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This weekend—Friday and Saturday the 8th and 9th to be exact—is the KLCC Microbrew Festival over in Eugene (Oregon). From 5 to 11pm each day, it's at the Lane Events Center Exhibit Hall (796 W 13th) and costs $10 admission. Tasters are $1.
(There's also a homebrew competition; it's a $10 entry fee but you get subsequently get free entry to the 'fest.)
This is a big deal for Eugene. KLCC is the Public Radio station over there, and they put on a good fest; just check out this list of beers to see what I mean: read more »
I had to laugh at the following Euro Champs of beer. Brilliant!
Quarter Finals:
Germany v Ireland (Guiness) - Germany
Czecho v Poland - Czecho
Belgium v France - Belgium
England (London Pride) v Scotland (Deuchars IPA) - England
Semis:
Germany v Czecho - Czecho
Belgium v England - Belgium
Final:
Czecho v Belgium
Winner: read more »
Beer Bar
Date and time reviewed: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:20:18 EST
Overall Score: 80.0
Selection: 4 | Service: 4 | Atmosphere: 4 | Food: 4.0
Reviewer: emerge077
Decided to check out Quencher's for lunch today, hadn't been in there for quite awhile. My choice meal was Frito pie and a Hamm's, purely for nostalgia's sake. The bill was a whopping $6.
To their credit, there's many other food options available, soup/salad, personal pizzas, sandwiches, all at affordable prices. Some of the pizzas sounded pretty creative from the menu list.
The daytime/after work atmosphere of Quencher's is pretty relaxed...a well worn L-shaped wooden bar, wood-lined cooler doors, several breweriana signs scattered around, and a huge chalkboard for the beers. One tv had msnbc on, and the bar conversation had a political flavor due to the current primary elections. In the side room, bands play nightly on a small stage, and there are cases full of vintage glassware on the walls. Glad to report the ratty couches of yesteryear have been removed. The crowd is mixed, you will get hipsters, tourists, and local barflies on any given night. read more »
I returned 2 weeks ago from a vacation in Belgium and Germany with the primary focus of the trip to visit the abby at Westvleteren. After researching the websites in depth and making sure I did not visit on a Saturday (web site said closed) I proceeded to arrange train from Brussels west. Then a car rental as there is not any public transport that far out. Starting out early on a friday I drove to the town of Westvleteren. Hey that was preety easy. The abby should be easy to find right? Wrong! I read more »
" I'm French Mr. Eckland. My parents started me on wine mixed with water when I was six... The truth is, I don't believe in excessive drinking.... We had martini's before dinner, white wine with the fish, red wine with the main course, champagne with desert, cognac with the coffee and port after dinner." ---- Father Goose, 1965 , a Cary Grant movie.
The above quote from Father Goose really makes read more »