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Scott,
Thanks for the podcast link. I had a chance to listen to it on the way to PDX.

They've had a similar ordering system for a number of years. The new website makes it easier. You still need to know the license number of the car you will be driving, which makes setting up an account prior to going to Europe difficult. It does sound like part of the new system records a code from ...

Thanks - brief layover in Atlanta. You guys are great. Any cool lunch or dinner spots? Valley Commisary or Community Plate for lunch. Nick's, Thistle, Bistro Maison, or La Rambla are my favorites for dinner, but there's 411, Red Hills Kitchen, and the Barberry as well. Pizza Capo is the new cool sp...

Lots of great Chardonnay here. Walter Scott (appt only -south of town) Goodfellow (appt only - in town) Brittan/Winderlea (open - in town) Flanauer (?? - in Carlton) Fairsing (open - E from Yamhill) Martin Woods (appt only - SW of town) Eyrie (in town) is closed for the next few weeks to remodel the...

Really more for my 90 year old Father in Law than me - I'll be busy cooking.

Cedar-planked troll-caught Chinook salmon
Roasted Asparagus
Bill Landreth's Corn
Locally grown "Hood" strawberries with Vanilla Ice Cream

The Brewers Association came by a couple of weeks ago to do some filming, and they came out with this video just in time for Fathers Day.

We don't do a lot of PDX beer week stuff. We aren't considered a Portland brewery, and we're not really into the "Bro" scene.

Lisa will be a the Pilsner event, probably from 5 til 7.

Fortunately was in Portland this afternoon and hit Wayfinder Brewing to celebrate their second anniversary. Enjoyed the always great Terrifica Italian Pils and the Birthday Beer. Then hit Little Beast. Good Pils and very good Saisons (forgone the names of the various Saisons, but ranged from new wo...

Opened a 2007 Cameron Dundee Hills Pinot on Saturday and it was fantastic. Cherries, raspberries, with a spicy element. No rough edges, great mouth-feel and finish. It tasted like it had years to go but was great right now.

Most of the dark coloring for beers (other products too) comes from a product called Sinamar that is made by the malt producer we use, Weyermann. It is produced in accordance with Reinheitsgebot. Sadly, it has become prevalent in many dark beers as a cheaper way to get color without using the approp...

Glenn L e v i n e wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 5:11 pm
I did have a glorious HA Marzen during an otherwise yeech meal in Amity.

Glad you enjoyed it!

I was really enamored with Oregon Pinot Gris in about 1987 (I think Ponzi and Eyrie were the only producers then), and have occasionally tasted good ones since, though I think I could count the really goods ones in the last decade on one hand. I agree with Scott that it is much easier to find good C...

Highway 18 between Dundee and McMinnville is closed making the Lafayette 99W area super problematic. Maybe they will have it re-opened this week. Highway 18 work is supposed to be complete by Friday and regardless it is open for the weekend. Hope you make it down to Eola-Amity! You beat me to it!

We're having our 12th Anniversary Celebration on Monday. We'll be pouring all our beers, tapping a hoppy (massively dry-hopped) lager, and selling a limited edition 12th Anniversary clay stein. We also will have Goodfellow Chardonnay and Cameron Spritz on tap.

Neither Sam Adams nor Dogfish is cutting edge. Too big and too out of touch. Putting the two together is like adding 2 plus 2 and expecting to get 6. Ain't going to happen.

The move by the Boston Beer Company is reminiscent of Invbev's acquisitions to pump up their market share. BBC is too big and too corporate to be considered a craft brewery, and Dogfish Head wasn't far behind. Combining two struggling enterprises isn't going to suddenly make them successful. BBC has...

I'm glad you were able to find a little bit of our beer. Unfortunately we didn't make a delivery until last Friday, and then we took another load on Saturday...

Andrew Kotowski wrote: ↑
May 2nd, 2019, 7:59 pm
When in Oregon...

Nice haul!

You mean the Boston Brewers Association? What do you mean? The Brewers Association has repeatedly changed its definition of Craft to insure that it includes the Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams). When Sam Adams grew out of the category, the Brewers Association raised the ceiling on what a craft brewe...

The Russian River Brew Co founders took a big bet on flourishing amidst all the increased competition. Their Windsor expansion cost $50 million, and they managed to do it with no outside investors. Sure they have a cult brand, but that's bold! There are a lot of breweries that have a lot of debt...

You mean the Boston Brewers Association?

I used to consider Victory Prima Pils one of the best pilsners in the market. Now it's not even close. We see the Sixpoint beers out here occasionally, and they get pushed by their distributor pretty hard, but no one that I know seems that interested in them.

You know we sometimes think that our system in Oregon is antiquated, but yours is medieval in comparison!

I don't know any beer fans that would look for real craft beer at a large grocery chain. In many states the large chains will charge for shelf space (Oregon doesn't allow this for beer and wine), and the large breweries will buy up all the space. Large chains also have a national or regional manager...

