Hey Portlanders! It’s Mac, back once again with the goods on hip shows to see this weekend. Your regular music columnist, Jenni Moore, will soon return, but let’s allow her to enjoy her precious baby photo shoots and bonding time for just a bit more, yeah? Speaking of babies, the judicial branch of our federal government is being a real downer and trying to pry away our abilities to choose when we have them. I.
Vista House Beverage Service Hike to the summit of Mount Spokane and enjoy breathtaking, 360-degree views of the region as your reward, along with an ice beverage to cool you off after all that physical exertion on a hot day. For the first time ever, staff at Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park are offering a pop-up bar at the historic Vista House every Saturday afternoon in August. The rock-walled structure, listed on the Spokane and the National Register of Historic Places, was completed in 1933 and is accessible from summit trails and by car, but whichever transport mode you take, don’t forget your Discover Pass. During the event’s kickoff this weekend, featured brews are No-Li Brewhouse’s Threezy Does It, a low-calorie hazy IPA, and its Day Fade huckleberry lemonade seltzer (PSA: Huckleberries are ripe now all over the mountain, so bring your buckets!). Sixteen-ounce pours of either are $6, and other options include $6 microbrew cans, $5 canned domestics, plus wa
A coconut hard seltzer at Four-Eyed Guys Brewing Co.
Hard seltzer is here to stay. Just ask Alex Rausch, owner and brewer at Four-Eyed Guys Brewing Co. At first it looked like a short trend, but now I don t think it s going anywhere, Rausch says. I can see it being around forever. The rise of the clear and bubbly alcoholic beverage may seem like it came out of nowhere, but its popularity has been brewing for decades. It s really just the latest evolution of similar malt beverages consider the success of wine coolers and Coors Zima in the 90s. White Claw, one of the first major hard seltzer brands to hit shelves five years ago, dominates the market today and is owned by Mark Anthony Brands International notably the makers of Mike s Hard Lemonade.