As has been reported by other blogs in town (see here and here), it looks like BS Brewing favorite the Green Dragon is about to be purchased by Rogue.

I don’t have a particular beef against Rogue, I drink their beer, but there’s a reason I haven’t been to the Public House in Portland for years. The food is pretty spendy for the average quality and the beer list certainly lacks diversity. So, like good beer drinking activists, we’re taking it to the Web. BS Brewing developed a simple petition for Rogue should this sale go through. Here’s the petition:

Rogue’s buying the Green Dragon. Our demands are very simple. We want them to agree to:

1. Not put their crappy food on the menu.
2. Maintain the EXCELLENT tap list, and not just fill the keg cooler with sub-par Rogue brews.
3. Keep the amazingly knowledgeable wait staff.

So, how can YOU join the movement that’s sweeping across Portland? Simple, join us on Facebook or leave a comment here. We’ll be sure to forward everything to Rogue.

Andrew and I are heading to New York on Saturday for work. We’ll be spending Saturday and Sunday hanging in Brooklyn with a friend, and Monday, Tuesday in Long Island for work. Where should we take our thirsty West Coast tonsils to try some of NYC’s best beer?

Thankfully yours,

Dave

This may be old news to some, but I haven’t seen it covered on other beer blogs … someone named Joshua Baran has developed a free application for the iPhone that contains all the BJCP style guidelines. No more debating the difference between a double IPA and an Imperial IPA (trick question … there’s no BJCP guidelines for a double IPA!) … this is just one more tool in the wonder-killer’s toolbox. Now you have to get an iPhone.

Ale to the Chief from Colorado and Judgement Day from the Best Coast.