num_pages: 208
description: In the 1970s a handful of brewers in Oregon Washington and British Columbia were tired of the traditional light and flavorless American beers and began exploring ways to make better beer brewed from local ingredients. The microbrews (as they were originally called) caught on and the Northwest quickly became the center of the craft beer movement that is now flourishing and spreading across the United States Canada and the world. Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest is a suds-soaked adventure through the 115 key breweries and brew pubs in Oregon Washington and British Columbia. Lisa Morrison aka The Beer Goddess has included every brewery worth visiting from pioneers like McMenamins whose Hillsdale Brewery &amp; Public House in southwest Portland was the first brewpub in Oregon to a new generation of start ups like Upright Brewing a production brewery that is creating French-Belgian inspired open-fermented beers. With 18 walkable pub-crawls a beer primer and glossary a list of the best bottle shops Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest has everything a beer lover needs to navigate the best of what the region has to offer.
language: English
title: Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest: A Beer Lover's Guide to Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia
publisher: Timber Press