Once
again, I happened to be in Portland for this great event.
Every
year, on a single day in mid-February, breweries across the state of Oregon
host free tours in an open house format. Participants take short tours and
receive samples given directly from the conditioning tanks. The tap near the
bottom of the tank is called a "zwickel," and hence the name. This
event takes in the Portland metro area on one weekend, and then in all other
parts of Oregon state on the following weekend. This year, in Portland alone,
65 breweries participated.
Five
of us went off across the city in search of some of the newer breweries, or
some in cases newer outposts of established breweries: Vagabond Brewing
Portland, West Coast Grocery, Ruse Brewing, Von Ebert East, Migration Brewing -
Gresham, and Threshold Brewing & Blending.
The
fourth brewery on our list was Von Ebert, which has two locations. One is in
downtown Portland, in the Pearl District. The other, Von Ebert East is located
in the quieter Glendoveer section of the city, and this is the one we visited.
“Eber” is a North German name, meaning “wild boar”
We
had a lengthy chat with head brewer Sean Burke and admired the large foeders
lining the walls of the brew area.
Von
Ebert offered samples of two beers: Taufe Pils and the intriguingly named Diagetic
Sound, a farmhouse ale. Diagetic sound is a film studies term which refers to
movie sound which is part of the story, or sound that the movie characters
would hear (as opposed to, say, violins playing sad music during a sad scene).
We
also had a big muscular IPA, Duke of York, with lunch. The brewpub dining area
gives out onto a shady leafy green golf course, and we watched weekend golfers
leisurely strolling along as we ate and imbibed.
14021
NE Glisan St.
Portland,
OR 9723
(503)
878-8708
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