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Next Stop St Louis
Jeff AlworthApril 8, 2013Meta Comments
Do We Need a State Microbe?
Jeff AlworthApril 4, 2013 Comments
Where America's Cultural (and beer?) Boundaries Lie
Jeff AlworthApril 2, 2013Beer culture Comments
Pope Francis to Trappists: No More Beer
Jeff AlworthApril 1, 2013 Comments
From Whence the Name "Beervana?"
Jeff AlworthMarch 29, 2013brewing history Comments
A Tale of Two Fests
Jeff AlworthMarch 28, 2013Beer fests, Farmhouse and Wild Ale Fest, Spring Beer Fest Comments
Meanwhile, In Macroland...
Jeff AlworthMarch 27, 2013Silly Macros Comments
Homer Simpson Was Right
Jeff AlworthMarch 25, 2013Homer Simpson, brewing history Comments
Mallard Man
Jeff AlworthMarch 23, 2013 Comments
Jim Koch Tries to Control the Past
Jeff AlworthMarch 22, 2013 Comments
The Mad Scientist(s) in Milwaukie
Jeff AlworthMarch 21, 2013 Comments
The French (Gastronomic) Connection
Jeff AlworthMarch 19, 2013food pairing Comments
Brewers Association 2012 Numbers: Ten Percent
Jeff AlworthMarch 18, 2013Beer Biz Comments
Instead of Guinness
Jeff AlworthMarch 17, 2013Holidays Comments
The Troublesome Gray Area of Evaluation
Jeff AlworthMarch 15, 2013rumination Comments
Open Thread: What's "Good" Beer?
Jeff AlworthMarch 14, 2013 Comments
Beer Bible Update
Jeff AlworthMarch 13, 2013Beer Bible, Meta Comments
Old American Bocks: A Study in Change
Jeff AlworthMarch 12, 2013Huber, Shiner, Yuengling, bock, brewing history Comments
The Brewery Video as Branding
Jeff AlworthMarch 9, 2013 Comments
Brooklyn, Beans, and Portland, an Intercontinental Tale
Jeff AlworthMarch 8, 2013 Comments
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Are Pilsners *Really* the Hardest Beers to Make?
August 11, 2026
Are Pilsners *Really* the Hardest Beers to Make?
August 11, 2026

There’s an old saw that goes like this: while you can hide faults in many beer styles, pilsners are hard because they expose every flaw. In one very narrow sense this may be accurate, but it leaves much to be desired as a general thesis.

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August 11, 2026
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Stumps for Braun at Trap Door Brewing
August 7, 2026
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Stumps for Braun at Trap Door Brewing
August 7, 2026

Yesterday Trap Door Brewing hosted US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at a political rally for Republican House candidate John Braun. The reaction on social media was spicy.

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August 7, 2026
There Are Two Kona Breweries, and One is Independent
August 4, 2026
There Are Two Kona Breweries, and One is Independent
August 4, 2026

Did you know there were two Kona Breweries? Both make Big Wave and Longboard Lager. Both have the same evocative island art and the same motto (“liquid aloha”). Yet the original one on the Big Island is now independent and has nothing to do with the stuff made on the mainland.

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August 4, 2026
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