#Bridgeport Brewing Company

[eizthetics0226]

Bronson enjoyed his time exploring Pleasantview. He stopped by the Brewed Awakenings Café for a snack and saw a familiar face, Elspeth Cook, another ex-citizen of Bridgeport. They already knew each other since they went to the same school in Bridgeport (Public School 67 ).

Elspeth was delighted to see her former schoolmate. She invited Bronson for a cup of tea as her way of welcoming him to Pleasantview. The two enjoyed each other's company and talked for hours. Bronson appreciated Elspeth's gesture and he wanted to return the favor. He invited Elspeth to go to his gig at the park.

I can feel that something good is brewing between these two.

Credits to mysimrealty.com for the cozy Brewed Awakenings Café ☕❤️

[nwbeerguide]

Two Roads Brewing collaborates with Vermonter, Noah Kahan, to release Northern Attitude IPA.

Press Release

STRATFORD, Conn. ... Craft brewing meets musical artistry with Two Roads Brewing Co.’s new collaborative brewing project with Vermont native Noah Kahan: Northern Attitude IPA. New England through and through, Northern Attitude IPA is a piney, resinous, 7% ABV IPA inspired by the music that Noah’s fans have come to know and love.

“Noah, his music, and his values embody the same Road Less Traveled mindset we take to crafting beer,” said Collin Kennedy, Director of Marketing of Two Roads. “Noah and Two Roads are both from, and of, New England, wear their regional pride on their sleeves and draw upon that region to inspire their respective crafts. So, teaming up with Noah to create a beer that pays homage to our roots and benefits an important cause in The Busyhead Project was just a natural from the start. Not to mention we have a ton of employees that are huge fans of Noah’s music!”

Two Roads and Kahan worked closely together to create Northern Attitude IPA, from taste profile to package design – all while Kahan is on tour. The beer aims to drive awareness and funds for The Busyhead Project, an organization founded by Kahan that provides resources to mental health organizations dedicated to meeting the needs of marginalized communities with both crisis care and tools for sustainable resilience.

Northern Attitude IPA will first be available at Two Roads’ Stratford, Conn. brewery on September 3rd, but fans can also get a taste at Kahan’s upcoming concert at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, Conn. onSeptember 5th and the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion on September 6th and 7th.   Following the concert, Northern Attitude IPA will be available in 16 oz. 4-packs at retailers within the brewery’s New England footprint, for a suggested retail price of $15.99.

To learn more about Two Roads and find it near you, visit www.tworoadsbrewing.com.

About Two Roads Brewing Co.

Two Roads Brewing Co., launched in 2012, is a privately owned craft beverage company offering a wide-ranging portfolio of beers, canned cocktails, hard seltzers, distilled spirits, and other Road Less Traveled beverages. Located in Stratford Connecticut, Two Roads is ranked 54th among 9,500+ independently owned breweries in the US according to the Brewer’s Association’s 2021 survey. For more information visit www.tworoadsbrewing.com.

About Noah Kahan

Over the past year, Vermont singer & songwriter Noah Kahan has exploded from his New England roots into the global mainstream and has been touted as one of 2023’s biggest and best new artists. At the core of his music are vulnerable lyrics and an unfiltered yet relatable honesty, as the critically acclaimed artist pens songs straight from the heart and cracks jokes with his signature, self-deprecating sense of humor. Across his three albums and an EP, Kahan has garnered global renown that includes more than two billion streams, a Platinum Certification for his hit single “Stick Season,” and collaborations with the likes of Post Malone, Joy Oladokun, and GRAMMY-nominated artists Julia Michaels and Wesley Schulz of The Lumineers. His widely adored album, Stick Season, is inspired by his New England roots and conveys a vivid representation of what he loves, fears, and struggles with most passionately. Noah has been on his sold-out “Stick Season Tour” across North America since the album’s release last year, selling half-a-million tickets to date and performing in the biggest venues of his career, with newly announced global dates on the horizon. In June, he released an extended version of Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever), which has gone on to surpass sales of the original and shows no signs of slowing down. His latest single, “Dial Drunk,” has already amassed millions of streams and a slew of critical acclaim, cementing Noah Kahan as one of the most successful breakout artists of the year.

[theoldhempfarmer]

The Cannabis Voyage continues...

Dateline 11-15-23

The delightful Fall weather rages on here in Middle Tennessee and threatens to continue until Thanksgiving. Which the paranoid side of me is thoroughly convinced we are indeed going a truly vicious WInter. The period between Halloween and our Black Friday sale, things have slowed enough at Tennessee homegrown that Lee and Stacey Crabtree actually got to take off the weekend and have a much needed retreat. Yesterday I got all our orders mailed and I got all of Nashville orders delivered and so far today, there only one store to be serviced, so yours truly can ease into his second cup of coffee and nibble on a little Cacao fortified with Tennessee homegrown Cannabis extract. This international combo of psychoactive compounds has jump started me just enough to start writing this morning’s remembrance.

