Portland Beer Stories: Behind the Scenes with the City's Craft Brewers

by Steven Shomler

Overview

Portlanders have got it made. Not only is the city filled with nearly countless breweries, brewpubs, bottle shops and homebrew supply venues, but also the people who created the community are nothing short of fascinating. Saddle up to the bar and get to know the stories of the men and women brewing some of the country's most exciting beer and cider, from the origin of Ecliptic Brewing to a personal account of a beer truck driver. When you are looking for an adventure outside the city limits, try out one of the seven beer road trips to other Northwest towns (with a designated driver, of course). Join author Steven Shomler for a hop through Brewvana.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625854209
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	06/01/2015
Series:	American Palate
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Steven Shomler is a writer and radio host living in Portland. He is the festival coordinator for the Portland Spring Beer and Wine Fest, the largest spring beer festival in the U.S. and is one of the co-founders of the Portland Summer Food Cart Festival. A former mortgage banker and chaplain, Steven shares his adventures at www.StevenShomler.com. This is his second book.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jeff Alworth 11

Acknowledgements 13

Introduction 15

Part I Ten Portland Brewer Stories: From a Wrecked Canoe to Gluten Free

Base Camp Brewing Company: "I Found My Calling to Brew at a Winery" 19

Burnside Brewing Company: Making Beer Is the Best Part of the Puzzle! 23

Breakside Brewery: Is Brewing a Job or a Profession? 25

Cascade Brewing Barrel-Aged Sour Beers and So Much More 28

The Commons Brewery: "I Put All of My Logic and Common Sense Aside" 30

Beer Writer's Perspective: Brian Yaeger 33

Culmination Brewing Co.: The Intersection of Art and science 35

Doomsday Brewing Co.: The End Is Near, Drink a Beer 38

Ecliptic Brewing: "This is Your Job. Go Get It!" 40

Gigantic Brewing Company: "We Are Oregon Brewers! Come On!" 43

Ground Breaker Brewing: People Come in Here and Cry Tears of Joy 45

Beer Writer's Perspective: Pete Dunlop 49

Part II Six Portland Beer Stories: From Beer Bus to Beer Truck Driver

Ashley Rose Salvitti: From Portland Beer Fan to Businesswoman 51

Brian Wolf: He Grew Up on a Hop Farm 55

John DeBenedetti: Serving Brewers and Homebrewers for More Than Forty Years 58

John Foyston: The Best of the Portland Beer Storytellers 60

Josh Huerta: "Is Rob Widmer Messing With Me?" 62

Beer Writer's Perspective: Ezra Johnson-Greenough 64

Part III Road Trip!

Astoria: Fort George Brewery 67

Bend: Ale Apothecary 69

Hood River: Pfriem Family Brewers 73

Eugene: Ninkasi Brewing Company 76

Newport: Rogue Ales 80

Pacific City: Pelican Pub and Brewery 84

Port Townsend: Finnriver Farm and Cidery 88

Beer Writer's Perspective: D.J. Paul 93

Part IV Cider

Bushwhacker Cider: America's First Cider Pub 95

Cider Riot!: Growing Up Drinking "Proper Cider" 97

Portland Cider Company: A Cider Love Story 99

Reverend Nat's Hard Cider: For the Sake of Cider 101

Beer Personality's Perspective: Chris Crabb 103

Beer Writer's Perspective: Wolf Linderman 105

Part V Seven More Portland Beer Stories: From Homebrewing to Pink Boots

Lee Hedgmon: 2015 President of Oregon Brew Crew 107

Lisa Morrison: Portland's Own Beer Goddess 109

Rodney Kibzey: You Can Make Beer at Home? 111

Sarah Pederson: Escaping the Cubicle for a Much Better Life 114

Sean Campbell: Do Something You Enjoy With Your Life 116

Steve Woolard: "I Wanted Brewers in the Booth Telling Their Story" 118

Teri Fahrendorf: She Belongs in the Craft Beer Hall of Fame 120

Beer Writer's Perspective: Tim Hohl 124

Beer Writer's Perspective: Kris McDowell 126

Part VI Ten More Portland Brewer Stories: From Barrel-Aged to Served With a Slice of Lemon

Hair of the Dog Brewing Co.: "I Thought that it Would Be Easy" 129

Kells Irish Pub and Brewery: First a Pub and Then, Twenty-Nine Years Later, a Brewery 132

Laurelwood Public House and Brewery: Because of a Call to Kurt Widmer 137

Lompoc Brewing: It Happened Over a Round of Golf 141

McMenamins: It's Been a Long Strange Trip 143

Beer Writer's Perspective: Christopher Pierce 147

Old Town Brewing: Keep an Eye on This Brewery 149

Sasquatch Brewing Co.: "Three Years Later, I Opened a Brewery" 152

StormBreaker Brewing: "I Will Wash Kegs Until You Make Me a Brewer" 155

Upright Brewing: "I Loved Brewing Even More Than I Thought" 158

Widmer Brothers Brewing: It's Pronounced "Hayfa-vy-tsen" 161

Appendix I Other west Beer Books 165

Appendix II Great Beer Places to Visit Checklist 167

Appendix III Portland Beer Festivals and Events Checklist 169

About the Author 171