Author: Don Tse
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Brewing - Brewing FeaturesA Cornucopia of Beer
July 31, 2015 - Don Tse For a brief but unfortunate time in the history of beer, “fruit beer” was synonymous with “bad beer.” This was the time when brewers were adding fruit to beers to make them sweet and syrupy and marketed them to people who didn’t much like beer. In truth, fruit has been used in beer for a... View Article -
Brewing - Brewing FeaturesAward-winning Fruit Beers
July 31, 2015 - Don Tse This sidebar on award-winning fruit beers accompanied an article entitled “A Cornucopia of Beer” in our May 2015 issue. There are a lot of fruit beers on the market today, using all manner of fruits. Look for these which have been judged as some of the best: 2014 Great American Beer Festival American-Style Fruit Beer Gold:... View Article -
Web OnlyPainters Find Inspiration From Beer
February 24, 2015 - Don Tse Scott Clendaniel and Karen Eland appreciate beer as art. As painters, they understand the emotional responses beer can evoke, and they use it to inspire their own work. Clendaniel, of Anchorage, AK, makes oil paintings of and inspired by the beer he’s drinking at the time, while Eland, of Bend, OR, creates beer-inspired images using... View Article -
CultureCreating Masterpieces: The Relationship Between Art and Beer
March 1, 2014 - Don Tse Ever since the McMenamins chain of brewpubs opened its first location, Barley Mill Pub in Portland, OR, in 1983, brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin have embraced art. For a time, the McMenamins even referred to their brewers, themselves, as artists. Not counting these brewer artists, McMenamins currently employs three full-time artists and several others on... View Article -
Brewing FeaturesDistilleries Embrace Beer
November 1, 2013 - Don Tse For the last several years, it has become increasingly popular to age beers in whiskey barrels. The trend has become so popular that in 2011, the Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer category at the Great American Beer Festival was the second-most competitive category (the first was American-Style IPA) with 118 entries. But now we’ve come... View Article -
Culture - SidebarsA Weekend in …
May 1, 2007 - Don Tse A Weekend in Portland The greater Portland area boasts over 30 breweries and brewpubs. To visit them all in one weekend would be a little ambitious. One thing you can do to help solve the problem is to visit Portland during the weekend of the Oregon Brewers Festival. With the 20th annual edition scheduled for... View Article -
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Booming Beer Culture—Why We All Envy the Northwest
May 1, 2007 - Don Tse It’s a good time to be a beer lover in North America. The United States now boasts more operating breweries than any other country in the world. North of the border, the number of breweries in Canada grew by nearly half in ten short years. Craft beer in both countries attracts growing and more sophisticated... View Article -
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Beer in the Prairie Provinces
November 1, 2006 - Don Tse Amongst Canadians, the area to the east of the Rocky Mountains and to the west of the Canadian shield is often jokingly referred to as the “bald-assed prairie.” That’s not entirely fair, but when it comes to beer, great establishments are few and far between in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. With a significant Ukrainian population,... View Article