After studying abroad, Stephen McCarthy had a dream of making some of the products he tasted in Europe—like poire Williams (pear brandy)—in the U.S. He founded Clear Creek Distillery in 1985 and brought the brandy culture to the States. A craft distillery—maybe among the first, as we’ve seen craft spirits come of age—they bottle over […]
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Brew News: BridgePort Closing; pFriem Expanding
In a crowded market, breweries come and go
Beer enthusiasts often rejoice at the opening of new breweries; but those announcements can sometimes come with a downside: more competition. In the case of one of Oregon’s most established breweries, that competition proved to be too much to handle. BridgePort Brewing Company announced on its Facebook page Tuesday that it would be closing its […]
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Hood River Bike Stop
A grippy network of trails, awesome eats and other reasons to love our neighbors to the north
So you live in Bend, alias, “Mountain Bike Mecca.” Props to you, big shooter—yet maybe you’re finding yourself craving a trail you haven’t ridden before, and maybe one a bit less dusty this time of year. If your recreational budget affords you a few extra hours to kill, heading to Hood River to ride Post […]
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Oregon Water: NESTLE Drowns Local Voices with Giant Campaign Contributions
Late Filings Show Nestlé Hid at Least $105,000 in Campaign Contributions; Calls Made for State Investigation Hood River County, OR. Nestlé has recently filed extremely late campaign finance reports showing it has been secretly funding a political action front group in Hood River County fighting a ballot measure to block bottled water operations in the […]
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Sourcecast Video: Magnificent Columbia Gorge Hike
The wildflowers are now in bloom and Catherine Creek near Lyle, Washington is a perfect spring hike of less than two miles. Lyle is within a 20 minute drive of Hood River. If you can’t take the hike, spend a couple of minutes and the Source Weekly will take you there in this video.
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A Very Pfriem-y Christmas
The Hood River brewery grows and grows
The Halyard Building, a ruddy turquoise warehouse facing the Oregon-Washington border in the town of Hood River, is now fully occupied by Pfriem Family Brewers—reflecting the massive growth the Belgian-influenced brewery has seen since it was founded three years ago. “When I started this brewery,” co-founder Josh Pfriem told the Source, “I thought it’d be […]
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Logsdon Brings the Funk
New beer and new taproom for Hood River’s farmhouse brewery
It’s hard to tell the story of beer in Oregon without mentioning Dave Logsdon multiple times. He’s authentically oldschool, co-founding Full Sail Brewing Co. back in 1987, and serving as its first full-time brewer. Before that, he founded Wyeast Laboratories, eminent makers of yeast cultures for the industry, and a name every homebrewer in North […]
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Out of Town 4/8-4/15
ashland thursday 9 – monday 13 Ashland Independent Film Festival From Oscar-winning selections to shorts by first-time filmmakers, the Ashland Independent Film Festival provides an eye-popping array of engaging flicks for their 2015 lineup. Local documentaries address everything from drought conditions in Oregon (The Well) to elephant poaching (When Giants Fall). Alternative looks at prominent […]