Bill at It’s Pub Night tipped us off to a recent visit he made to Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon.

Next Stop, Belmont Station

The new place is bigger, too. I mean, you could still fit three Belmont Stations into John’s Market over in Multnomah Village, but the inventory is comparable. Belmont may be missing some beers that John’s carries, especially at the low end. But there are other Portland International Brewfest sorts of choices at Belmont — Norwegian IPAs, Belgian Stouts — that I don’t see on the John’s Market list.

Another benefit of the new location is the attached pub — the Biercafe — including a few tables on the sidewalk. They only have four taps, but they keep them tasty — or, as the cafe boss Wade put it to me today, “No crap on tap”.

Belmont Station
4500 SE Stark St.
Portland, OR 97215

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Candidate for Oregon Senate Steve Novick has an interesting idea to garner name recognition, seem like a “regular guy”, and help people get past his prosthesis.

He’s commissioned a beer.

The Oregonian: Senate candidate Novick has a beer brewed to recognize his hook hand prosthesis

(AP) Like all politicians, Oregon Senate hopeful Steve Novick wants to be seen as the kind of guy you’d like to have a beer with.

And Novick hopes it’s a “Left Hook Lager,” a beer concocted for the campaign by a Eugene-based brewery and named in honor of the metal prosthesis the candidate sports in lieu of his left hand.

According to an e-mail sent to supporters, Left Hook Lager will be served at events in Eugene and Portland around St. Patrick’s Day. Novick fans and beer enthusiasts can also reserve a bottle or a case, to be picked up and paid for at campaign headquarters on the permitted dates.

I like it.

Anyone know who the brewer actually is?

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