You see 10 years ago The Old Hemp Farmer began his start into legal Cannabis by answering a want ad from a Start-up Recreational Cannabis company in Washington State. Since I was in Tennessee and Columbia River Cannabis was in Washington State, it was curious why they were interested in my skills. It seems at that time most of the experienced Cannabis farmers were making a lot of money in Gray Market Medical Marijuana and had no desire to have “Look over my shoulders” so they began seeking out of state people that had any experience or said they did. Within a few weeks, my very adventurous wife and I were in Bridgeport, Washington, where very quickly we discovered that the fantasy of working in Cannabis was a Hell of lot better than the reality of working Legal Cannabis. The several months I worked with Columbia River Cannabis was boot camp and it dispelled any romantic notions about working in Commercial Cannabis, The Old Hemp Farmer quickly learned that there is a huge difference between growing a 100 plants in 100 square feet of a basement and farming 2,000 plants Outdoors on a half acre of land that was formerly an orchard. It also made me realize how important was having an understanding and brave wife with a day job. Because Cannabis start-ups usually don’t pay at first and CRC was no exception. Because during the initial period of CRC there was disagreement about the direction of the company and one investor yanked his funds, which meant everything was put on hold for a couple months until more founds were found. This was another lesson learned that an ego based disagreement between business partners can scuttle a Cannabis Company quicker than about anything else. But this pause also gave us time to go through all of the permitting, EPA, State and County officials all had to sign off on the permits to farm and build a Cannabis facility. Learning how to navigate the various state departments was huge because something was beginning to brew in Tennessee.

You see during this same time CRC was on hold, Tennessee had sort of legalized Hemp Agriculture and that the folks at the Tennessee Department of Agriculture were going to oversee a Hemp Pilot Program. The main thing I learned in the Washington Sate Cannabis program that your inspector and case worker can make things easier or make your journey painfully slow. So before any decision were made I sat down with those wonderful folks at the TDA asked a simple question, “can I grow Hemp for CBD?” and the man across the table uttered a phrase that changed L’Tanya and The Old Hemp Farmer’s direction in life, “Son, I don’t care what you do as long you don’t go over .3% Delta 9.” After seeing the cost and hurdles of Recreational Cannabis such as 280e, compliance and management squabbles, we made the decision to change directions and develop a Hemp Derived Cannabinoid company in Tennessee. When I resigned my position at CRC those folks thought we’d lost our minds “Why would you want to grow Hemp?” so did most our of friends and relatives. But that decision enabled us to meet Lee and Stacey Crabtree and start Tennessee homegrown, a Cannabis company that has been way more successful than L’Tanya and I could have ever imagined, when were sitting in cold trailer in Bridgeport, Washington. A decade later L’Tanya and I have no idea where our Cannabis voyage will lead to but so far the scenery has been interesting to say the least. Anyway as always, Hemp Dawgs and Hemp Puppies keep one eye on the weather and the other eye on the market.

Visit our Tennessee homegrown web site to try our great products: https://www.tnhomegrown.com

The Wife's web site: https://www.theoldhempfarmerswife.com

Our Podcast - Full Contact Cannabis: https://fullcontactcannabis.podbean.com

[chorusfm]

Young the Giant Announce Tour

Young the Giant have announced some new tour dates. 5/30 – Montreal, QC – Place Bell * 531 – Toronto, ON – RBC Echo Beach * 6/2 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage * 6/3 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17 * 6/4 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17 * 6/7 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater * 6/9 – Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion 6/10 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion * 6/11 – Philadelphia, PA – Skyline Stage at the Mann * 6/13 – Niagara, NY – Artpark * 6/16 – Detroit, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill * 6/17 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! * 6/18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE * 6/20 – Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J Brady Music Center * 6/21 – Cleveland, OH – Jacob’s Pavilion * 6/23 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island * 6/24 – St. Louis, MO – St. Louis Music Park * 6/25 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River Stage Park * 6/27 – Minneapolis, MN – Surly Brewing Festival Field * 6/28 – Des Moines, IA – Water Works Park * 6/30 – Oklahoma City, OK – Zoo Amphitheatre * 7/1 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre * 7/13 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park ^ 7/14 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater ^ 7/15 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre 7/16 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheatre ^ 7/18 – Richmond, VA – Brown’s Island ^ 7/20 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre ^ 7/21 – Tampa, FL – Yuengling Center ^ 7/22 – Miami, FL – FPL Solar Amphitheatre ^ 7/25 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company ^ 7/27 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall ^ 7/28 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater 7/29 – Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ^ 8/1 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel ^ 8/3 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Great SaltAir ^ 8/4 – Flagstaff, AZ – Pepsi Amphitheater ^ 8/5 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre ^ 8/10 – Vancouver, BC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre ^ 8/11 – Seattle, WA – Marymoor Live ^ 8/12 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Edgefield ^ 8/14 – Boise, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater ^ 8/15 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater ^ 8/17 – San Francisco, CA – The Greek Theatre at Berkeley ^ 8/18 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl ^ 8/19 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre ^ 8/20 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Amphitheater ^ 8/30 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre * 8/31 – Dillon, CO – Dillon Amphitheater * * TALK ^ Rosa Linn --- Please consider becoming a member so we can keep bringing you stories like this one. ◎ https://chorus.fm/news/young-the-giant-announce-tour/

