![]() ![]() Portland Brewing will donate $4,500 of In The Groove’s proceeds to the Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHF), an organization that honors Oregonians who have made outstanding national, regional, or local contributions to the evolution and perpetuation of the music industry. Records are smooth and vibrant black, and the sounds that come from my favorite albums are textured, warm, and always familiar.” Terry Currier and Ryan Pappe – photo: Christopher Chad Brigman “Creating a beer for a legend is no easy feat, but I knew I had to stick with vinyl records for inspiration. ![]() “After decades of tireless work supporting regional and local musicians we thought it was time for Terry to have a beer!” said Ryan Pappe, Head Brewer at Portland Brewing. The beer is refreshingly light, finishes dry and crisp, and drinks as smooth as one would expect from any summer thirst quencher. The result is a dark lager, which presents soft roasty flavors of chocolate and caramel, but still cleary comes across as a lager. It’s easy drinking and also has a lot of subtlety to it.”įrom the outset of the collaborative process, Currier asked that the beer be easy drinking, and not overly bitter or hoppy. “After just a sip, I knew that Portland Brewing had put a lot of great effort into making this beer. “The first time we sampled this beer we were actually upstairs in the record shop, surrounded by the blues and jazz vinyl collection,” said Currier. And now has a new title – craft beer collaborator.Īs part of Portland Brewing’s “Keep Portland Weird” series, they’re releasing a collaboration beer brewed with Terry, the aptly named In The Groove Black Vinyl Lager. He coined the term “Keep Portland Weird,” owns one of the nation’s best regarded record shops in Music Millennium (celebrating it’s 50th Anniversary), co-founded Burnside Distribution (record distro), and co-founded the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. There are very few iconic phrases or landmarks in Portland that can rival those created by Terry Currier. When you travel to Portland, if you see this “Keep Portland Weird” mural, you may really wonder what it is about if you do not already know.Owner of Music Millennium, Terry Currier – photo: Christopher Chad Brigman Other “weird” cities included San Francisco and Salt Lake City. In response to Portland’s slogan, The Oregonian (newspaper) developed a weirdness scale, and Portland ranked 11th in the U.S., with high rates for hiking, hunting, and hybrid car ownership. Some of the categories included "Most Tattooed US City" and "America's Craziest City." Portland won first place in nine of the categories. So besides the Keep Portland Weird festival, Voodoo Doughnut shop, World Naked Bike Ride, Zoobomb cycling events, popularity of yarn bombing, Portland Urban Iditarod, and the now-defunct Velveteria Museum of Velvet Paintings and 24 Hour Church of Elvis, let’s see how weird Portland is.īy Erin from Oregon City, OR (Portland Urban Iditarod), via Wikimedia CommonsĪn Austin blog created an infographic that compared Austin and Portland in 12 different categories to determine which city was "weirder" in 2014. The slogan has been called the unofficial motto of Portland. However, I was totally amazed that it is the foundation of Portland’s culture and has since evolved into an all-encompassing slogan that promotes the individuality, expressionism, local art, and atypical lifestyle choices and leisure activities found in the city.Īlso, I found that the slogan frequently inspires articles and debates that attempt to quantify the exact level to which Portland is considered weird, unusual, or eccentric. I was rather disappointed by the fact that it originated from the "Keep Austin Weird" slogan and was brought to Portland in 2003 to promote local businesses. The popular "Keep Portland Weird" slogan appears on signs, bumper stickers, and public buildings throughout Portland and the surrounding area. Then I found out more the stories about what “Keep Portland Weird” is. ![]() While I was walking around downtown Portland, I came across this “Keep Portland Weird” mural and I was pretty excited to see it. ![]() I almost did not want to go to Portland thinking I might turn abnormal as well! ) Anyway, that’s how I knew Portland is weird and you can see it for yourself to find out how weird it is. Portlandia was fun to watch a couple episodes at a time, but then it got too weird to enjoy and handle for me. FYI, I love to tag along on his trips so that I can travel to new places.Īnyway, my first encounter about Portland being weird was actually through the TV series called Portlandia, a sketch comedy television series set in and around Portland starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. So we started researching about Portland as soon as he found out the business trip destination. Until my husband’s business trip was set for Portland (Oregon), I knew pretty much nothing about the city. ![]()
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