This morning I rode down the street to pay a visit to former Hopworks brewer Ben Love at the site of Gigantic Brewing Company, his new endeavor with fellow brewmaster Van Havig. Not unlike the time capsule that I photographed at Hopworks before construction started, the Gigantic building in southeast Portland is layered with stuff… Continue reading Next Up: Gigantic Brewing
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DIY, Portland
I met Julie Sabatier at an assignment for the Oregonian. Inara Verzemnieks did a nice story on the listening party she holds each month to hear her radio program “DIY, Portland” that airs on KBOO.It’s a great little show about people doing real things in their own real ways…whether it’s home birth or home brew.… Continue reading DIY, Portland
First in line
This guy must have known what was coming… Hopworks Urban Brewery opened last week. There might have been more bikes than cars in the parking area. One more reason to love Portland. I keep meaning to post a slide show of the progression of that project. It was fun to follow. In the mean time,… Continue reading First in line
Cold beer, here.
I’ve been photographing off and on for the past year and a half up the street as brewmaster Christian Ettinger and crew transform the old Sunset Fuel building into Hopworks Urban Brewery. Folks in the neighborhood are excited to have someone with vision and energy commit to such a huge project in a stretch of… Continue reading Cold beer, here.