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‘Dare to Tell’
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Cannon Beach Gazette
WHAT’S ON TAP AT PELICAN
Toasted Grandma and Dark Hearted Blonde
By R.J. Marx
Cannon Beach Gazette
I
n Cannon Beach’s turbo-charged world
of zymurgy, he who brews the best beer
wins. And local brewers will go to extreme
lengths to present the best and most
exciting product.
One of the most original teamings comes
from Pelican Brewing Co.
Cannon Beach brewer Coren Tradd collab-
orated with local coffee roaster Sleepy Monk
Coffee to create “Dark Hearted Blonde,” de-
scribed as an intriguing blonde stout, which
features all the roasted coffee and chocolate
aromas and flavors of a stout, but in a color you
wouldn’t expect.”
Aficionados say the light-gold color packs
an aromatic and flavorful punch of a much
darker beer.
At the bar, I shared insights from assistant
general manager Trevor McLean. McLean,
who was raised in West Linn and has worked
for Pelican for five years, moved to Cannon
Beach last year with the opening of the Hem-
lock Street location.
“I worked in Pacific City for three to four
years, and then this opportunity came to open
this brand new restaurant, and I took it,” Mc-
Lean said.
Since that time, he’s hosted visitors from
around the world and seen the growth of the
brewing company into a Northwest power-
house.
“Business is great,” McLean said. “We have
our slow days like any other business in the
wintertime — it’s different in the summertime.”
COURTESY PELICAN BREWING CO.
Pelican Assistant General Manager Trevor
McLean.
‘I WANT TO GET PEOPLE
OUT HERE TO TRY THIS BEER
BEFORE IT GOES AWAY.’
Trevor McLean
Sales can run from $30,000 to $40,000 in
the summer, he said, down to $3,000 in the win-
ter months.
Unique beers are designed for each location,
including Cannon Beach, Pacific City and the
tap room in Tillamook.
The Cannon Beach location has 20 taps to
pull from.
Brewer Tradd uses a two-vessel, 10-barrel
system, along with four fermenters and four
serving tanks, with beers in all serving tanks.
These include specialty beers along with Pel-
ican’s core product: Kiwanda, Umbrella, Five
Fin, Beak Breaker, Tsunami and Sea N Red.
Tradd works mornings six to eight hours
and lets his creativity run free. “The last beer
he did was ‘Toasted Grandma,’ which was an
oatmeal cookie brown ale,” McLean said. “He
does wonders with beers.”
The marriage of beer and Sleepy Monk
coffee was a natural for Cannon Beach. The
nearby coffee roaster has achieved success in
spreading its signature beans throughout the
region. “This blonde stout made with Sleepy
Monk beans is amazing, one of the most unique
beers I’ve had,” McLean said.
Beans used included Tanzania and Mexican
Altura.
Tradd worked with the roasters of Sleep-
ing Monk to dial in the precise roast for this
unique beer. He took 11 pounds of the roast and
steeped them into the fermenter. Tradd took
samples over a one-week period to determine
the right amount of consistency and balance for
this blonde stout.
“The end result was this very unique beer
that everybody seems to love here and I wanted
to showcase,” McLean said.
The stout premiered at the Holiday Ale fest
in Portland, where it shared the stage with en-
tries from breweries around the state.
“I want to get people out here to try this beer
before it goes away.”
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Gideon For-mukwai presents a dramatic
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Columbia with York,” at 7 p.m. on Satur-
day, Jan. 13, at the Hoffman Center for the
Arts in Manzanita.
For-mukwai stars as
York of the Lewis and
Clark Expedition 1804-
1806. York was Captain
Clark’s black slave. His
status notwithstanding,
the records show he con-
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Gideon
success of the expedi-
For-mukwai
tion as an indispensable
bridge-builder.
For-mukwai takes the audience on a
panoramic journey from Camp Dubois in
Missouri to Fort Clatsop in Astoria. In the
course of the journey, York experiences
850 days of freedom. Unlike other slaves
of that era, he was allowed to carry a rifle,
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Indians.
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wai did test performances in Portland and
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For-mukwai spent over 15 years honing the
craft of business storytelling in Asia, Eu-
rope, Africa and America.
For-mukwai is a bestselling author of
“The Science of Story Selling.” Growing
up in Africa, he was very mischievous and
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the villagers. Everyone in his village pre-
dicted that he’d end up in jail. He ended in
Portland.
“Dare to Tell: Crossing the Columbia
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