[thebrewstorian]

Some pictures of Portland’s early microbrewery scene

I’ve been spending a lot of time over the past couple of months processing collections -- putting them in order, creating guides, having my colleagues review the guides, and then (hopefully) getting those guides out there into the wider world for researchers to discover. 

I was finishing up a guide for the Fred Bowman Papers, one that we have only in digitized form (the originals still live with Bowman). 

Fred Bowman co-founded Portland Brewing Company in 1986 with Art Larrance and Jim Goodwin. 

Read about Portland Brewing Company on Wikipedia.

I’ll be posting information about that when the guide is up, but for now know that it is a delightful collection with digitized photographs showing the renovation of the original Portland Brewing location and early events at the brewery – including all the demolition, construction, and brewing equipment delivery! All the photographs from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital. The digitized documents, which aren’t online, include newspaper articles, Portland Brewing business documents, and a personal pocketbook with Bowman’s handwritten notes.

I know, this is a long lead up to the main subject of this post... Hang with me a bit longer...

In tying up the loose ends for this guide I was reminded of a set of photographs we digitized and returned to Art Larrance. Those have also been accessible through Oregon Digital, but we didn’t have a collection called out for Larrance. That will change. Soon. Ish. 

Archivists are great at saving stuff and helping people find stuff. Sometimes archivists need help finding their own stuff. That was the case this afternoon when I went on a search through the archives shared drives for the original scans of the Larrance materials. A student who worked for me in 2014 scanned these items. He graduated. 

Before you PANIC and think I can’t find stuff, my escape hatch for getting the e-versions of these records would have been to download them individually from Oregon Digital. It would have been tedious, but doable.

In my search I happened upon this set of slides/negatives we digitized from the Fred Eckhardt collection. I figured the internets would appreciate this. 

Pics of Cartwright Brewing Co. 

There are also a few lovelies from BridgePort. Karl Ockert on the left, Matt Sage on the right. 

And of the Widmer Bros (and their dad). 

Lots more where these come from! Learn about all the OHBA collections and see a list of the oral histories online at:

https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/brewingarchives

[allofthecaps]

#404

Brand: BridgePort Brewing Company Country: United States Condition: 2

[auraeseer]

An original . . . just like every other IPA . . .

[whatchudrinkin]

The End of Beervana

Yesterday, Bridgeport Brewing announced they were closing. You might be asking yourself “didn’t that happen last week?” No. That was Burnside Brewing. And that was messed up, too. Burnside hosted the Portland Fruit Beer Festival in their parking lot every June. Bridgeport was Portland’s original brewery. Like the first brewery.

Okay. Technically, there were other Portland Breweries before Bridgeport. Somebody out there remembers Blitz-Weinhard, opened in 1856, closed in 1999. A few nerds can shout out Cartwright Brewing which opened in 1980 and made really bad beer for three years before shuttering. But Bridgeport was the first successful Portland brewery this century. 

The importance of Bridgeport in the history of Oregon beer cannot be overstated. Dick and Nancy Ponzi, the original owners, helped pass the Oregon brewpub bill that made it legal for a company to make and sell beer in the same building. Bridgeport’s location, deep in the industrial wilds north of downtown helped shape what would become known as the Pearl District. Bridgeport’s IPA introduced the Northwest to the style.

Today, Bridgeport’s IPA tastes distinctly of its time. It was first introduced in 1997, and it tastes like it. Despite fifty bitterness units, it’s surprisingly restrained. So many early IPA were just completely bitter. Bridgeport’s has some nuance – notes of orange peel, a nice floral tone. The bitterness is just a nice piney bite in the finish. The body is spritely. Caramel malts are used sparingly. IPA bears some resemblance to the English pub inspired ales that were popular at the time. It’s actually a pretty good beer, but there’s no way this IPA could carry an entire brewery on its back for another 20 years.

