Just a note, fat tire is made by new belgium brewing out of colorado, and indeed it is on tap in many many places. However, it is a fair to middling beer compared with the hundreds of beers brewed in portland and oregon (IMO). Come for the fat tire on tap, stay for the really good oregon beers. Also as a tech interested individual, one should make it a point to go to Powell's Technical bookstore, it is 3 blocks from the original big Powells, but chock full of Math, Science, Engineering and computer books, my fave bookstore on the planet.