Scott hit it. BTW, Modern Times is pricing their stock offering at the same multiple as the original Ballast Point purchase, despite the fact that Constellation has now written down it value by 20%.

Richard, you mention employee owned? Did the founders do an ESOP to take cash off the table but funded it with debt to the ESOP repaid by the company? This has caused major issues for companies in the past. I’m under the impressions a lot of breweries have done this. A number of breweries have done...

Old news in our market. We've had a number of breweries close in Portland in the last year, and there are many more out there on life-support. Generally too much debt, and too much concern about growing fast along with not enough focus on making great beer. Combine that with a number of irrational c...

Last time I checked, neither FedEx nor UPS would ship beer across state lines. This is why beer is the forgotten child.

We had the owner of Moonlight Brewing stop by and hang out for a few hours yesterday. Moonlight makes some other stuff, but their big beers are Reality Czech Pilsner and Death and Taxes - a black lager. It's always good to compare ideas with someone trying to do the same thing that we are.

Unfortunately Patrick isn't planning on heading north until early May - we're canning Lenzbock and more Pils on 4/30, and he doesn't want to head up until we have more beer. I may have another, sooner alternative. If it comes about, I'll PM you.

Bud/Brian/Andrew - here’s your chance to be more than just consumers of MT beer, but (tiny minority) owners of the company! https://wefunder.com/moderntimesbeer As an investment I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole. They lost a lot of money in both 2017 and 2018, and I found this kind of funny...

If you're into wine, come to McMinnville for the International Pinot Noir Celebration - July 25 to July 28. There are also a bunch of beer events going on in Portland centered around the Oregon Beer Fest at the same time. The OBF is one of the largest of its kind in the country, with upwards of 80,0...

What begins as reduction can end up as mercaptans. That's why I made the comment that it is probably beyond saving.

Eric is correct, although the fact that it got worse with time probably means that it's beyond saving with copper.

Marie Courtin Resonance

Pinot Gris gets treated as a second-class citizen from winemaking perspective - just like Chardonnay used to get treated. The harvest is fit in around when the Pinot Noir needs to be picked and the fact that you need to press the juice slows things down. Most that I've tasted are flabby and insipid....

I have Walter Scott Chardonnays in my cellar back to 2011. None of them have shown any signs of being over the hill. While I like them all, the 2013 vintage was a little weaker than the others. X-Novo is a relatively unique vineyard - tight spacing, planted with many different clones in a selection ...

I expect that we will be making a delivery to the Puget Sound area before you are up there. Pretty much all the places mentioned buy beer from us. Garden Path is usually a big purchaser, and is the Masonry. Bottleworks usually buys quite a bit of bottle/cans as well.

Are there Oregon participants on this thread? It looks like Oregon might get snow over the next couple of weeks. Is Spring late there this year? I'm not a producer, but Spring has been late this year. Flowering trees that we usually see blooming in early March started blooming around the first of A...

Hey, someone had to film it!

We're canning for the first time tomorrow. Das Bier (Kolsch) and Pils. We're doing a lot, and I'm not sure where we're going to put it in the Brewery, but based on initial orders, it will be manageable within a few days.

Good to hear about the Cameron. I had a pre-moxed bottle six months ago. It was the only oxidized Cameron I've had.

Thanks Andy! Maybe we should drink them together!

As far as I know, Carillon only uses this closure in the bourgogne wines. I've seen it in the Bourgogne Blanc but I haven't seen it in any of the Puligny Montrachet wines.

I opened up my other remaining bottle of the 2013 Walter Scott X-Novo tonight (for science). While still reduced, this didn't have the burnt aroma that I got on Saturday. After about half an hour it just blossomed in the glass, showing lemon and green apple, with some oak in the nose. On the palate,...

Could u tell the Roulot was burgundy vs the rest is Oregon? Or no way to tell? We were debating what it was... A few guesses went round the table. No one (I think) thought it was a 2013 Oregon. On the other hand, it didn't stand out that much. It wasn't head and shoulders better than the Cameron in...

On Saturday, a number of Berserkers (mainly lurkers) gathered at the Heater Allen Tap Room to taste 2013 Oregon Chardonnay. This is our fourth year of this endeavour. I thought the quality was better overall than previous years though that might be partially explained by our trying to include wines ...

@Scott - Pinebox has Cantillon on tap; was over there this AM for brunch at Stateside Thanks for heads up. Will prob be gone before I can make it up there. Fortunately, Rick shared some of his Cantillon stash with me tonight. 2013 Lou Pepe Gueze and Cuvée Saint-Gilloise. Both outstanding, but very ...

Stayed here this past week. It was nice. Get a room on the 2nd floor not the 1st. Was reasonable for the area. Location just OK. We chose it as we were having a dinner at Single Thread and it was reasonably close and price was good. https://www.vintnersinn.com George When we stayed at the Vintners ...

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