tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post4119620333173090650..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: How to Tank Spectacularly in the New MarketJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-33199433190762947182017-02-17T08:02:28.096-08:002017-02-17T08:02:28.096-08:00Other way. I think it started in Austin in the ear...Other way. I think it started in Austin in the early noughties as a "support local business" mantra. It was commodified and rebranded almost immediately, where it spread to other places like Portland and Asheville and apparently Indianapolis--not the first place I think of when I think of "weird", myself.<br /><br />But that sort of typifies it. It's the sort of weird you Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-26970195440539588782017-02-16T18:12:46.394-08:002017-02-16T18:12:46.394-08:00For the record: I was already in Corvallis. I moo...For the record: I was already in Corvallis. I moonlight as a professor when the podcasting allows.Patrick Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-24452436872617679372017-02-16T01:16:44.407-08:002017-02-16T01:16:44.407-08:00Keep Portland Weird was a thing going on twenty ye...Keep Portland Weird was a thing going on twenty years ago, at least. I brought a t-shirt back for my (German) friend from my trip in 2006. He loved it.<br /><br />My point is, did it originate in and spread out from Portland, or the other way round?Nickhttp://www.twitter.com/erlangernicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-27670739006321691312017-02-16T01:12:39.175-08:002017-02-16T01:12:39.175-08:00Sadly fascinating. I've lost track of when Ock...Sadly fascinating. I've lost track of when Ockert left -- did that have much to do with the ownership?<br /><br />We moved away in late 2004, and we returned for a visit in early 2006. The reconstruction was done in the interim. I took the street car from the south, and as the block came into view, I literally gasped and choked back a tear, the reconstruction was so heart-breaking. Such a Nickhttp://www.twitter.com/erlangernicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-57539302139807701012017-02-15T19:16:21.518-08:002017-02-15T19:16:21.518-08:00I was at Bridgeport on day 1 (or maybe week 1), wh...I was at Bridgeport on day 1 (or maybe week 1), when it was just a hole in the wall in that big warehouse. I rejoiced when they expanded and then expanded again, and then opened the upstairs. The beer was honest and good, and the pizza was chewy and nourishing. But when the place got gentrified, it was never the same for me. I've been back once or twice just to make sure. Despite what it Leftfielderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155700673496307589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-77346074270913417452017-02-15T10:48:32.849-08:002017-02-15T10:48:32.849-08:00Real thing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/catfuzz/...Real thing: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/catfuzz/2503616818" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/catfuzz/2503616818</a>Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-87360252783518677482017-02-15T10:39:40.397-08:002017-02-15T10:39:40.397-08:00Keep Portland Beered, seriously? Everyone is suspi...Keep Portland Beered, seriously? Everyone is suspicious of these "Keep $PlaceOrThing Weird" slogans by now. It was hated by Austinites while I was there. It was beloved by douchebag imports from California and New York. Sounds like Portland has its own douchebag import problem. I know Asheville is having a douchebag import problem, too. Every time I visit my sister up there we have a Daniel Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541362075861422658noreply@blogger.com