Portland is the brewery capital of the world. Mirav and I have gotten into beer since we moved up here. More so me than Mirav, but Mirav is getting there. About a month ago Mirav and I decided to attend what they refer to as "Zwickelmania." All the breweries in Portland open their doors and give free samples and brewery tours. We went to what I can only assume were the three worst breweries in Portland. We got 3 samples and no brewery tour. Some friends I talked to had dozens and dozens of samples and hour long brewery tours. Oh well, try again next year.
It was such a nice day out. It rained every day for 2 weeks before this. So it was nice to be out. We got a late start, hopped on the bus and rode it across the river and into downtown. We stopped at some foodcarts downtown before we hit the breweries.
The first brewery was a total bust. They stuck everyone in a room upstairs where they keep all their brewing stuff, but not where they actually brew the beer. So we left and went to Rogue. Rogue is really popular in Portland. The gave us a sample of a stout that was not so great. We actually had to buy these little beers just so we could say we had something.
Since we were downtown, we decided to stop by the Portland City Grill, which is on the 30th floor of this building
Getting off the elevator
This place has a pretty good happy hour. Add happy hour and 30th floor and you will draw a crowd. Our waitress said people show up an hour before the place opens and stand in line waiting to make a mad rush to the elevators to get a seat. Tables are first come first serve so it's very cut throat. Took us a half hour to find something at the bar.
Mirav had some kind of grapefruit drink that she said was mostly alcohol. But the food was pretty good. It was very fancy.
It was a fun day. Nice to get out of the house. Next year we'll plan our brewery route a little better
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