College roommates and I got together and had a reunion in Portland where one of us now lives. First day we were there we went to the Oregon Brew Fest. Since it was the 2nd of 2 days that the fest was going on the most popular beers were already taped out. This left mostly IPAs and other strong bitters. If you know anything of Portland beers you know that they love there hops. It would not be a far exaggeration saying they have about 3 IPAs for every other beer there. Anyways, the brew fest, they gave you a little mug about 8-10 oz. that you could get in line to get filled with beer for 4 tokens to fill it or one token to get a sample which filled it about 1/3 to 1/2
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