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You hear a lot about the breweries in Portland, but there are many other Oregon towns that offer an impressive number of breweries per capita. I had the opportunity to spend a weekend in Corvallis, about an hour and a half South of Portland. I thought there would be one or two good places for beer in a town of 50,000. Was I ever surprised when I started my research and came out with a long list of breweries and bottle shops. Not so surprising, I guess, when you take into account that Corvallis is home to Oregon State University, an international leader in the breeding and researching of hops. I couldn't make it to all the good beer on offer, but I gave it my best shot to hit as many as I could in a day and a night.   Any time I am travelling, I do beer research first, and usually take along a beer book or two (as well as my beer notebook).  For this trip I took Lisa Morrison's "Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest" as she had several entries for Albany and C...

my non-exhaustive gift buying guide for the beer geek in all of us: if your beer lover has a favourite beer: -check out the private liquor stores for branded glassware gift packs legacy liquor store in Olympic Village suggests:   Sam Smith’s 3 bottles plus a glass for $20, $88.50 for 6 bottles of Westvleteren plus 2 glasses,  $11.95 for 2 tall cans of Tiger and a glass,  Chimay – red, white, and blue caps with a glass $18.85, St. Ambroise Discovery pack – $14.95 2 beers and a glass, Lindemann’s -   $15.95 two beers and a glass -go online and see if the brewery has swag for sale - tshirts, bottle openers, beer cozies, etc. Dead Frog has tees, hoodies, hats, cozies, underwear and bottle openers for sale in their on-line shop and at the brewery in Aldergrove.   If   you order online in the next couple of days, there is still time to receive your order before Santa arrives. Stone Brewing in California will ship you a pub light for $50,...

replace one plank from your picnic table with a gutter and voila!  a cooler for your bevvies ! thanks amanda and lisa morrison for pinning this on pinterest!

my friend is on her way to portland i am jealous i have a trip in the works, but not for at least another month dammit! anyway in advising her of where she HAS to go i came across this site that provides pub crawl suggestions so if you haven't yet purchased the beer goddess' guide , which of course you need to go do now, this site can tide you over

and another installment in the "it happened a while ago" vcbw posts... women in beer the thursday of vancouver craft beer week held at republic first of all, they asked me to speak right there you know i'm gonna gush just a little bit about this event secondly, there were so many amazing women there you know i'm gonna gush just a little bit more! rebecca of crannog hammers the hand truck porter cask because i was speaking, i got to go in early you know, to help stuff the swag bags aaaaand schmooze with the brewers and lisa morrison! it was great being in there early i got to see all the casks get sprung and talk to everyone before they got swamped by the loving hoardes claire of big river brewing helps with the howe sound cask the beer goddess also helped out with the howe sound cask at 6:00 the doors opened and the lovely supporters of women in beer arrived we had all expected that it would be set up differently more places to sit, a proper pl...

from b.c. beer blogger, a guest post about the bellingham beer scene and the lack of b.c. presence down there at least they get the howe sound! and saraveza offers a beery mother's day with lisa morrison: Join Lisa Morrison, the Beer Goddess , and Sarah Pederson of Saraveza for a unique Mother’s Day event. Help your mom discover her perfect craft beer and cheesecake pair (or just come and tell your mom about it later)! Enjoy samples of 6 savory and sweet cheesecakes made by local bakers & brewers (including Hair of the Dog, Block 15 & Alaskan) as well as 8+ craft beers. Lisa will also be signing copies of her newly published book, "Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest: A Beer Lover's Guide to Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia". $30 per person. Space is limited, purchase your spots now at Saraveza! The event takes place in Saraveza's back room @ 5433 N Michigan Ave. The event proceeds go to Pink Boots Society, a non-profit Portland-based org...

guess who just got guest-listed for a fabulous vcbw event??? for the very slow, but lovely all the same, it's me! finally being a blogger comes in handy! oh, and that whole being a girl thing too... this is where i'll be and i couldn't be more pleased! i either already know and love, or can't wait to meet and totally admire, everyone on the panel and i'll be eating chocolate again by then - yay, yay and oh, um, yay! Signature Event Republic 958 Granville St, Vancouver  (map) 6:00pm – Late $55  all inclusive The Donnelly Group Presents Women and Beer II Still think the craft brewing industry is a boys club? Allow us to prove you wrong by showing you what the industry’s finest females have on offer. Join us at Republic for five small-plate courses paired with beers from R&B, Howe Sound, Mt Begbie, Crannog, Saltspring Island Ales, Spinnakers as well as a special ladies only collaboration beer brewed just for this event. Sounds great? Well that’s not al...