This past weekend we flew up to Oregon for their annual Holiday Ale Festival which takes place in downtown Portland. They set up huge heated tents and dozens of breweries pass out their strongest beers! It also happened to be the weekend of the Civil War, Oregon v Oregon State football game, which was pretty fun. It is a huge game in Oregon, felt as big as the Superbowl.
I was quite impressed with the food in Portland, everyone else kept raving about the beer. Friday included lunch at Deschutes Brewing, followed by a wonderful dinner at Portsmouth Brewery, then cocktails at Rogue. Saturday was the day of the festival. We all met at noon in the tents, the boys did some serious beer tasting while we all watched football among the crazed fans. Oregon won of course!
After a few hours, the girls left to take advantage of the nearby shopping (and no sales tax!). We met up in the evening for dinner at Jake's Bar and Grill, yummy seafood!
It was a great weekend, a bit chilly at times but then again it is December. (San Diego is in the 70's this week!!)
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| Darren and I playing Santa at the festival |
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| Joel, Phil and Heavy finishing their first beer - 14% alcohol |
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| Heavy's favorite frown |
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| Jewitt and his Santa beard |
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