Potions & Notions
The Beer Fashioned gets a day in court
Posted by: John Chandler on Aug 26, 2010 at 02:00PM
6 Comments
When we last left our hero, he was contemplating the ambitious and—judging by your responses—unappetizing prospect of spending some quality time with a Beer Fashioned. I’m happy to report that there were no fatalities. In fact, I see great potential there. My proportioning was rather elephantine (too much bourbon, not enough beer), but once the mixture settled a bit, the co-mingling of brown sugar, bourbon, and beer, with just a whisper of orange, proved to be an agreeable combination. The brown sugar and bourbon produced a pleasantly medicinal taste, while the wheat beer added malty notes and, along with the orange zest, provided an unmistakably festive tone. Note: I only had one due to a shortage of bourbon. More experiments to follow.
A reminder to all my drinking buddies that this weekend is the Nano Beer Festival at the Green Dragon. I for one don’t see the point of microscopic beers, but to each his own. I mean, are they served with an eye-dropper? What’s that? They’re not? Imagine my chagrin. This sudsy bash is a chance for smaller breweries (1000 barrels or less annually) like Heater Allen, Fort George, and Upright to bring out their own artisan ales and introduce them to a grateful public.
Finally, has anyone been to the Blue Parrot at 3416 N Lombard St lately? Apparently the name’s been changed to Foggy Notion, and I wanted to know if the bar was named for one of my favorite Velvet Underground songs.
I think for now, I’ll take your word for it.
The Blue Parrot had a bad, bad rep. I just hope Foggy Notion moves it away from old N. Portland scary dive bar status toward something a bit more NoPo (along the lines of Leisure or The Fixin’ To, or even new and old stalwarts like Mocks Crest and Sunshine(?) Tavern.)
Are those chairs for sale?
Glad you survived the beer fashioned. Still gonna pass though. Next time, how about a good old fashioned straight up beer. If you wanna get all fancy, you can hold your pinky up for pizazz. I like you, but you’re nutty.
I love the Velvet Underground! Hope the owners turn it into Max’s Kansas City!
Hi. Yes, it is absolutely named after that song. They have the record on the bar counter-top. :)
Come in & see…
mucho diferente from the previous bar.