Ahem ...
Portland, not Seattle, is the birthplace of the modern microbrew movement. History, people, history! The overturning of state laws preventing breweries from selling their product retail in pubs was first overturned right here in Oregon (forbidding such operations was part of the post-Prohibition conditions on the legalization of alcohol passed due to lobbying of the larger brewing companies that were still around, most notably Busch ala Budricer)
