Author: lvidmar

Back on Saturday the 12th I threw back a couple beers while deciding what to do, and I went to the 2005 KLCC MicroBrew Festival. Was only there for the last hour and a half, but that didn’t stop me from sampling 13 different brews. My checklist:

• Anderson Valley (Booneville, CA) – Boont Amber
• Lost Coast (Eureka, CA) – Great White – “very citrusy”
• Oregon Trader (Albany, OR) – Toasty Oaky Stout
• Pelican (Pacific City, OR) – Tsunami Stout
• Pyramid (Seattle, WA) – Snow Cap
• Redhook Ale (Woodinville, WA) – IPA
• Rock Bottom (Portland, OR) – Maltnomah Porter
• Rogue Ales (Newport & Eugene, OR) – Ãœber Pilsner – “not the greatest Rogue brew I’ve had”
• Siletz Ales (Siletz, OR) – Spruce Ale – “tastes like pine needles”
• Siletz Ales (Siletz, OR) – Chocolate Porter – “surprise, chocolatey”
• Steelhead (Eugene, OR) – Cuvee’ de Peppar
• Windmer Brothers (Portland, OR) – Hefeweizen – “I was waiting in line for the Lost Coast, needed something to drink.”
• Wolavers (Middlebury, VT) – Organaic IPA – “organic beer… from Vermont… not the best…”

Interestingly, I ran into my biology teacher sampling some beer with some friends. When they closed, I was obviously not feeling well to drive, so I decided to walk a several blocks to the Indigo District (a bar with music). Along the way, I attempted to pay Jared a drunk dial (as he has done to me many times in the past), but got his voicemail, so then I called Andy and talked for a minute before letting him get back to sleep. When I got to the Indigo, I ran into McKenna (a girl I know from work) and chatted for a few minutes before using the restroom. Whilst walking around the bar, I ran into Dawn from my Biology class, and we polished off a pitcher of IPA. Both of us woke up with killer hangovers, and eventually made it out to study by Sunday evening (there was a test on Monday).

Side note about this post: These events also took place over a week ago, I’m such a crappy blogger. I’ll get snappier about it though… I should blog about this past weekend (skifest redux) quite soon, though I desperately need sleep tonight.

Excerpt from my essay:

Sunday-SUNday-SUNDAY, Superbowl Sunday in-fact— one of the best days to go skiing all year, but not this year. This year I decided to fulfill my science requirement, signed myself up for Marine Biology, and in so doing, got myself roped into going on a field trip to the coast. I was not overly excited about the concept at first, especially with the omnipresent likelihood of rain on the coast, in Oregon, in January. Barring unforeseen circumstances (or hangovers), I’m always up for an adventure, and when I made arrangements to carpool with three people I had never talked to before, I all but guaranteed myself an adventure. Susan picked me up about a block away from my apartment, we met Dawn and Ryan at the college parking lot and were on our way.

We went to the OIMB docks in Charleston, the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, and finally the Sunset Bay tide pools. There were all kinds of organisms stuck to the wet-side of the docks, and in the tide pools, but the estuary was a long distance from the end of the trail, so we got soaked and couldn’t see anything but birds in the distance. At the tide pools, I touched an anemone for the first time, and it was kinda freaky (apparently they shock you and inject poison– but not enough to adversely effect a human)

After a change of socks, we went to try to find some dinner, some with hopes of finding out what was going on with the football game. The restaurant we went to did not have even one television, but we ate there anyways, due to hunger and lack of other options. Overall it was quite an interesting day, albeit a little unpleasant when the rain leaked through my jacket. Yet another adventure I will not soon forget.

Side note about this post: It’s been a couple weeks so I don’t feel like spending a ton of time writing this (also didn’t feel like pasting my entire essay), however I felt I should write something about it, as it was a rather exciting experience. Photos may be forthcoming, we’ll see.