I wanted to pass this sweet deal on from our friends at PDXPipeline. Win a Free Oregon Brewers Festival $50 Package from PDXPipeline.
“Pipeline is giving away another $50 packages (two mugs, 40 tokens, one program!) to the Oregon Brewers Festival. To win: Comment on this post why you would like to attend. If you have already commented/entered here, you don’t have to enter again. We’ll draw the winner on Friday (July 23) @ noon.
Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every month to …

Last Thursday night Taplister won a SoMe Award in the category of Best Social Media App – The Next Big Thing Award. The SoMe Awards or social media awards, honors “the best social media projects, programs and campaigns in the Pacific Northwest.”  Here is a description of our category: “A social media marketing campaign utilizing a social media application (includes widgets, iPhone applications, Android applications, Facebook applications, Twitter applications, & Google Gears). Entries will be judged on the marketing impact, usability, scalability, and viral nature of the social media …

Last Friday Taplister was selected as a finalist for the SoMe Awards in the category of Best Social Media App – The Next Big Thing Award (see our submission here).  The Some Awards or social media awards, honors “the best social media projects, programs and campaigns in the Pacific Northwest.”  We are honored to be selected as finalist and hope to take home this award.    Taplister is truly a passion project that relies on other passionate craft beer fans to help it grow and stay updated.  We need …

Portlanders are serious about three things:  Beer, technology and our community.  To continue to let Google know we are the right choice for their Google Fiber to home network, we decided to open source the Gigabit IPA recipe that Hopworks created.  This will allow other cities the opportunity to brew this fine beer.  The code for the beer or recipe is available on Google’s open source code website and below.
We’re “opening the source code” so you can home brew a Gigabit IPA all your own.”
said the Mayor of Portland, Oregon, …

If you are a true craft beer fan then you have probably heard of Fred Eckhardt.  Fred is a beer & sake writer, home brewer and beer educator.  But what he is probably best known for is his personality.  You see my wife and I attended one of Fred’s beer & cheese pairings at Rogue Public House in the Pearl several years ago.  Fred entertained us with funny stories, facts & zanny one liners or as we call them Fredisms.  Now it is your turn to meet Fred at his …

On Wednesday afternoon I was drawn to Pioneer Courthouse Square like a moth to a flame.
It was time for the Holiday Ale Fest to begin, and for those in the know it truly is a holiday as we all take the days off from our respective jobs to be there at the opening.
This year it began earlier then ever at 2pm on a Wednesday. The experienced beer festival goer knows you must arrive to these things early, and preferably on a weekday if you want to beat the craziness.
And …

We take a tour of the Lucky Lab Quimby Beer Hall Brewery with the brewer Ben Flerchinger.

Interview, Video/Audio, and Graphics by:
Ezra Johnson-Greenough
Alison Grayson
Ritch Marvin

Portland’s Beer & Bike friendly mentality goes off the deep end. Hopworks’ Christian Ettinger takes us on an Edgar Winter Group style “free ride”. Kegs + Bike + Bar = Mobile Portland Party!

Interview, Video/Audio, and Graphics by:
Ezra Johnson-Greenough
Alison Grayson
Ritch Marvin

Part 2 of a tour of Bridgeport Brewing in Portland, Oregon with head brewer Karl Ockert. Karl discusses the brewing process and some of the ways Bridgeport practices sustainability.

Interview, Video/Audio, and Graphics by:
Ezra Johnson-Greenough
Alison Grayson
Ritch Marvin

Part 1 of the Bridgeport Brewing Sustainability Tour in Portland, Oregon with head brewer Karl Ockert. Karl walks us through a play by play of their brewing process and some of the ways Bridgeport practices sustainability. If you’re interested in how beer is made, sustainably and well, this is a great video to watch. Invite a friend that is new to the micro-brew scene then watch and learn with this very informational 2 part series. You’ll definitely want to create your own sustainable brews by the end of this video …