Bridgeport has been looking for a new hit for years. For years. They bet heavily on Hop Czar, a double IPA. It was fine. They tried making fruity Belgian ales under the Stumptown Tart label. They were terrible, absolute garbage. Bridgeport signed on to be the official beer sponsor of the Hillsboro Hops, the minor league baseball team. They trademarked the name Beervana. Last year, Bridgeport made, incredible as it sounds, a really good hazy IPA. 

They tried so hard, but Bridgeport just spiraled down the drain, and Carlos Alvarez will be blamed for pulling the plug.

Alvarez is CEO of the Gambrinus Company, a Corona importer and owners of Shiner Bock. Gambrinus bought Bridgeport from the Ponzi family in 1995 and made an unbroken series of poor decisions. Gambrinus renovated the original Bridgeport pub, Oregon’s original brewpub, turning it into an upscale Chili’s. They killed off all the old beers, which may have sold poorly, but had a certain niche audience. They brought back the brands they had killed with new, worse recipes. They rebranded. They rebranded again. They rebranded again. The Bridgeport image went from bland to blander with each new iteration. In the end we get a pale green can with IPA in fancy Comic Sans.

The brewery that closes next month is a hollow shell of its former self. I would mourn the loss of a Portland classic, but it’s been dead for years.

[thereturnofthedirtyblog]

STATES VISITED BY GHOST ADVENTURES

Alabama : 

1.05 – Sloss Furnaces: Birmingham, Alabama, US 4.07 – Vulture Mine: Wickenburg, Arizona, US

Alaska : 

Arizona :

2.05 –Birdcage Theater: Tombstone, Arizona, US 4.20 – Jerome Grand Hotel: Jerome, Arizona, US 6.03 – The Copper Queen Hotel & The Oliver House: Bisbee, Arizona, US 10.08 – Apache Junction: Apache Junction, Arizona, US 10.09 – Return to Tombstone: Tombstone, Arizona, US 11.7 – Grand Canyon Caverns: Peach Springs, Arizona, US 12.8 – Hell Hole Prison: Yuma, Arizona, US 12.9 – The Domes: Casa Grande, Arizona, US 12.12 – Stardust Ranch: Buckeye, Arizona, US 13.3 – Palace Saloon: Prescott, Arizona, US 15.10 – Phelps Dodge Hospital: Ajo, Arizona, US

15.11 – The Slaughter House: Tucson, Arizona, US 16.4 – Old Gila County Jail and Courthouse: Globe, Arizona, US

Arkansas :

4.10 – Fort Chaffee: Fort Smith, Arkansas, US

California :

2.01 – Preston Castle: Ione, California, US 2.03 – La Purisima Mission: Lompoc, California, US 3.07 – Linda Vista Hospital: Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, US 3.10 – Clovis Wolfe Manor: Clovis, California, US 4.08 – USS Hornet: Alameda, California, USNovember 5, 2010 4.11 – Amargosa Opera House: Death Valley Junction, California, US 4.15 – Pico House Hotel: Los Angeles, California, US 4.23 – Sacramento Tunnels: Sacramento, California, US 5.03 – Old Town San Diego: San Diego, California, US 5.04 – Winchester Mystery House: San Jose, California, US 6.04 – The National Hotel: Nevada City, California, US 6.05 – Return to Linda Vista Hospital: Los Angeles, California, US 7.03 – Point Sur Lighthouse: Big Sur, California, US 7.08 – Brookdale Lodge: Brookdale, California, US

7.09 – Tor House: Carmel, California, US 7.15 – Market Street Cinema: San Francisco, California, US 7.17 – Glen Tavern Inn: Santa Paula, California, US 8.03 – Tuolumne General Hospital: Sonora, California, US 8.05 – Yost Theater & Ritz Hotel: Santa Ana, California, US 8.08 – Alcatraz: San Francisco, California, US 9.1 – Sharon Tate Ghost/The Oman House: Los Angeles, California, US 9.6 – Heritage Junction: Santa Clarita, California, US 9.7 – Fort MacArthur Museum/Battle of Los Angeles: Los                                      Angeles, California, US

