Last night I attended the Scottish Pub Sing, led by the Portland Revels, at Lucky Lab in Portland, Oregon. It was beautiful hearing everyone sing songs and while we all drank together. Having a group of people sing together like this reminded me very much of church and just further solidified in my mind that the pub is really a wonderful social center, and good beer is an important element in bringing people together.

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My homebrewing group supports my field research and artistic activity by buying-in on the beer we brew. I’ve made Christmas beers for the holiday season to give as gifts.

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History by the Glass: Portland’s Past and Present Saloons, Bars, & Taverns by Paul Pintarich. Looks good, but might be time for an updated edition considering Portland’s booming beer and bar industry in the last 25 years.

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Portland’s Bermuda Triangle is Horse Brass, Movie Madness, and Belmont Station. The perfect, walkable, place to lose track of time, enjoy beer and science fiction, and bring something home for later.

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The Hopworks beer-bike is a symbol of true Pacific Northwest style utopian aspirations. The bike holds two kegs, a stack of pizza, a bar, and has a built in sound system. Hopworks will unveil this bike at their Biketobeer Fest.

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The Science Pub at Bagdad will have a presentation about the science of making beer. Teamed with OMSI and Tom Shellhammer of OSU’s Fermentation Science program, Science Pub could be an alternative to the University system!

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Art & Beer (At the Museum) is an event that combines drinking beer and experiencing art. For one night only, you can sample three new beers from Laurelwood, Lompoc, and Lucky Lab at the Portland Art Museum. A brewer from each of the three Portland microbreweries received a tour of the museum’s collection, selected an artwork, and made a beer that will complement that artwork. This beer sampling is part of a one night event called Shine A Light: A Night at the Museum

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Dean’s Scene is one of Portland’s best places to drink a beer. Dean’s basement is a bar and brewery, an underground speakeasy, and you can come in whenever the neon sign is on. He’s got a few beers on tap and plenty of aging bottled beers for you to try.

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History with a pint of beer! The History Pub meets at McMenamins to discuss Vanport, Oregon, a makeshift city for wartime housing. The only place in Oregon for wartime housing for blacks, it was destroyed by a flood in 1948.

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I know I could get in trouble posting about coffee instead of beer so I promise my beer readers that I won’t post too much about this stuff. But, let’s face it coffee has incredibly complex flavors just as good beer does. The quality of coffee can be judged by it’s aroma, fragrance, body, acidity, [...]

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An art exhibition about community, collaboration, and alternative and free education in the times of a struggling society.

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Portland, known as the microbrew mecca of the planet, the bike-friendliest city in the US, and potentially the greenest city in the nation, also has some major issues like the educational system.

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Earlier this evening I went to the Bagdad Theater, drank a Terminator Stout and watched Alien on one of the original film reels. I’ve never seen Alien in such quality. Nor have I seen it with a crowd that is as nerdy about it as I am. You could hear cheers and laughter after scenes [...]

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Drinking good beer inspires great conversation. Drinking beer with friends can be a catalyst for social change. I paired beers on hand-made serving trays as part of an social practice type art event in Portland, Oregon

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Click on the image above to go to the Portland Breweries Google Map that I created.
Portland is known as Beervana and the Microbrew Mecca of the Planet so I thought I’d make a google map of all the various breweries here in the main city region (not suburbs). The map shows breweries only; if it’s [...]

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