beer – To Aire is Divine

Enter the Dragon-Klaus

A wonderful tribute to an amazing man – who LOVED HIS BEER.Â Tonight at the Green Dragon, a special keg of Vienna lager was brewed and consumed and Klaus’ name.Â Bogart couldn’t be there, so I brought Bogart’s mini-me: This is a glass of Dragon Klaus, the beer of the evening.Â The picture is dark,…

F. H. Steinbart

F-i-n-a-l-l-y I get to go out.Â Mama was working a lot this week and thus my life was less than super exciting.Â Today there is a brewing demo over at FH Steinbart… did somebody say beer? I like this place.Â They have no problem with me coming in, and today it’s a special event. If…

Here Comes the G-rain Again

More SNOW!!! It seems like every day I wake up and there is more snow out there.Â Apparently this is unusual for Portland, but hey, since I’ve only been here a few months – and this is my very first real snow EVER – I don’t mind. Check out this monster paw print – was…

Vienna Lager

WOWZA, the first batch of dad’s Vienna Lager is done brewing! Yes, dad is as proud as any new father when his newest babies are born… the Vienna Lager will need to sit for some time before it becomes truly drinkable, but today is their birthday so it’s a special time. A little tasting is…

Special Delivery

The brewing continues in earnest… I’m learning a lot by watching dad doing his work making beer, and one thing I’ve discovered is that there are some definite by-products of beer making.Â And we’re not really fond of wasting such things if there is another great use for them.Â Well, it turns out that the…

Bones and Brews

Mama and dad HAD to make up to me for not taking me along to Flugtag yesterday.Â I only see mama two days a week for the whole day, and when she chooses to spend one of those whole days somewhere else, well, I’m not a happy boy.Â We had thought about going to the…