10 Reasons I Hate Listicles

Don't worry, I'm not really going to fight listicles with listicles by writing this sermon as a numbered list.  Instead I'm going to rant about what a scourge listicles are to thinking people everywhere.

In the beer world, the most common listicle template is "The {10 / 25 / 100} Best {Beers / Bars} of {This Year / Some City / The World}", though people sometimes get a little more creative -- like beermapping.com's 12 Sexy Ways to Achieve Satisfaction when Beer Mapping.  Oh wait, that one doesn't piss me off because it isn't a listicle, it's just a list that slyly refers to that slatternly mother of all listicle sources, Cosmopolitan Magazine (which, to its credit, did happen to mention beermapping.com in its writeup of "12 Sexy, Totally Free Dates").

Bazi Bierbrasserie Celebrates Second Anniversary with New Beer, Expanded License

Portland's only strictly Belgian/European-inspired beer bar – Bazi Bierbrasserie is celebrating its 2nd anniversary this Sunday, May 26, from 4-10 PM and Monday, May 27 at 5 PM with the help of Lompoc Brewing. It seems like just the other day I was reporting about an exciting new Belgian bier bar that was soon to open in my hood. Here are the details of the festivities taking place and word on a special anniversary beer.

Beer List for the Portland Fruit Beer Festival Announced

The full beer list for the 3rd annual Portland Fruit Beer Festival (June 8 & 9) has been released, as well as details about this year's pre-Festival Dinner at EastBurn. In addition to the 20 main festival taps from a wide swath of breweries, there are over 25 more rare one-off kegs from breweries rarely if ever seen in Oregon.

Oregon's first Community Supported Brewery: Grain Station Brew Works

New breweries are a dime a dozen in Oregon these days, but a project like the forthcoming Grain Station Brew Works--which claims to be Oregon's first CSB (Community Supported Brewery) and have a marketplace (similar to Old Salt)--is still refreshing news. The concept from Mark Vickery, formerly Brewmaster at Golden Valley Brewery, and Kelly McDonald, owner of the Granary District in McMinnville, is well underway and plans to launch late summer 2013 in McMinnville.

3 Beer Events this Saturday in Portland Worth Your Time

This Saturday you have a choice weather to Putt-Putt for beer or take a Break for one or get Crafty with it.

Brewvana Brewery Tours is holding their first 1st Annual Putt Putt Drink 9-Hole Mini Golf Tourney and beer will surely be involved as each whole is at a different brewery or beer bar. Breakside Brewery is celebrating their 3rd anniversary on Saturday by closing down the side street off their Dekum brewpub for a party with bands, Bunk Sandwiches, special beers and limited edition bottle releases. Last at The Beer Bunker in my new hood of Montavilla is hosting the book release party for Beer Crafts by Shawn Bowman, it's an arts and crafts book centered around craft beer.