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Cider Saturday: Mass Market Ciders
Jeff AlworthAugust 17, 2013Cider Saturday, cider Comments
A Major Milestone: Five Years for Brewers Union Local 180
Jeff AlworthAugust 16, 2013Brewers Union Comment
When IPAs Didn't Exist
Jeff AlworthAugust 15, 2013IPA, brewing history Comments
Bend May Have Too Many Breweries
Jeff AlworthAugust 14, 2013Bend Comments
Mighty Mites Fest Makes Its Triumphant Return
Jeff AlworthAugust 13, 2013MIghty Mites Comments
Why Americans Don't Make "Lambics"
Jeff AlworthAugust 9, 2013Beer culture, brewing history, lambic Comments
Reports of Beer's Death Greatly Exaggerated
Jeff AlworthAugust 8, 2013 Comments
From Cusco to Portland: Chicha's Epic Journey
Jeff AlworthAugust 6, 2013Peru, chicha, traditional beer Comments
I'm Willing to Call This "Craft" Brewing
Jeff AlworthAugust 5, 2013Block 15 Comment
Rustic Urban Brewing With The Commons
Jeff AlworthAugust 2, 2013Beetje, The Commons Comments
GABF Reconsiders Registration After 2013 Debacle
Jeff AlworthAugust 1, 2013GABF Comments
Farmhouse Ales: More State of Mind Than Style
Jeff AlworthJuly 30, 2013farmhouse ales, rustic ales, saison Comments
The Magic of Compound Growth
Jeff AlworthJuly 29, 2013Beer Biz Comments
Brewing News of the Bizarre
Jeff AlworthJuly 26, 2013News Comments
Beer/No Beer: A Curmudgeon at the Oregon Brewers Festival
Jeff AlworthJuly 25, 2013Beer styles, OBF 2013, beer appreciation Comments
The Ultimate Beer Geek's Guide to the OBF
Jeff AlworthJuly 23, 2013OBF 2013 Comments
Oregon Brewers Fest By the Numbers
Jeff AlworthJuly 22, 2013OBF 2013 Comments
Oregon Brewers Festival Reducing Pour Sizes
Jeff AlworthJuly 19, 2013OBF 2013 Comments
Is Anyone Going to the Portland International Beer Fest?
Jeff AlworthJuly 18, 2013PIB 2013 Comments
I Am Only Gathering Strength
Jeff AlworthJuly 17, 2013Comment
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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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