A Great Beer for Greens
Pairing produce with beer — with delicious results. A look at the glorious interplay between farmers market fare and craft beer. Continue reading
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Month: September 2023
Skill of the Week: How to Emergency Rappel
Rappelling isn’t just the final ride at the end of climb. Sometimes, it’s a survival strategy necessary to help you get out of a tricky situation. Continue reading
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Sunday Firesides: Treat People as Ends, Not Means
What does it mean to act in a moral way? One of the answers the philosopher Immanuel Kant formulated to this question can be paraphrased this way: “Never treat people merely as a means to an end, but always as an end in and of themselves, too.” We all treat people as means sometimes, and […]
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Brewers Association Shares Top 50 Craft Breweries List for 2022
Share this… Facebook Pinterest Twitter Linkedin (Boulder, CO) — The Brewers Association (BA)—the trade association representing small and independent (1) American craft brewers—today released annual production figures for the U.S. craft brewing industry (2). In 2022, […] Continue reading
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Odds & Ends: September 22, 2023
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. One of Kate’s favorite novels, Peace Like a River follows the Land family, headed by a father who can work miracles, as they search for their son/brother who’s on the lam. We just finished reading the book aloud as a family. The kids didn’t like it, but then, heavy on the lyricism and light on […]
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2023 Portland Fresh Hops Festival Returns to Oaks Park
Now in its 19th year, the Portland Fresh Hops Festival, hosted by the Oregon Brewers Guild returns to the Oaks Amusement Park on September 29th and 30th. The annual fall event features beers brewed with freshly harvested hops. It's not to say that each beer is only brewed with fresh hops, but at least part […]
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The Best Kind of Leader to Be
The first general put in command of American troops during the Mexican-American war was Zachary Taylor. “Old Rough and Ready” didn’t care much for garrison discipline and military formality. He was steady and unruffled and spoke laconically, choosing his words carefully and using as few as needed to get his point across. Taylor didn’t mind […]
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