9.11 – Whaley House: San Diego, California, US 10.1 – Queen Mary: Long Beach, California, US 11.6 – Los Coches Adobe: Soledad, California, US, Salinas, California, US 11.8 – Haunted Hollywood: Los Angeles, California, US 12.1 – Black Dahlia House: Los Angeles, California, US 12.2 – Secret Scientology Lab: Los Angeles, California, US 12.3 – Bracken Fern Manor/Tudor House: Lake Arrowhead, California, US 12.5 – Chinese Town of Locke: Walnut Grove, California, US 12.6 – Star of India: San Diego, California, US 12.11 – Return to Winchester Mystery House: San Jose, California, US 13.4 – Reseda House of Evil: Los Angeles, California, US 13.5 – Dorothea Puente Murder House: Sacramento, California, US 13.10 – Zalud House: Porterville, California, US 14.2 – Freak Show Murder House: Los Angeles, California, US 14.5 – Silent Movie Theater: Los Angeles, California, US 14.10 – The Viper Room: West Hollywood, California, US 16.1 – Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Hollywood, California, US 16.2 – The Alley of Darkness: North Hollywood, California, US 16.3 – Kennedy Mine: Jackson, California, US 16.5 – Hotel Léger: Mokelumne Hill, California, US 17.2 – Westerfeld House: San Francisco, California, US 17.3 – Crisis in Oakdale: Oakdale, California, US 17.5 – Terror in Fontana: Fontana, California, US 17.6 – Riverside Plane Graveyard: Riverside, California, US

Colorado :

4.05 – Stanley Hotel: Estes Park, Colorado, US 6.02 – Peabody-Whitehead Mansion: Denver, Colorado, US 7.07 – Cripple Creek"Cripple Creek, Colorado, US

            Florissant, Colorado, US 13.1 – Colorado Gold Mine: Idaho Springs, Colorado, US 14.6 – Exorcism in Erie: Erie, Colorado, US 15.4 – Museum of the Mountain West: Montrose, Colorado, US

Connecticut :

3.05 – Remington Arms Factory: Bridgeport, Connecticut, US 6.06 – The Galka Family: Granby, Connecticut, US

Delaware :

Florida :

1.04  – The Riddle House: Royal Palm Beach, Florida, US 2.02 – Castillo De San Marcos: St. Augustine, Florida, US

Georgia :

2.07 – Moon River Brewing Company: Savannah, Georgia, US 9.10 – Haunted Savannah: Savannah, Georgia, US

Hawaii :

Idaho :

1.08 – Idaho State Penitentiary: Boise, Idaho, US 11.11 – Lava Hot Springs Inn: Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, US 15.3 – Albion Normal School: Albion, Idaho, US 17.1 – Idaho State Reform School: St. Anthony, Idaho, US

Illinois :

5.01 – Ashmore Estates: Ashmore, Illinois, US 7.02 – Excalibur Nightclub: Chicago, Illinois, US

Indiana :

7.05 – Black Moon Manor: Greenfield, Indiana, US 8.10 – Thornhaven Manor: New Castle, Indiana, US 9.9 – Fox Hollow Farm: Carmel, Indiana, US

Iowa :

4.13 – Villisca Axe Murder House: Villisca, Iowa, US 11.1 – Edinburgh Manor: Scotch Grove, Iowa, US 

Kansas :

10.6 – Sallie House: Atchison, Kansas, US

Kentucky :

1.01 – Bobby Mackey’s Music World : Wilder, Kentucky, US 4.03 – Return to Bobby Mackey’s: Wilder, Kentucky, US 4.04 – Waverly Hills Sanatorium: Louisville, Kentucky, US 4.25 – Kentucky Slave House: Maysville, Kentucky, US 5.08 – Rocky Point Manor: Harrodsburg, Kentucky, US

            Perryville, Kentucky, US 8.11 – Battle of Perryville: Field Hospitals"Perryville, Kentucky, US

Louisiana :

2.04 – Magnolia Plantation: Natchitoches, Louisiana, US

7.14 – New Orleans: New Orleans, Louisiana, US 9.2 – The Myrtles Plantation: St. Francisville, Louisiana, US

Maine :

Maryland :

Massachusetts :

1.02 – Houghton Mansion : North Adams, Massachusetts, US 4.18 – Valentine’s Day Special(Longfellow’s Wayside Inn): Sudbury,                        Massachusetts, US 4.19 – Salem Witch House/Lyceum Restaurant: Salem,                                            Massachusetts, US 5.05 – Lizzie Borden House: Fall River, Massachusetts, US 8.06 – Haunted Victorian Mansion: Gardner, Massachusetts, US 13.9 – Dumas Brothel: Butte, Montana, US

Michigan :

Minnesota :

7.04 – The Palmer House: Sauk Centre, Minnesota, US 10.7 – Nopeming Sanatorium: Duluth, Minnesota, US

Mississippi :

