am a bit of a packrat personality: I tend to collect things and in recent years this has turned towards beer (go figure). When I'm buying beer (particularly specialty beer) I have an impulse toward buying extra to "put away"---to cellar the beer with the idea that it will ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/01/30/to-age-or-not-to-age/ So often we never give much thought to how beer is served beyond "chilled and in a glass," even though many of us beer geeks give plenty of thought to what goes into the beer as it's being brewed. We get especially excited when the brewing process deviates from the ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/01/23/mulled-beer/ In our fifth installment of this series covering Bend, Oregon's brewing culture, we're going to tackle the next best thing to the breweries themselves: the beer bars! Bend, like any region, has its share of bars and taverns, and this being Oregon, most places in town will have at least a ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/01/16/the-bend-beer-scene-part-5/ Regular readers of my other beer blog know that I spent the week after Christmas in San Diego visiting family, and while I was there I slipped in the odd beer-related visit where I could. This included visiting San Diego Brewing, Pizza Port Carlsbad, and Stone Brewing---where I was able ... http://jonabernathy.hoppress.com/2010/01/09/talking-with-greg-koch-of-stone-brewing/