Archive for February, 2009

World Class Packages

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

No, not that kind of package… focus, it’s beer we are talking about here. In an ode to Jeff’s recent article about Rogue’s pricing, Brett Joyce responded with:
“Our 21 year mission has been to provide World Class Products, put them in World Class Packages…”
I’m not going to get into the Rogue pricing discussion here, but [...]

Bridgeport Fallen Friar

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

The latest in Bridgeport’s “Big Brews” series is the Fallen Friar, a Belgian style Tripel, partially aged in oak wine barrels. After missing the initial release party at the Bridgeport brewery I was pretty excited to try this, so I picked up a bottle at Belmont Station.
A few months back I was given a bottle [...]

The Saraveza Experience

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

My search to find Russian River Consecration on tap this weekend lead to my first experience of Saraveza. Located just of I5 on NE Killingsworth, it was quite a drive for me, but turned out well worth it even though Consecration was no longer on tap. Saraveza is sort of like a bar that I [...]