Our Rules of Engagement

Welcome to "You Have to Try This Beer," a blog written by the staff of Oregon Beer Odyssey!

This blog is designed for our customers, students, and beer lovers of all ilks, and our objective is very simple: we want to promote beers that we think are really exceptional. In choosing beers to write about, our only litmus test is whether they are excellent or not. If we taste one outstanding new beer in a week, we will write only one entry that week. If we taste three excellent new beers in a night, we'll cover them all.

Oregon Beer Odyssey's mission is to promote the appreciation and knowledge of craft beer, and to showcase the breadth of Portland's beer history and culture. We want people to drink world-class beer (and there is plenty of it), so we will not waste our time bashing beers or pushing beers that are only "OK." As one beer writer, once quipped, "the bad beers are the ones I don't review."

In the interest of intellectual honesty: we will not review beer from breweries where any of us work and will be explicit in disclosing beers we review from breweries that we are closely connected to. If not purchased at retail, we will disclose where the beers we review come from. We are biased toward beers produced or available in the Northwest. We are a small, local company with a regional outlook on beer; our customers and followers come from here, and so the Pacific Northwest demand our attention more.

We hope that you'll turn to us for a recommendation when you're looking for a special beer, whether it be for a party, a meal, or any other time.

Cheers,
Ben


About Oregon Beer Odyssey
We are a small company offering upscale tastings, classes, and workshops about craft beer.

Classes and workshops are offered on a rotating basis and are designed to further people's knowledge of and experience with craft beer. We select rare, world-class beers that will expand your palate and challenge your notion of how beer can taste. In a relaxed yet structured setting, we offer organized tastings with ample time for note taking, discussion, and additional sampling. Classes range from introductions to world beer styles to seminars about pairing gourmet food and craft beer to in-depth workshops on specific types of beer.