Prodigal Son Brewing

Last weekend my wife and I popped down to northeast Oregon to go camping. On our way down and on our way back we stopped a new kids on the block Prodigal Son Brewing in Pendleton Oregon.  I’ve been following these guys on Facebook for some time impatiently waiting for them to open.  It’s nice [...]

Seven Brides Brewing

A brewery that I have been keeping an eye on for the last year is Seven Brides Brewing out of my home town of Silverton, Oregon.  This is a fairly new brewery that started about a year ago by a few guys that made homebrew and decided that they might as well go professional.  I’ve [...]

To the Beach

Went to the coast this weekend, damn do I miss being so close to coast it’s a killer drive from the Tri-Cities.  My wife’s grandmother rents a house at the coast ever year and this year just happened to be at Pacific City.  As many of you know Pacific City is home to Pelican Brew [...]

Iron Horse Brewing

Katy and I made another trip up to Ellensburg, WA yesterday since our last trip up for the Winterhop fest didn’t allow us to check out the town.  Ellensburg is the home town of Central Washington University, as a result the town really has that college town feel.  Katy and I really miss the college [...]

Anchor’s Old Foghorn

While listening to Alan Parson and making dinner I had one of my old standby barley wines, Anchor’s Old Foghorn.  The trouble I have with barley wines is that too many breweries try to hard and by trying to hard I mean they either A. hop the crap out of them B. put some sort [...]

First Beer Review

Part of becoming a professional brewer and a beer lover, for me at least, has been to try as many beers as possible.  It kind of irritates me when I talk to a brewer or someone in the industry that only drinks what their brewery makes.  I mean how are you going to know where [...]