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July's Cool Fair Maiden: Berliner Weisse
Jeff AlworthJuly 15, 2013Berliner Weisse Comments
Synthetic Yeast on the Horizon: Mary Shelley Would Be Proud
Jeff AlworthJuly 12, 2013News Comments
The Incredible, Indispensable Puckerfest
Jeff AlworthJuly 12, 2013PuckerfestComment
This Year's GABF Comes with an Asterisk
Jeff AlworthJuly 10, 2013Brewers Association, GABF Comments
The Bubble Versus Mature Market
Jeff AlworthJuly 8, 2013Beer Biz Comments
Cider Saturday: Tannin, Acid, and Sugar
Jeff AlworthJuly 6, 2013Cider Saturday, cider Comments
The New Breed of Sweet IPAs
Jeff AlworthJuly 5, 2013IPA, trends Comments
Happy Fourth
Jeff AlworthJuly 4, 2013Comment
Consumer Reports on Craft Beer: #Fail
Jeff AlworthJuly 3, 2013Blind Tastings, Elsewhere Comments
A Grab Bag of Tasty Treats
Jeff AlworthJuly 2, 2013Cider Riot, News, beer cocktails Comments
Astoria in June
Jeff AlworthJuly 1, 2013AstoriaComment
Monastic Brewing Comes to Oregon: Mt Angel's Benedictine Brewery
Jeff AlworthJune 28, 2013abbey ales Comments
Numbers of the Day: 17 and 47
Jeff AlworthJune 26, 2013Beervana boosterism, Oregon Brewers Guild Comments
Cologne for a Day
Jeff AlworthJune 26, 2013Cologne, Prost, kolsch Comments
Does Oregon Have Too Many Breweries?
Jeff AlworthJune 25, 2013Beer Biz Comments
A Few Words About Cider
Jeff AlworthJune 24, 2013cider Comments
Drink More Cider
Jeff AlworthJune 21, 2013 Comments
The Ground They Touched
Jeff AlworthJune 20, 2013random, travel Comments
What Makes a Beer American?
Jeff AlworthJune 19, 2013American beer Comments
The Quiet Revolution
Jeff AlworthJune 18, 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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