tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post3462209328787405550..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Brewed With PassionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-69165179740121125542010-03-03T22:14:41.001+00:002010-03-03T22:14:41.001+00:00One correction: Ockert, not Okert.
Nick is long-w...One correction: Ockert, not Okert.<br /><br />Nick is long-winded but accurate. The charming old ropewalk/pub you visited no longer exists. It's a huge overdone yuppie wonderland now and it's particularly a nightmare for those of us who remember when Bridgeport was a one-room pub with a constantly-changing range of Karl's creations on tap--the loading dock is long gone, along with the tracks and freight cars once parked next door.<br /><br />Nothing wrong with their beer, though. Karl's always had a great touch and a huge affection for British ale.jefffranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699992839260757505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-68902657151731845532010-03-03T09:25:20.418+00:002010-03-03T09:25:20.418+00:00BTW, Sorry for hijacking your blog again.
"P...BTW, Sorry for hijacking your blog again.<br /><br />"Portland and Seattle are America's beer capitols." Who said that, Sausage?Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-53252318513851437552010-03-03T09:12:08.406+00:002010-03-03T09:12:08.406+00:00Fair point though as I haven't been back since...Fair point though as I haven't been back since they changed it, I can't say. other than to say it wasn't broke, so why fix it.<br /><br />We had pizza on that loading bay, with splendid industrial views. Shame.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-64465461572330097412010-03-03T08:09:45.341+00:002010-03-03T08:09:45.341+00:00I'm really torn on Bridgeport. Not on the qua...I'm really torn on Bridgeport. Not on the quality of the various beers, mind, as this hadn't changed over the 11 years I lived within reach of the place. Your assessment is spot-on, I think: understated but GOOD. And Jaime and Karl are both great guys.<br /><br />What I won't forgive is how the Company turned Portland's greatest, most classic of brewpubs a few years back and turned it into a yuppy shopping mall. The neighborhood was an old industrial district, and the brewery & pub was in an old (by Portland standards) rope factory--brick, wood, big, roomy, and beautiful. The neighborhood has evolved into an expensive downtown yuppie haven, and so the Company decided to cash in on this, at the expense of the beauty of the old place.<br /><br />My oldest recollection of the place is from the mid-90's, standing and sitting out on the former loading dock on a quiet, rainy, autumn Saturday afternoon with pints (imperial!) of casked Blue Heron, which was a slightly different beer from the one that ended up being bottled later, FWIW. It is one of the finest moments I've ever had w.r.t. GoodBeer, and I've been to the Kulminator, 't Brugse Beertje, et. al., too.<br /><br />We moved away in 2004, and soon thereafter, the place got remodeled. I knew that things had changed, but didn't realise the extent to which until our first visit back to Portland in 2006. <br /><br />Here's what I wrote to the local homebrew club list after that trip:<br />Low point: Honestly, literally wimpering upon discovering in person what has become of my beloved Bridgeport. As I saw the brewery, and the missing building across 13th as I was approaching from the south in the streetcar, I had to get out and see what was going on, although I was actually on my way farther up the line to meet my better half. I really did almost break out *in tears* right there in the middle of the street.<br /><br />We ate there that night, having figured that we should see the place inside and give it a shot, but, I believe that my days of visiting Bridgeport--the definitive PDX beer place for me for all time (partaking of a fine casked Blue Heron out on the empty dock in a pouring rain on a winter or spring Saturday afternoon in 1994 or so... sorry that I'm not a native, and the whole Orygun thing is still new to me) are now behind me. No sir, I don't like it.<br /><br />"The place needs updating" as somebody here said back in the "Bridgeport Disaster" thread? Gag me. What else needs updating--the Kulminator? The Company has now what it wanted: a glitzier revenue earner. They COULD have held out, having the only AUTHENTIC pub for blocks around (blocks!!!), but hey, they didn't want that. Are they Evil? No, but don't try and sell me...sorry, tell me that the place is "just updated" or some such quatsch.<br /><br />Where's that quiet room, where I met our Fred (Eckhardt) for the first time outside of a competition, sitting and quietly reading a paper with a pint? A bakery now.<br /><br />Portland without my Bridgeport?Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-76471271909171386362010-03-02T08:39:19.177+00:002010-03-02T08:39:19.177+00:00Bottled beer has its place undeniably. I'd rat...Bottled beer has its place undeniably. I'd rather drink the beers in the Brewpub though.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-65274694441265960372010-03-02T08:34:19.674+00:002010-03-02T08:34:19.674+00:00You see, bottled beer aren't so bad after all!...You see, bottled beer aren't so bad after all!!<br /><br />I tried to get some Bridgeport in San Francisco but couldn't find them anywhere. It's definitely somewhere I'd like to visit - Portland is, as they say, Beervana!Mark Dredgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421095862178324693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-48276564131951709402010-03-02T07:42:04.578+00:002010-03-02T07:42:04.578+00:00Huh. The way the pound is going, nobody will have ...Huh. The way the pound is going, nobody will have enough money to go anywhere.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-43020629554258260752010-03-01T22:46:41.890+00:002010-03-01T22:46:41.890+00:00Been there, done it.
When are one of you beer blo...Been there, done it.<br /><br />When are one of you beer bloggers going to do a piece on the incredible scene in San Diego? All I read about is New York, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco. Herr'man, certainly you must have enough dosh to fly to SoCal for a beery venture. In a way, you put up two fingers to the arts by not addressing San Diego. Get that Scottish ass on a plane and enjoy quality ales in a lush holiday environment. Bring your bird, Prescotti and Avery. Christ, the ultimate in SoCal beery tours is just a plane ride away!! <br /> <br />Whorst SoCal Beer Tours Ltd. <br />Mission Viejo, CA. USA<br />contact: alehouserock@gmail.comWhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784943453195129865noreply@blogger.com