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If you’re a micro-brew lover, chances are you own not one but several growlers, perhaps one from each of your favorite beer brands. Bringing that shiny jug into a brewery and getting it filled up with the sweet, sweet nectar of amber alcohol goodness is one of life’s greatest beer gifts! And although it seems […]

To many, the word “lager” conjures an image of mass-market fizz. However, under the lager umbrella is a veritable menagerie of styles from light to dark, full-bodied malt bombs to crisp lawn-mower beers. In short, lagers are fermented at a colder temperature and the yeast converts from the bottom of the tank up, whereas ales […]

The Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America isn’t exactly a beer festival – even if it feels like one at times. In fact, it’s more like a Star Trek Convention for beer geeks. Hundreds of exhibitors teach seminars on everything from new brewing techniques to the proper way to pour a draft beer. The latter […]

With so many new breweries popping up in Portland, you’d think it was easy to open your own place. You’d be wrong. The years-long process of figuring out how to make good beer – dialing in temperatures, ingredients, fermentation times and more – that just might be the easy part. The hard part, well, brewers […]

Here in Portland we have a knack for doing things the ‘old fashioned’ way. We shun cars for bikes, we raise our own chickens and eggs, and we trade lawn mowers for goats. In this same vein Cosgrave is pleased to announce our unique Pro Beerno bartering program. Starting today, April 1, we’ll accept any […]

We all have those friends who demure, “I don’t drink beer. I only drink wine.” Luckily, the never-the-twain-shall-meet notion of beer versus wine is a vestige of a bygone era. If you find yourself in the company of those preferring an exclusively viticultural experience, give them a taste of these great beers and see if […]

The building that houses Stormbreaker Brewing on North Mississippi Avenue has gone through such a transformation, you might forget what it looked like just a few months ago. Call it a case of amnesia. The once-spartan brewpub that Stormbreaker owners Dan Malech and Rob Lutz acquired on Jan. 1 is downright cozy these days. Reclaimed wood […]

Within the last decade, the beer market has seen the emergence of a panoply of craft beer choices. While this means more options, styles, and SKUs for the consumer, it also means an increasingly complex vocabulary to describe and explain the ever-segmenting market. Because of this, the lines between terms like “microbrewery,” “craft brewery,” and […]

Congratulations to our clients Jim and Erin Telles who have just opened The Beer Station at 8633 SW Main St. in Wilsonville.  The Beer Station is a premier bottle shop growler station/taproom serving great Oregon beer (and beer from around the world).  Check them out! https://www.facebook.com/PDXBeerStation    

Posted by Jeremy James, Cosgrave Attorney On May 23, 2013, the Oregon legislature passed HB 2296, allowing new and existing businesses to designate themselves as “benefit companies.” What is a benefit company, you wonder, and what does this have to do with beer? Well, to answer the first question, a benefit company is a new kind […]