
WHY IS MY BEER BOTTLE WAXED?
Every year around this time, beer lovers find themselves blessed with prized bottles of barrel-aged stout.
Most of the brown bottles have been dipped in wax – a thick coating that covers the cap and drips down the neck.

MANZANITA BREWPUB TO OPEN
A fast-growing Portland brewery is poised to open a brewpub on Manzanita’s cozy main street.

A PEEK BEHIND THE DARK ARTS CURTAIN
A giddy anticipation is building up and down the North Coast. The Festival of Dark Arts is just days away.

ASTORIA RINGS IN STOUT MONTH
Hat’s off to Astoria’s Fort George Brewery for taking the bleakest month of the year – otherwise known as February – and turning it into a showcase of world-class stouts.

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