Got to put a plug in for Bridgeport Brewing in Portland OR. The brewmaster was the first to go to the UK and come back to microbrew ales instead of the German stuff that was going in the early days.
One of the first in the US for cask conditioned (at the proper temp) and an excellent IPA.
My luck, I don't drink beer much anymore.
http://www.bridgeportbrew.com/#/our_beers/

Yay - Bridgeport!!!

Mrs tonrob and I spent a few excellent days in Portland a couple of years ago. You may have noticed the smell.

hmmm, I wrote it off to Camas at the time... but now that you mention it.....

Wow! Tacoma* has a challenger!


* The aroma of Tacoma is best described as a combination of broccoli and wet, hobo, ass.

Poetry

aka "Stinkoma"

Prolly a stupid question, but what's IPA?

Careful! You might get accused of poetry!

India Pale Ale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Pale_Ale

India or Imperial Pale Ale...bit lighter in colour with a fair bit of ABV in a nutshell.

I have a funny poetry story but this doesn't seem the place...

(the Sinkoma poem is about the Aroma of Stinkoma...)


edit: strangely enough, and on topic, the smell of beer cooking isn't all that nice. When we first moved here, the Henry Weinhard brewery was right downtown & my classmates had to edumacate me on that one. They finally moved the brewery out of state (?!). Right about the time I moved downwind from the Widmere brothers.
I guess you get used to it.

OMG. my wife and I, drove from Seattle to Portland a few years ago, and I was in heaven. So many breweries and beer Restaurants, it was unbelievable. No big brewers. just local companies, what a treat!

That's the understatement of the year. Beer distilleries (is that the right term?) smell downright foul.

the word you're looking for is brewery

how was your w/e in New York?

Thank you - that's exactly what I was trying to think of - I must be losing my mind. Will send you a PM re: New York.