In the early 1990s, Full Sail was the largest brewery in Oregon. A large expansion led to a near-liquidation by the end of ...

In the tell-all manner of a right and proper blog, I’m here to add that the little business I’ve been running as a writer the ...

I was recently reflecting on the price of beer after signing my name to what felt like a pricey tab. A standard pint is seven bucks in Portland, and it feels like just a few years ago it was six. A ...

Two things are true about the state of beer journalism in 2026: it has never been harder and less remunerative to cover the beer industry and we’ve never seen a corps of journalists do as good a job.

This week, pFriem Family Brewers will begin shipping red cans of their new year-round six-pack offering, West Coast IPA. pFriem is a supporter and sponsor of this site, and they gave me an early heads ...

In 1997 (I think), the arts and culture editor of Portland’s elder alt-weekly, Willamette Week, hired me to write an every-other-week beer column (“The Mash”) that paired with a wine column (“The ...

If you Google “beer myth,” you’ll find a bunch of stories that debunk claims like “dark beer is heavier than pale beer” and “all lagers taste the same.” These aren’t myths, of course—they’re just ...

Sorry about the incredible lack of content on Beervana. I actually have three reviews ready to post (Deschutes Twilight, the new Lucky Lab pub, Czechvar), but I've been both swamped and plagued by a ...

It’s midafternoon and it seems clouds have gathered out the window. No, it was already cloudy—that is the sun, beginning its descent. A thin, sharp wind picks up, rattling something loose on the roof.

Where I am going there are no beers or computers, and there I will stay until Saturday. As a result, posting will be nil. A fine opportunity to read that huge Jackson interview. Cheers-- ...

Later today I'll post a "meet the new brewery" segment on Crux Fermentation Project, Larry Sidor's new brewery.  In the meantime, here's a video of Saturday's brewery christening.  Doing the ...

A few years ago, the Norwegian blogger Lars Marius Garshol began revealing to English-speakers one of the most unusual beer cultures in the world. He discovered an intact farmhouse brewing tradition ...