Oregon Beer News (2021)

i moved to multnomah village a few years ago and the beer scene within a 10 min drive has gotten exponentially better ever since. coincidence?? i think not

 

The good beer cluster around Ex Novo is going to be pretty amazing by summer, and the wife and I are quite happy about that. Especially since the area is about a 5-minute walk from the Beaverton Central MAX station.

(Side note: I'm assuming that we'll have had both COVID vaccinations by then. I hope that's a safe assumption.)

 

I saw that! Always wanted to try it. Added a can to the Uptown order I'm picking up tonight.

 

They recalled another beer?!

 

Ahh, that one.

There was a fascinating piece on Good Beer Hunting about these kind of beers and their threat of explosion. I’m leaning towards they really shouldn’t be made, especially for packaging.

 

I rode my bike over there this morning. Much faster than walking. Much easier than running.

I did not find any Pallet Jack*, but I did treat myself to a 4-pack of The Abyss. At 25% off, it's like one of the bottles was free!

(*We did find some Pallet Jack at ABV. It was canned 10 days ago. It's...so...beautiful...)

 

yeah this one hurts for sure. I took a job downtown from 2009-2015 and this coincided with an uptick in my curiosity around craft beer. I was starting to order the higher ABV or experimental beers when i went to brewpubs and i frequented hair of the dog which was right across the bridge.

a coworker told me about Baileys and we quickly started making it a weekly (sometimes multiple times a week) after work stop. I had so many awesome beers there. I think the first DeGarde beers, Bu Weisse and Loak were tapped there and i tried them both side by side.

then when upper lip opened up i would use my corporate card and take my friends there for "business meetings".... man we drank some awesome beer up there. A Deal with the Devil, Bo and Luke, vintage offerings from all over the globe.

sigh...... Covid sucks, and the city of Portland sucks for pretty much abandoning downtown and letting it go to hell

 

ive driven through downtown (the whole downtown, not just a few blocks) probably 5-10 times in the past 6 months, and also did a few bike rides with my family around the waterfront/inner eastside/pearl. its legitimately awful. i have a few friends that still worked down there but the companies decided to relocate to the burbs/camas/vancouver. 2 of those companies sent out emails to the employees to take a vote on staying or going and an overwhelming amount of the women said they no longer felt safe. the sections Northwest of burnside and below 9th avenue are in particularly rough shape, especially at night time.

all thats to say, i think many other downtown establishments are going to see a continued sharp drop in patronage. I worry about Higgins especially...... i would be really sad if they went under.

 

Uptown has Heady for sale on their website now. Arch Bridge did too, but sold out - they still have Focal Banger last I looked.