7.18 – Kings Tavern: Natchez, Mississippi, US

Missouri :

7.10 – Union Station: Kansas City, Missouri, US 8.04 – Missouri State Penitentiary: Jefferson City, Missouri, US 8.07 – The Exorcist House: Bel-Nor, Missouri, US 10.2 – Lemp Mansion: St. Louis, Missouri, US 11.9 – Odd Fellows Asylum: Liberty, Missouri, US 15.5 – Pythian Castle: Springfield, Missouri, US 15.6 – The Titanic Museum: Branson, Missouri, US

Montana :

9.4 – Bannack Ghost Town: Dillon, Montana, US 11.2 – Old Montana State Prison: Deer Lodge, Montana, US 13.6 – Hotel Metlen: Dillon, Montana, US 13.8 – Twin Bridges Orphanage: Twin Bridges, Montana, US 13.9 – Dumas Brothel: Butte, Montana, US

Nebraska :

Nevada :

3.06 – Old Washoe Club and Chollar Mine: Virginia City, Nevada, US 4.09 – La Palazza Mansion: Las Vegas, Nevada, US  4.16 – Goldfield: Goldfield, Nevada, US 4.17 – Bonnie Spring Ranch: Blue Diamond, Nevada, US 4.22 – Madame Tussauds Wax Museum: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 5.02 – Mizpah Hotel: Tonopah, Nevada, US 5.07 – Return to Virginia City: Virginia City, Nevada, US

6.07 – The Riviera Hotel: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 7.16 – Goldfield Hotel: Redemption: Goldfield, Nevada, US 8.01 – Pioneer Saloon: Goodsprings, Nevada, US

           Sandy Valley, Nevada, US 8.09 – Mustang Ranch: Clark, Nevada, US 9.12 – Overland Hotel and Saloon: Pioche, Nevada, US 11.10 – Clown Motel and Goldfield High School: Tonopah, Nevada, US

             Goldfield, Nevada, US 12.4 – Return to the Riviera: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 12.10 – Nevada State Prison: Carson City, Nevada, US 12.13 – The Haunted Museum: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 13.2 – Mackay Mansion: Virginia City, Nevada, US 15.8 – Eureka Mining Town: Eureka, Nevada, US 15.9 – Sin City Exorcism: Las Vegas, Nevada, US 16.7 – The Washoe Club: Final Chapter: Virginia City, Nevada, US 17.7 – Gates of Hell House: Las Vegas, Nevada, US

New Hampshire :

New Jersey :

1.06 – Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital: Cedar Grove, New Jersey, US

New Mexico :

9.8 – St. James Hotel: Cimarron, New Mexico, US 11.5 – Haunted Harvey House: Las Vegas, New Mexico, US 14.4 – Double Eagle Restaurant: Mesilla, New Mexico, US

           Las Cruces, New Mexico, US 14.7 – Skinwalker Canyon: Ojo Amarillo, New Mexico, US 14.8 – Upper Fruitland Curse: Upper Fruitland, New Mexico, US 16.8 – Lewis Flats School: Deming, New Mexico, US

New York :

3.08 – Execution Rocks Lighthouse: Port Washington, New York, US 4.02 – Rolling Hills Asylum: Bethany, New York, US 5.06 – Letchworth Village: Haverstraw, New York, US 7.13 – Sailor’s Snug Harbor: Staten Island, New York, US 9.3 – George Washington Ghost/Morris Jumel Mansion: Manhattan, New            York, US,Smithtown, New York, US

North Carolina :

North Dakota :

13.11 – Dakota’s Sanatorium of Death: San Haven, North Dakota, US

Ohio :

3.04 – Ohio State Reformatory: Mansfield, Ohio, US 3.09 – Prospect Place: Trinway, Ohio, US 9.13 – Old Licking County Jail: Newark, Ohio, US

Oklahoma :

10.3 – Zozo Demon: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US 14.1 – Stone Lion Inn: Guthrie, Oklahoma, US 14.3 – Samaritan Cult House: Guthrie, Oklahoma, US

Oregon :

6.01 – Shanghai Tunnels: Portland, Oregon, US 15.1 – Golden Ghost Town: Golden, Oregon, US 15.7 – Wolf Creek Inn: Wolf Creek, Oregon, US 16.6 – Enchanted Forest: Turner, Oregon, US

Pennsylvania :

2.06 – Eastern State Penitentiary: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US 3.02 – Pennhurst State School: Spring City, Pennsylvania, US 4.01 – Gettysburg: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US 4.06 – Hill View Manor: New Castle, Pennsylvania, US

Rhode Island :

South Carolina :

