{"id":5138,"date":"2011-08-24T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2011-08-26T15:26:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T19:26:10","slug":"to-beervana-and-back-bbc11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/24\/to-beervana-and-back-bbc11\/","title":{"rendered":"To Beervana and back: Our Beerventures of PDX and BBC &#8217;11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#bbc11<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_blog_conf\/BBC11logo-sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf Logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Take a flight, drink some beer, meet some bloggers. Thoughts that circled my mind as I packed for Beervana on 8\/15\/2011. Endless expectations surfaced, but high hopes can often shatter, so it was left to fate. Now, mere memories, those thoughts are replaced by a brim-full week in a city that floats in a virtual pint glass.<\/p>\n<p>To kick off the trip, Brian @seacoastbevlabs, Sean @2beerguys, Ryan @thirstynobeard and Amber @aljpeace, began this &#8220;beerventure&#8221; at Logan Airport, in Boston Beer Works, swapping stories and pints of Back Bay IPA, and Buckeye Oatmeal Stout before a late night flight. Oh, how naive we were!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote of the day,<\/strong> &#8220;Fire in the Hole!&#8221; Sean<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1<\/strong><br \/>\nA short walk from the ever cool Jupiter Hotel, over the Burnside Bridge, led us to Voo Doo Donuts, a Portland institution. Food Props go to the maple bacon donut. 2 strips of bacon stacked on a glazed donut with maple frosting. Nuff said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_bbc11\/bbc11_voodoo_maplebacon_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf- Maple Bacon Donut at VooDoo\" width=\"421\" height=\"316\" \/><br \/>\nNow, the beer. We sipped our way through the following breweries\/pubs\/bottle shops on day 1, stopping only to add great new friend Megan and old friend Angelo @brewpublic to our merry crew.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rock Bottom Brewery<\/li>\n<li>Deschutes<\/li>\n<li>Burnside Brewing Company (twice)<\/li>\n<li>Coalition<\/li>\n<li>Buy the Bottle<\/li>\n<li>Saraveza<\/li>\n<li>Apex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Beer Props of the day:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Amber:<\/strong> Old Rasputin @ Apex<br \/>\n<strong>Sean:<\/strong> Zombie Flanders @ Rock Bottom<br \/>\n<strong>Ryan:<\/strong> Sweet Heat @ Burnside<br \/>\n<strong>Brian:<\/strong> Oatmeal Pale Ale @ Burnside<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote of the day<\/strong>, &#8220;I need a warm bottle of milk&#8221; Sean<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_bbc11\/bbc11_sean_widmer_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf- Sean at Widmer\" width=\"271\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day one in PDX&#8230;Rocked it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat to do to keep up your everyday drinking momentum? \u00a0Balance it out with a lot of walking and some bad ass breakfasts. Day 2 was no exception. With a 2 mile walk under our belts, as well as some mean biscuits from Pine State biscuits, it was time for some Hair of the Dog, literally.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_bbc11\/bbc11_belmont_sean_gary_ry_brian_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf- the Guys @Belmont Station\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2 Breweries\/Pubs\/Bottle Shops:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hair of the Dog<\/li>\n<li>Cascade<\/li>\n<li>Green Dragon Bistro\/Buckman Village Brewing<\/li>\n<li>Belmont Station<\/li>\n<li>Horse Brass Pub<\/li>\n<li>Apex (Shout-out\u00a0to King &#8220;C&#8221; and the secret tap)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_bbc11\/bbc11_cascade_ry_brian_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf- Ryan and Brian at Cascade\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beer Props of the day:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Amber:<\/strong> Little Fred and a Pickle platter at Hair of the Dog. Say that 3 times fast.<br \/>\n<strong>Ryan:<\/strong> Drinking a Gruit and watching a troupe of gypsy dancers at The Green Dragon. Ryan does a mean polka.<br \/>\n<strong>Sean:<\/strong> Watching goats graze whilst sipping on Sang Royal at Cascade. No goats were milked during the drinking of his beer.<br \/>\n<strong>Brian:<\/strong> Enjoying the newly tapped Stoic, from the Deschutes Woody trailer, while shopping for beer. Life changing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote of the day,<\/strong> &#8220;I walked 2 miles for a\u00a0biscuit?&#8221; Ryan<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_bbc11\/bbc11_amber_bike_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf- Amber on Bike\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3<\/strong><br \/>\n10 O&#8217;Clock is early in Beertown. At least for us it was, and walking doesn&#8217;t always cut it when you&#8217;ve got a list of breweries the size of a 5 year olds Christmas list. We decided to rent bikes, form a gang, and burn some rubber. Our cab driver the night before recommend a make-your-own pancake joint called Slappy Cakes, so we were hell bent on checking it out! It was really cool, I mean hot, and prepared us for the pub crawl(s) to come!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_bbc11\/bbc11_hopworks_taps_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf- HopWorks Tap Selection\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3 Breweries\/Pubs on the crawl:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hop Works (Pre-crawl)-<\/strong> Cool digs, some re-imagined bike parts as decor and tap handles. \u00a0Most beautiful flight award.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Widmer Brothers<\/strong>&#8211; Shout out to the Gestalt, Pitch Black IPA and X-369&#8230;also the samples from our waiter of the 114.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deschutes Street Fair-<\/strong> Media passes, great beer, food and music&#8230;lots of blogger meet-ups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lucky Labrador-<\/strong> Sweet tour and 13 house taps + 2 guest taps. Fantastic beer!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Old Lompoc-<\/strong> Good times getting to know some new friends-in- beer over a beer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_bbc11\/bbc11_amber_brian_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf- Amber and Brian\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_bbc11\/bbc11_harry_lisa_brewdad_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf- Harry, Lisa and BrewDad\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Katie Ann\/ Amber Lin crawl consisted of Alan @growlerfils, Katie @katie_casey, Zack, and the usual contenders. We \u00a0hit Voo Doo again, Burnside, and a divey Karaoke joint. \u00a0Better times were never had with a posse like that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote of the day,<\/strong> &#8220;There&#8217;s a back entrance?&#8221; Brian<\/p>\n<p>This concludes our pre-conference stumbling. Stay tuned for <strong>BBC11: Rise of the Blogger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peace &amp; Beer<br \/>\nAmber<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/images\/2011_bbc11\/bbc11_amber_in_thought_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Beer Bloggers Conf- Amber in Thought\" width=\"271\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#bbc11 Take a flight, drink some beer, meet some bloggers. Thoughts that circled my mind as I packed for Beervana on 8\/15\/2011. Endless expectations surfaced, but high hopes can often shatter, so it was left to fate. 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