Patrick Orr: Beer
About Patrick Orr
Patrick Orr is a Statesman reporter and beer enthusiast. He was introduced to craft beers in the late 1980s and has been a beer enthusiast ever since. Since then he has eagerly drank craft beers from all over the country and overseas and has spent a lot of time doing research into the industry.
ORR: Expect 2012 to be a big beer year for Boise
Spring 2012 has brought with it a craft beer news explosion for the Boise area. Let’s get right down to it.
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PATRICK ORR: BEER
ORR: Boise’s newest brewers carve out a niche
You know those wooden fences that line pastures in rural Idaho to keep cattle, horses and other livestock off the road? That’s where the Treasure Valley’s newest brewery got its name.
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ENTERTAINMENT
ORR: Gone to the dogs
With the Super Bowl this Sunday, we are about to be doused with the next wave of what promise to be moronic, insulting, sexist, and maybe even kind of funny beer ads.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Orr: It’s growler time in the Treasure Valley!
You want to support local businesses, be environmentally friendly and enjoy the best craft beer your town has to offer in the comfort of your own home?
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ENTERTAINMENT
Orr: Laughing all the way to the brewery
When Fred Colby decided to ditch his gig in the IT department of Coldwater Creek in 2005 to brew craft beer, he had a 3,000-foot warehouse, four beers on the roster, and a small bottling line that could do up to 40 cases an hour. He had two employees: himself and his wife.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Patrick Orr: Payette, Sockeye ramp up their production
If you enjoy the libations of Payette Brewing Co. brewmaster and owner Mike Francis, here’s good news: Francis just got three 30-barrel brewing tanks delivered — two fermentors and a bright tank — which means he is now able to more than double his brewing capacity.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Patrick Orr: Report from the Great American Beer Festival
First, the kind-of-bad news: None of the four Idaho breweries that entered their beers in this year’s Great American Beer Festival, held in Denver last weekend, won any medals.
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DINING
Boise brewers face off against rest of United States at the Great American Beer Festival
It’s Jake Schisel’s turn to represent this year.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Patrick Orr: 10 Barrel Brewing coming to Boise?
There’s been a ton of talk lately about whether the Idaho Department of Lands should lease a state-owned building at 9th and Bannock streets to a business that wants to operate a new brew pub in Boise.
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PATRICK ORR: BEER
Orr: Craft beer pioneer visits Boise
When Charlie Papazian created the Great American Beer Festival in 1982, 900 people showed up in Denver.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Orr: The Ram's Kevin Bolen takes on new challenges at Grand Teton Brewing
One of Boise’s best brewers is now the head brewer at Idaho’s best brewery, Grand Teton Brewing in Victor.
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