5.10 – Old Charleston Jail: Charleston, South Carolina, US 

South Dakota :

Tennessee :

4.24 – Hales Bar Marina and Dam: Haletown, Tennessee, US 4.27 – Loretta Lynn’s Plantation House: Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, US 10.5 – Bell Witch Cave: Adams, Tennessee, US 11.4 – Old Lincoln County Hospital: Fayetteville, Tennessee, US

Texas :

4.21 – Yorktown Hospital: Yorktown, Texas, US  7.01 – Central Unit Prison: Sugar Land, Texas, US

           Huntsville, Texas, US 7.11 – Crazy Town: Mineral Wells, Texas, US 8.02 – Black Swan Inn: San Antonio, Texas, US 10.11 – Texas Horror Hotel: Seguin, Texas, US,San Antonio, Texas, US 13.12 – De Soto Hotel and Concordia Cemetery: El Paso, Texas, US 13.13 – Goatman’s Bridge: Denton, Texas, US

Utah :

4.26 – Tooele Hospital: Tooele, Utah, US 9.5 – Fear Factory: Salt Lake City, Utah, US 12.7 – Leslie’s Family Tree: Santaquin, Utah, US 13.7 – St. Ann’s Retreat: Logan Canyon, Utah, US 14.9 – Witches in Magna: Magna, Utah, US 14.11 – Asylum 49: Tooele, Utah, US 15.2 – Ogden Possession: Ogden, Utah, US 16.9 – Kay’s Hollow: Kaysville, Utah, US 17.4 – Tintic Mining District: Eureka, Utah, US

Vermont :

Virginia :

Washington :

4.14 – Kell’s Irish Pub Restaurant: Seattle, Washington, US 10.10 – Demons in Seattle: Bothell, Washington 11.3 – Manresa Castle: Port Townsend, Washington, US

West Virginia :

1.03 – Moundsville Penitentiary : Moundsville, West Virginia, US 3.01 – Ghost Adventures Live – The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum:                    Weston, West Virginia, US

Wisconsin :

Wyoming :

7.12 – Wyoming Frontier Prison: Rawlins, Wyoming, US

OTHER PLACES VISITED :

1.07 – Edinburgh Vaults: City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK] 2.08 – Ancient Ram Inn: Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire,                               England, UK 3.03 – Poveglia Island: Venice, Veneto, Italy 4.12 – Olde Fort Erie: Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada 5.09 – Rose Hall: Montego Bay, St. James Parish, Jamaica

10.4 – Island of Dolls: Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico

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Meet the townsfolk (1/5) - Brookdale BACC

It’s time to introduce the current residents of Brookdale! My new story lead BACC! The following posts are taken from a local journalist and photographer, originally for a tourist leaflet in hopes of promoting the town to people on the mainland. Including a small interview with each resident!

From The Journal of Fredrick Nicholson (2018) - “As I swung my rope across the pillars of the dock, the scent of fresh sea salt wafted into my nose. It was cold and i didn’t honestly want to be here but the guys back at the printing company said there’s a lot of ‘economic opportunity’ for me and the company, if i introduce these folks to whatever washed up bohemian hippies that decide to step onto this frozen town. No honest working man would step foot on this town, it’s bare.

As i planted my shoes off the splintering wooden dock to the hard and pale sand a woman seemingly glided upon me, her shoes unbothered by the awkward terrain of the sand, she knew this place, i checked my reference sheet and after a few reassuring glances I knew who she was.

Miss Kennedy Braithwait, daughter of the Mayor of Misty Peaks down south and who’s Mother was embroiled in some sort of.....thing with the political competition. Young Kennedy started running for local council positions at the age of 21 and was doing quite well for a rich politicians daughter - guess she had genes for it - until her mother fooled around with one of her ‘beloved husbands’ political rivals, needless to say it seemed to be serious, and she announced her step down from the politics of Misty Peaks and her popular candidacy for member of the local council of Acanthop Isle in the north-west and drew into a reclusive state. It was interesting that she decided to start from scratch, she took me to her large mansion on the street of other large houses (i was told it was the first street settled, historically) her house was quaint.

“Tea?” her voice rang through the corridor with the assurance that carried her through the early elections as i took off my worn out boots, i rejected the tea and she sat down, busily adjusting her skirt and removing the number of small shortbread crumbs that had sprinkled on her clothes.”

“So, why are you here, exactly? Why here?”

She sat poised, the answer clearly brewing inside her

“Hmm, the nature, the outdoors. I just love it! I spent a lot of time travelling with my dad, from meeting room to meeting room Bridgeport to San Myshuno, very grey, very...stale”

“He a busy man?”

