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Drinking great beer should not be a solitary experience. There is something satisfying about gathering with likeminded enthusiasts in a special setting while sampling lagers and ales from near, far and wide. We’re talking, of course, about beer festivals. Thanks to the growing popularity of beer, coupled with the big growth in the category around

It is with great sadness that we must report the passing of Fred Eckhardt. Eckhardt was effectively the dean of American writing since his very first newspaper column for the Oregonian, which was published on April 25, 1984. He penned countless other articles since then, and was a columnist for many years here at All About Beer

Round three or four of the brewery young guns slam fest got seriously toned down this year. From previous years’ mash-ups, with heavy doses of bathroom humor, this beer maven summit transformed itself into an historical, sociological, political, aesthetic feast of rare talent gathered on one platform. Of course, it took the legendary Dave Alexander,

This Saturday, Nov. 1, is the 15th annual Learn to Homebrew Day, designed to encourage new devotees to take up the habit. It is also a perfect time to celebrate the often unsung heroes who, a generation ago, exerted a tun of effort to make homebrewing the nationwide hobby, even lifestyle, it is today. Alan

One September evening in 1985, in the lower level of an aged-looking hotel off

For Randolph “Stick” Ware, it all started in his junior year of high school when Uncle Slim blew into South Pasadena, CA. The new arrival, the brother of a mother of one of Ware’s friends, was fleeing legal entanglements back east and he knew some things. One of those things was how to make what

It’s Craft Beer Month in Oregon. With 214 breweries and brewpubs for a state of about 3.8 million people, Oregon remains undoubtedly one of the nation’s, if not the world’s, most enviable spots for beer variety. It was not always like that. In fact, Oregon as a Valhalla of independently owned breweries making small batches

Copperworks Distilling recently introduced its Hair of the Dog Brewing Cask Finished Collection at a special release party at one of Seattle's top craft beer destinations, Brouwer’s Cafe.

The Hair of the Dog Brewing name continues to live on as Seattle’s Copperworks Distilling Co. is set to unveil its Hair of the Dog Brewing Cask Finished Collection later this week. This new line of cask finished Single Malt Whiskey and Gin will make its debut on Friday, April 7, 2023 that also happens to be

On April 25, 1984, a Friday, the Portland Oregonian tucked two brief stories and a small photograph onto a page with ads for Atta Boy dog food and Diet 7-Up as well as an article about a rice-cooking competition. “Beer Expert Writes Column,” ran the headline over the shorter of the two stories. It, along with the