Beervana Blog
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Founded by Jeff Alworth in 2006, the award-winning Beervana Blog has been the leading source for beer news, insights about brewing, beer culture, and opinion in the world of beer. I've worked harder to turn the site into something more than a blog, where posts are often disposable and unpolished. I have published a variety of deeply-reported pieces, and have a number of ongoing series.
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I managed to get inside the old brewhouse at U Fleků yesterday, and offer this illustrated peek inside. ..read more
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2w ago
People typically talk about “American” or “Pacific Northwest” hops as if they’re a monolith. Yet Oregon’s Willamette Valley, on the wet side of the Cascades, is vastly different than the arid Yakima Valley. The hops grown there are different, too. ..read more
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1M ago
We learned today that a Portland institution was closing down: McCormick and Schmick’s RiverPlace restaurant. It was once the toast of the town, featuring the best view in the city. It was also the home of Full Sail’s Portland outpost, an important formative location in creating Portland’s beer scene ..read more
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Our friends at AB InBev have offered us a new beer promising a “fathomless palate squeeze.” Wait, what? And ? That does not sound appetizing. What is going on here ..read more
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“I was common practice to take the beer that had splashed into a bucket below the hand pump at the end of the day, add a slurry of asbestos and then run them through a filter. The asbestos-filtered “slops” were then served to the first customers into the pub the next day ..read more
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Oregon is one of the most interesting and important beer regions in the United States, but you wouldn’t know it if you did a web search. No one does a very good job of telling the Oregon story. Until now. I’m excited to announce a new project to promote Oregon beer ..read more
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2M ago
About a year ago, Rogue launched its Dead Guy brand family of new beers. That wasn’t a superficial lunge at a popular strategy, however, but rather the first step on a multi-year plan for reinvention. ? That does not sound appetizing. What is going on here ..read more
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2M ago
Fresh hop season is underway, and it has so far proven to be unusual—and enlightening. Here are a few early lessons I’m taking away from the selection I’ve found ..read more
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Is it possible that the most unusual brewery in America is the one that just makes two beers? Brienne Allan and Michael Fava are certainly making a compelling case with Sacred Profane, their year-old project in Biddeford, Maine. Fleků yesterday, and offer this illustrated peek inside. ..read more