She sighs

“Yes...family is important to me, it’s my compass and my anchor it grounds me and it tells me where to go next in a sense, having him away for so long or seeing him walk into my first apartment with a personal assistant and a bodyguard broke that sacred thing, that bond. i’m proud of him but...”

She pauses for about 10 seconds, the grandfather clock ticking.

“My children will always be my children, if we could move on to the next question that would be great, i’m sorry its just-”

“Sorry m’am, what do you feel you can do for the town? are you sure your up for the task?”

She sips her tea

“Absolutely!” She says, almost overjoyed i had brought the subject up

“I’m very self assured with this sort of thing, it’s in my blood and it’s what I've always really wanted to do really. Of course there’s challenges, I’ve never worked on education policy and tourism quite so deeply before but i’m enjoying it, i’m just happy I have the essential people with me, I WAS chosen after all so they must see some sort of faith”

“As you say m’am”

I make clear the photography piece for this article as she fixes her hair in the mirror, pulling it back out of her face, and she agrees. I ask her where to set up.

“No no, its okay dear i’m not into that whole fancy thing, just in front of this wall here”

She points to the wall in her bedroom

“It’s the last piece of memory i have for my mother, when my dad ordered the stripping down and selling of his old house which he kept with mum i asked to have her bedroom wallpaper, it makes me feel her presence, the colours and pattern just speak to me”

She stands in front and gives a personal, but professional smile to the camera.

Click

“Are we done?” she asks

“Yeah yeah, thanks!”

“It’s quite all right”

She gives me a warm smile and leads me out

“Have a lovely time. Saskia, the farmer, is ready to see you, she’s on the other side of town, you can borrow my bike if you want”

“Yeah thanks! i will”  

I clamber onto her blue bike with my turtle shell like backpack and start peddling  

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Bridgeport Mint Julep

You won't need to travel to Louisville to get your Mint Julep fix during the Kentucky Derby this year. BridgePort is taking the classic favorite and recreating it in true Portland fashion – with beer!  BridgePort's Mint Julep beer is a year old aged Old Knucklehead infused with mint and is perfectly refreshing while cheering on your favorite horse.

8.82% ABV  | 16.5 IBU

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Just got my @occampcoffee stickers today! Thanks!😁 #occampcoffee #coffeeoutside (at BridgePort Brewing Company)

[thebrewstorian]

Fred Eckhardt and the Columbia River Brewery (BridgePort), 1984-1985

Fred Eckhardt saved a lot of things. 

When I heard about BridgePort yesterday my first impulse was to go to his collection and see what he saved from the years he observed and wrote about the brewery. If you are reading this blog you know that I think it is really important that we save and share these details of history. Looking through the items written by a man who is no longer with us about a brewery that will soon be closed is an emotional things. 

Save your stuff people -- please!

Also, you’ll see some big names in these documents, and I wanted to remind you that we have oral history interviews for Fred Eckhardt, John Foyston (see email below), Karl and Carole Ockert, and Matt Sage. 

http://bit.ly/ohbaoh

It’s a fat folder, so I decided to only scan his notes, drafts, and articles he saved from the first 2 years. 

But first this...

These are notes from his first/early visit. 100% not in the original order. 

There is also a BridgePort FAQ from November 1984. 

That all went into this draft article. 

I thought this article became this, but clearly it isn’t the same. 

Full confession: I didn’t do a deep dig into the boxes to see where he published this. His collection is divided in terms of subject/research files and article/publishing files, so there are a handful of spots where the completed article might be hiding. 

There are a couple of other articles written about the brewery in 1984/1985. 

And finally we get a media release from the company in April 1985. 

And then in 1986, they had a grand opening party so people could “visit the source” of “Portland’s Own Real Ale.”

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#425

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[dochardysouljazz]

Saturday in downtown Bridgeport - Community radio station WPKN 89.5-FM is hosting MUSIC MASH ‘19 - New England’s largest one-day record fair. (please share this post) More than 1,000 music fans and collectors and 50 dealers of vinyl LP’s, cd’s, music memorabilia and books will be at Read’s Artspace on Broad Street in downtown Bridgeport. Parking is FREE! WPKN DJs will be spinning music, Long Island’s rockabilly band Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks are performing at 12noon; and Two Roads Brewing Company is serving beer. General admission is $7 adults $5 students. Kids under 12 are free. Bring the whole family. Details at WPKN’s website - wpkn.org. See you today At Read’s ArtSpace for MUSIC MASH. Don’t miss i https://www.instagram.com/p/BucdlGTgXHC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hx2qkiav6dwo

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Farewell (at BridgePort Brewing Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt1FBTwgYlg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vneyrmdhd9ph