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Drank: Dark O’ the Moon Pumpkin Stout (Elysian Brewing Company)


Drank
Seattle’s Elysian Brewing is the pumpkin king of the Northwest, brewing 13 different pumpkin beers and hosting a massive pumpkin brew festival that draws entrants from as far away as Norway. E   More
 
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Barwares: Ware It Well


Bar Reviews
Barwares (4605 NE Fremont St., 971-229-0995, smallwarespdx.com) exists only because of an architectural fluke. Chef Johanna Ware’s Asian-leaning restaurant, Smallwares, needs a bar the same si   More
 
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

The President of Beers

We bootlegged beer from all 50 states for the ultimate American taste-off.


Cover Story
Beer is made from barley, hops, yeast and statute. We tend to forget, but the bearded men with sweaty brows who toil over copper...   More
 
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR, JOHN LOCANTHI, BRIAN YAEGER

Drank: Axes of Evil (Gigantic Brewing/Three Floyds Brewing)


Drank
Axes of Evil is a fence mender. Despite the massive flying skull on the side, Indiana’s Three Floyds Brewing didn’t make half this beer. (“I didn’t even know that happened,” said the g   More
 
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Miss Kate’s Southern Kitchen


Food Cart Reviews
The Help ain’t got anything on the sentimental backstory behind Miss Kate’s Southern Kitchen. According to owner Charles Hude, the recipes for his Mississippi Marketplace comfort-food cart w   More
 
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

President of Beers: #15

Atlas IPA: Marshall Brewing Co., Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Food & Drink
We're drinking the flagship craft beer from every state in the Union, counting down from 50-1, to find which is home to the President of Beers.

#15: Atlas IPA: Marshall Brewing Co., Tulsa, Oklahoma

State: The Southernish state Oklahoma. The inaugural cla...   More
 
Friday, September 28, 2012 by MARTIN CIZMAR

Primer: Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra


Music Stories
Born: 1976 in New York City.  Sounds like: Ben Folds’ theater-geek high-school girlfriend.  For fans of: Referential piano-based pop music, Twin Peaks, Regina Spektor. Latest release: T   More
 
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

King of the Blocks

After 22 years in an 8-bit world, Robin Mihara still wants to be master of Tetris.


Featured Stories
In 1990, with the original Nintendo console at its peak popularity, the Mariomaker staged a national tour of convention centers, complete with a...   More
 
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Drank: Five Pine Chocolate Porter (Three Creeks Brewing Co.)


Drank
Chocolate beers, like chocolate bars, fall along a wide sweetness continuum. Put Rogue’s popular chocolate stout right in the middle. Far to one side, there’s the layered bitterness of Brookly   More
 
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

President of Beers: #18

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, California

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Food & Drink
We're drinking the flagship craft beer from every state in the Union, counting down from 50-1, to find which is home to the President of Beers.

#18: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, California

State: The biggest, baddest state of all. ...   More
 
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by MARTIN CIZMAR
 

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