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Also in this week's Oregon Brews and News: Breakside opening in Astoria, StormBreaker takes over in The Yard, and Grand Fir expands lunch.

Back in the olden days, when life was hard and resources were scarce, brewers often did an odd thing: they boiled their worts for insane lengths of time. The Belgians seem to have been kings of the long boil: an average wort would spend four to six hours in the kettle, and some ranged upward—way

In addition to Cinco de Mayo taking place this weekend in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, it’s a bit of an anniversary weekend here in Oregon. Get your party hats ready as McMenamins Fulton Pub celebrates its 35th year on Friday. Then on Saturday, Gigantic Brewing celebrates its 11th year in Southeast Portland and Boneyard Beer

This vast segment houses a wide variety of breweries, from a Danish-inspired nano to a farmhouse ale mecca inside a Craftsman home to a warehouse swimming in lager.

The Oregon Brewers Guild reports that there were over 200 brands of IPA sold in Portland last year—just IPAs. There are five dozen breweries, give or take, two dozen good-beer bars, and thousands of places to