Portland in 1984 was far from the Beervana it would become. Most bars only served two kinds of beer-"regular" and "light"-breweries were closing one after another, and the homebrewing scene was essentially nonexistent. Enter two brothers with a dream: Kurt and Rob Widmer wanted to bring Portland's crafty can-do attitude to the beer industry. Weaving together dozens of in-depth interviews from big names across the brewing world, including the brothers...