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Originally Posted by Nick Royale
Yo Gad, you're from Oregon, right? Ever been to the Oregon Brewers Festival? Heading there this summer and I seem to recall you recommending some Oregon beers a long while ago.
yes to being from Oregon, no to having been to the Oregon Brewers Festival
the overall level of craft beer quality is so high that it's sort of hard to go wrong with your preferred style
my two favorite (large-ish) breweries for overall quality across their beers are Deschutes and Ninkasi -- i'm not familiar with the stuff they have on offer
at the brewfest, but I'm sure it'll be good (and if you search out Deschutes Black Butte Porter and Ninkasi Total Domination, you will be quite happy)
other names on that list that I recognize as being quite well regarded are:
Base Camp
Boneyard
Caldera (Ashland Amber is really good for when you go to Nong's Khao Man Gai, and you MUST go to Nong's)
Cascade
Full Sail (Session Black is one of the most enjoyable sessions out there)
Green Flash
Laurelwood
McMenamins (quite partial to the Blackwatch Cream Porter, which isn't on that list)
Rogue (good ol' standby)
you're gonna have a great time; I'm super-envious. let me know if you want me to send you the thing I put together for benneh last year with a bunch of food/bar recommendations
hint: you should want me to send it to you