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Jul 1, 2010
Fried Bird
There are two types of Fourth of July fried chicken in Portland, Oregon: Country Cat ace chef Adam Sappington’s, and the fried chicken of everyone else. True, there are many great varieties of...
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Feb 19, 2010
The Sporting Life
Liquor company executives aren’t stupid. Why shouldn’t you have Olympic-themed cocktails the next time your pals come over to watch the bobsled finals? No reason at all. The marketing wizards at...
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Jan 6, 2010
Drink Locally
I’m not the craftiest bear in the woods, but here are some ornaments I can happily endorse. I was having a few beers at Rontom’s with my degenerate friends the other night, and couldn’t help...
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Jan 4, 2010
New Year's Thinking
Pardon me while I screw on my thinking cap. I was at Dante’s on New Year’s Eve, awaiting the ceremonial emergence of a fresh 365-day interval. A sparkling clean 2010, as yet untainted by scandal,...
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Dec 23, 2009
Home for the Holidays
If there was ever a holiday that required the drowning of sorrows, it’s this one. Being alone on Christmas day is right up there with prostate exams on the list of “life’s fun things,” so it’s...
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Dec 17, 2009
Christmas list
I’m working on a comprehensive post about Christmas gift ideas for the beer and cocktail lover (like me!) on your list, but here’s a few to tide you over in the meantime. Beer of the Month...
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Dec 8, 2009
Holiday Ale Festival
Thanks much to festival director Preston Weesner and super-sudsy publicist Chris Crabb for inviting me to a swell beer-tasting event at the Holiday Ale Festival last Friday. Weesner poured us...
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Nov 24, 2009
Holiday Shopping
What a bunch of lazy layabouts you are. Waiting around till the very last minute before flinging yourself willy-nilly into the Christmas shopping meat grinder. Not me, Charlie. You will not catch...
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Nov 23, 2009
Holiday Cocktails
As promised, I’ve turned my attention to Thanksgiving cocktails. Any time my family is shoved together under one roof, it calls for drastic measures, alcohol-wise. Since slamming a forty of malt...
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Nov 6, 2009
Drink Locally
Free beer on your birthday? Yeah, right. And all the hot girls in your office have to accept a date request from you too. A reader named Ross just sent me a query (it’s like a letter but shorter)...
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