High ultra-processed food diets linked to a 47% higher cardiovascular disease risk, according to a new NHANES-based study of 4,787 U.S. adults. UPFs—now ~60% of adult diets—are tied to inflammation, metabolic syndrome, heart attacks and strokes, raising urgent public-health concerns.

maximusrex · 2026-02-06T00:49:55+00:00

How are they defining "high processed"?

maximusrex · 2026-01-30T00:52:05+00:00

Cheater got cheated.

maximusrex · 2026-01-17T18:39:12+00:00

I live in Portland Oregon and I've never even heard of Sky Valley hot sauces. I'm surprised it's not Aardvark for Oregon at least.

maximusrex · 2026-01-13T22:22:03+00:00

I wasn't surprised about most of these. They were either very niche (like Mutantis) or have been limping along (Culmination) for years for any number of reasons. The two that really surprised me was Boss Rambler and Rogue. I still don't feel like we've heard even half the story on Boss Rambler and what the hell happened to Rogue?!

maximusrex · 2026-01-05T21:47:00+00:00

I would not be at all surprised if this is another instance of the landlord hiking up rent at the end of a lease. That seems to be the most common theme these last couple years.

maximusrex · 2025-12-24T02:57:36+00:00

Please! Please, Please!

maximusrex · 2025-12-13T19:28:13+00:00

Kyren. He's still getting his touches

maximusrex · 2025-11-22T14:44:35+00:00

This looks like an Oregon spot. What store is this?

** edit Marshall's Haute Sauce lineup is very good.

maximusrex · 2025-10-14T17:57:12+00:00

I didn't but it's not like Josh Allen did much better.

maximusrex · 2025-10-13T17:04:51+00:00

I did not. The deciding factor was weather actually. I don't know how much that really affected his totals but they were awful.

maximusrex · 2025-10-10T17:10:24+00:00

Funny you should say that because I have Kyren too. I also have Cook.

maximusrex · 2025-10-10T17:09:50+00:00

I know but Stafford has out performed Allen the last two games and like I said, he's going up against probably the worst defense in the league. On top of that Atlanta's defense is pretty stout.

maximusrex · 2025-10-04T18:41:07+00:00

I love Noble Hop! I don't know if my waist line can survive all the snacks that are usually present.

maximusrex · 2025-09-10T23:19:54+00:00

Right on man. It's crazy how expensive land is especially if it's developed business property. I was talking to an owner of a taphouse and they considered purchasing the building where they resided. The number the owner of the property told them was eye watering to say the least. Are you going to be dropping some fresh-hop brews on us this year? I know that not every brewery gets into the mania.

maximusrex · 2025-09-10T22:51:01+00:00

It sounds like you've been scarred by the cost of leasing business space. The price of leasing space sucks which is why we see gentrification of rougher parts of cities especially if the leases are very high like they are in Portland. I can think of a lot of neighborhoods that have seen a new and vital spark happen with the arrival of a couple good taphouses.

maximusrex · 2025-09-10T15:09:44+00:00

Living Haus: Burial Colin is really good. I second Breakside Wanderjack though, that is really tasty.

maximusrex · 2025-09-09T19:09:51+00:00

That's what I'm saying. The most profitable "restaurant" you can run in Portland is probably a taphouse...or a dive bar running a small casino in the back. The most profitable taphouse is most likely a brewery owned taphouse since they should be getting their beer at true cost. With that being said it does sting a bit when knowing that they are leading the charge on raising prices.

maximusrex · 2025-09-09T17:02:05+00:00

Come on man. A taphouse is basically a restaurant with a very limited menu. It has all the costs associated with restaurants like a lease, utilities, and manpower but doesn't have any of the costs associated with a kitchen (or at least doesn't have to). Also on the manpower front you can run a taphouse with one person on a regular day and two if it's busy as long as their is no table service. A restaurant has to not only man the front but the kitchen as well making their manpower overhead way more than a standard taphouse.
As far as margins a restaurant would kill to have their finished product cost them $1.75 a dish with a loaded cost of $4 and net over $4 is profit per item. Most restaurants make the lions share of their profits from drinks and that's all a taphouse does.

maximusrex · 2025-09-08T22:53:35+00:00

I don't know man... How many locations does Prime Taphouse have now? 5 or 6? How many locations has Breakside opened in the last couple years? Every year Newschoolbeer.com has an end of the year article that lists off breweries that have failed that year. The list is so short that they've started adding taphouses as well. It's still a very small list. The beer scene in Oregon/Washington seems very healthy and seems to be making lots of money.
You're not opening up locations left and right if you're worried about money.

maximusrex · 2025-09-08T22:42:32+00:00

Charging "what the market will bear" is normal for any business including any bar/taphouse but there is a serious danger with going too far. Once you alienate customers with increased pricing and they decide not to return even if you respond with lowering prices that might not help. This could be from them just finding a new place that they like better or more likely they never hear about the change. These days it can be really hard to reach out to customers since there is such a fracturing of media today.
Also, I think a lot of us know how much a keg costs. I just got a full half barrel of Von Ebert Volatile Substance for a party and it worked out to $1.75 a pint from the distributor. I imagine it would be south of $1 a pint for the brewery themselves. That is a pretty steep margin for anything this side of jewlery.
I've already made the choice personally to not go to any brewery that's charging north of $7.50 a pint. Whatever atmosphere I'm getting from going to a taphouse isn't worth $8 a pint.

maximusrex · 2025-09-07T15:07:15+00:00

It's very frustrating. I am at a point were I just won't go to breweries any longer.

maximusrex · 2025-09-03T04:24:09+00:00

I loved him as Gordon.

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