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Jeff AlworthSeptember 22, 2013Comment
Cider (this) Saturday; Book Events
Jeff AlworthSeptember 18, 2013EventsComment
The Curious Case of Ninkasi's Dortmunder Oktoberfest
Jeff AlworthSeptember 17, 2013Dortmund export, Oktoberfest, beer history Comments
Thing or Nothing: White IPA
Jeff AlworthSeptember 16, 2013white IPA Comments
The Unbearable Whiteness of Craft Brewing
Jeff AlworthSeptember 12, 2013Beer culture Comments
Fresh Hop Beers 2013, the Big List
Jeff AlworthSeptember 11, 2013fresh hop beers Comments
Hop Harvest to Fresh Hop: Hopworks' Bitchin' Camaro (Video)
Jeff AlworthSeptember 10, 2013hop harvest, organic hops Comments
New Book: The Complete Beer Course by Joshua Bernstein
Jeff AlworthSeptember 9, 2013booksComment
The Fresh Hops Are Coming
Jeff AlworthSeptember 6, 2013fresh hop beers Comments
Arch Rock and the Lessons of No-Geek Craft Brewing
Jeff AlworthSeptember 6, 2013Gold Beach Comments
Rare Beers and Good Karma
Jeff AlworthSeptember 5, 2013BenefitsComment
The Third Dimension: Wild
Jeff AlworthSeptember 3, 2013Beer styles, Wild ales, lambic Comments
Happy Labor Day
Jeff AlworthAugust 30, 2013Comment
Oregon Hop Harvest
Jeff AlworthAugust 28, 2013hop harvest Comment
Tonight: Lucky Lab Hop Harvest
Jeff AlworthAugust 27, 2013Lucky Lab, The Mutt Comment
"A Surprisingly Fruity Note Which Lingers on the Tongue"
Jeff AlworthAugust 26, 2013movie Comments
Your Friday Time-Killer
Jeff AlworthAugust 23, 2013 Comments
The Summer of Lagers
Jeff AlworthAugust 23, 2013Lagerfest Comments
A Junior Ethnographer Visits Sasquatch Brewing
Jeff AlworthAugust 22, 2013 Comments
Death of a Tavern
Jeff AlworthAugust 20, 2013Portland taverns 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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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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