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Idea from the North – Drive Through

Old Town Brewing is setting up a one-stop shop for Oregon beers. Since their parking lot isn’t being used as much, they have turned it into a customer fulfillment center. Here is how it works – “Customers will enter the drive-thru on the north side of the parking lot by motorized vehicle, cycle or foot. Orders and purchases will be placed from your smart phone from the Brewers Market online menu, but contact and on-site imbibing and socializing is discouraged as is cash payments. As people make their way through the booths they can make their selections on the go or place an order in advance for pick-up. Once placed, pull into a designated parking spot at the end of the market where someone will bring their order out to them. Leaving the vehicle is not necessary, walk-ups are allowed with social distancing measures.” That is the write-up from the New School Beer blog who have excellent coverage of how Oregon breweries are doing in these times.

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No Card, No Problem

After reading a BeerGuy LA post about buying beer at Costco without a membership, I decided to give it a whirl and see what the experience (and selection) was like. Here is what I found….

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I haven’t been to a Costco in a long while, so after hustling by the food court that was pretty busy, I headed to the entrance to test a couple employees on the buying without a membership question. Because, it may be a corporate / state legal issue but that may not have filtered down to individual locations. Both answered that I could though, so I trundled on to the beer aisle.

Which was both cool and not cool. Nothing refrigerated. Big ol’ cases of Coors but also a good little selection of Eagle Rock beers, Goose Island and Firestone as well. There was Golden Road IPA packs stacked up as well as the Kirkland House variety box. But I was there to test another rumor. Was the Sierra Nevada Beer Camp variety box in abundance? That answer was yes. So I hoisted one up and headed to check-out.

Is a trip worth it? Should it be added to the beer buying rounds? If you already shop there then check out your store’s selection. The prices weren’t out of whack with what is being charged elsewhere. But I wouldn’t make a special trip unless you knew they had something you couldn’t get elsewhere or would have to go farther afield to acquire.

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Sean Suggests for September 2013

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For September, the theme (in addition to light-medium-dark) is that all three beers were found on the Let’s Pour website.  So you can order them up and get a box delivered to your door! All of the descriptions below come from the Let’s Pour site.

~LIGHT

Harpoon  / UFO Raspberry Hefeweizen 4.8% ABV

“Natural raspberry flavors are added to their UFO Hefeweizen to create this beer. Consistent with the Hefeweizen style, this beer is unfiltered and cloudy with a solid foamy head.”

~MEDIUM

Sixpoint Brewery  / Sweet Action 5.2% ABV

“The silky viscosity that gives Cream Ales their name is whispered rather than shouted here, retaining the crispness and zesty finish of a Pale and the light, peppery sweetness of a Witbier.”

~DARK

Yards Brewing Co.  / Thomas Jefferson’s Tavern Ale 8.0% ABV

“a big, strappin’ Golden Ale based closely on the recipe used by America’s first prominent homebrewer – Thomas Jefferson. The President’s recipe featured ingredients like wheat, honey, and rye from his own farm at Monticello and Yards has vowed to faithfully recreate this ale with as little variation as possible.”