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Portland’s Beer Bus delivers taste of town
By Hans Greimel
The Associated Press
PORTLAND—Oregonians love
their beer so much, they’re trying
to make it a tourist attraction. And
Jim Long’s Brew Bus is in the fast
lane when it comes to taking craft
brew aficionados out for a taste of
the town.
“Since Oregon is the microbrew
capital of the United States, we
thought why not show off our
wares,” said Long, who leads beer
lovers and curious tourists on a
four-hour junket to tour Portland’s
breweries and sample their brews.
Portland leads the nation in the
concentration of microbreweries
percapita with 44. And 15 ofthese
are scheduled stops for the Brew
Bus.
Since the bus first got rolling
three years ago, thousands have
climbed aboard to taste the gamut
of homegrown beers — each taster
receiving a “College of Brew
Knowledge” diploma after com
pleting the 20-sample regimen.
“I lived here for 11 years and
never knew so much about beer,
and I even delivered to the brew
eries,” said truck driver John
Cormier as he gestured wildly
with a beer glass in each hand at
one of the stops.
But the $29.95 brewery tour is
no beer-swigging, frat party on
wheels. It's Oregon’s answer to the
wine-tasting tours that draw thou
sands every year to California’s
Napa Valley.
“This is a sipping tour, not a
pub crawl,” Long said. “I pass out
scoring cards so they can develop
their taste and find what they like
best. We try to expose people to
different styles and tastes.”
And what a range of tastes there
are in Portland...
Wheat beers, pale ales, pilsners
and stouts. Beers tinged with hon
ey, apricots and even coffee.
“What do you taste in the
porter, folks?” Long asked a group
of National Guard officers in town
for a convention. Before them sit
halfempty pints of amber, golden,
crimson, and fudge-colored beers.
“Chocolate,” one said.
“Espresso,” another said.
“How about the Bavarian
Weizen? It’s the most controversial
beer on the tour,” Long prodded.
The wheat beer sometimes draws a
grimace for its spicy aftertaste.
The tasters check their score
cards where they’ve jotted down
notes. People take it seriously.
And the beers keep coming.
Long diligently points out the
bathroom before loading up the
bus and moving on to the next
brewery, each of which has its
own personality.
Widmer Bros, is a stately tavern
in a turn-of-the century brick
building. Portland Brewing,
dubbed the prettiest brewery in
the West, featu-es hand-ham
mered copper brewing vats. At
Bridgeport, British-style ales dis
appear down the gullets of party
goers frolicking in its cavernous
beer hall. Meanwhile, twenty
somethings cradle small-batch
brews at the Old Lompoch and
shoot a game of pool.
By the time the Brew Bus circles
back to the hotel, it doesn’t seem
so ironic that a town known for its
pouring rain has something else
on tap: a beer — and a brewery —
for everyone.
“I think the microbrewery con
cept is just wonderful and because
the weather is so terrible in Port
land, it gives you a good excuse to
be inside if you have a brewery to
go to,” said Irene Anderson, a 52
year-old teacher from Australia on
tour with a singles group. “I can
see why they invented it.”
For more information, call 1
888-BIG-BREW or 1-888-244-2739.
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