Oregon and Washington BS thread

AB InBev just bought the rest of Craft Brew Alliance that they didn't own. Not likely to impact some of the local micros, other than it might mean an infusion of cash for marketing and emphasis on brands like Widmer, Omission and Square Mile Cider.

 

Kona Brewing Company is now part of iBev.

 

Also got my Oregon drivers license this morning. Only got a question about a church bus wrong.

 

Hey everybody, it's been awhile since I've been on here. Just thought I'd drop in and say hi.

For those I've seen before, no I'm not back into a Tacoma yet. I'm now into a 96 ram 2500 with the 12 valve cummins. My 2006 ram 1500 is still in the driveway, but I think it needs a new water pump.

 

howdy!

 

Why? McMenamin's has a strong niche (okay basic six, occasional variation if the onsite brewer is decent, good hangout otherwise).

I mean, are they a froofroo gastropub? Nah. Do peeps still want to go to their properties (which all happen to be historic pubs/breweries closed for reasons)? Def.

 

Mcmenamins ain’t going nowhere. They just opened a new place in tacoma.

the CBA thing sucks but at the same time I have gotten more into local breweries anyways.

 

That seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks for the help,

 

You’d be surprise to know some of the owners of local breweries. 10 Barrel is owned by AB Inbev for example. Consolidation is huge in the industry.

 

10 barrel is maintaining quality after buyout fwiw. Plus it's not like they weren't distributing before.

 

I’m not surprised at all and I’m not talking things like ten barrel. I’m talking things much smaller and localized

 

Which once, like Alameda Brewing, Burnside,Cider Riot?

 

And boring brewing and sunriver and caldera and brewery 26

 

O boy, was not aware that Caldera closed!

 

they didn’t

 

So I'm making a new design for my stained glass work. A friend of the family asked for something with WSU and Seahawks. I'm finally almost done with the design, and now one of my wife's cats thinks he is more important. Damn little beast jumped into my lap and keeps trying to stand up on my shoulder. Pretty sure I'm going to have to go glass shopping soon to get the right colors.
Pic of another one I made a couple months ago

 

Seriously what the hell is up with lift diesel trucks having the light bars on when driving down the main roads. I was in Gresham last night and had 3 pass me in a span of a about two miles

 

Their all high? Pun intended.

 

I saw a Colorado last week in Hillsboro drive with it on. It was mounted to the 'roll bar' in the bed.

 

I saw a shitty ass minivan in gresham the other morning with no headlights on just a light bar in the grill. BTW it was dark and foggy as hell and the light bar was blinding