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Sam is Dead in PDX

Good luck trying to find some Sam Adams Boston Lager in Portland. It’s been a long time since I’ve bothered to look for any–I need it for symbolic purposes for a little party that begins this afternoon–and I had no idea what a rarity it has become.  The five sixers that constitute the usual stock at my local Fred Meyer* were long raided, and shoppers could not bring themselves to snag that last sixer of Sam Adams Light.  There were a few Rebel IPAs left–but as symbolism goes, “west-coast style IPA” doesn’t really get it done.

So off I went to Plaid Pantry**.  Apparently they don’t stock it at all.  (Thirty brands of local beer, a few mass markets, but nothing from Boston Cincinnati. Then to Zupan’s***.  Nyet.  Finally a hail Mary to Belmont Station, one of Portland’s best bottle shops–and success!  Ordering maven Chris Ormand had the good sense to make sure some Boston Lager was on the shelves for just such an occasion.  I think there’s something instructive in this story, but I’m n …

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