Jeff Alworth
@beervana.bsky.social
Director of Paragraph Operations, Beervana Worldwide Industries. (Also: the Beer Bible, Secrets of Master Brewers, etc.) jeff@beervanablog.com www.beervanablog.com
I am taking some time off to recharge the batteries, and yesterday the dog and I went on an expedition. Apparently into the badlands after the apocalypse. (That road pic is a “view” of Mt. Hood.) It’s no longer novel, the brown skies, and Europe and the E. Coast get it too. But it still hurts my ❤️
I co-published a book! It’s not about beer, but the back story is something you may find interesting. Indeed, you may even find the book interesting!
Magic and Sufficiently Advanced Technologies — Beervana
I co-published a book! It’s not about beer, but the back story is something you may find interesting. Indeed, you may even find the book interesting!
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I co-published a book! It’s not about beer, but the back story is something you may find interesting. Indeed, you may even find the book interesting!
Magic and Sufficiently Advanced Technologies — Beervana
I co-published a book! It’s not about beer, but the back story is something you may find interesting. Indeed, you may even find the book interesting!
beervanablog.com
Via @stanhieronymus.bsky.social, we have this nice reflection on our interpretive misadventures during the craft beer era. He frames It as personal failings, but it’s a perfect critique of the stories we all told and what we got wrong.
Dave Hoops column: I’ve written about beer for years. Here’s what I got wrong
From the column: "For years I wrote as if beer history moved in a straight line ... It was tidy, too tidy, the kind of story that lets a writer sound authoritative without admitting how much got flatt...
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Read this summary of just 35 things from the first half of this year from @beervana.bsky.social. Is it any wonder we're all exhausted?
35 Things Trump Did
As an antidote to our natural tendency to normalize whatever chaos is happening in our lives, I offer a list of 35 things Trump did in the first half of the year. It is breathtaking to revisit them.
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I was just telling @beervana.bsky.social yesterday about accounts of gold-colored lagers in German newspapers in the 1820s.
Andreas Krennmair@akrennmair.bsky.social · 2w agoWe went to the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum in Munich yesterday. One detail I noticed was in this painting from 1841. Some sources say that Munich lager was relatively pale from roughly 1820 until about 1840. Is this what we're seeing in this painting, an early Munich pale lager? #beerhistory
I’ve long thought that New Glarus Belgian Red was so far ahead of its time while simultaneously nailing a timeless style that even the most astute beer enthusiasts just plain never noticed it. Part of that is exclusivity to WI but nevertheless… Looking forward to listening to this!
Jeff Alworth@beervana.bsky.social · 2w agoQuick, what’s the most iconic ‘90s-era Wisconsin beer, launched by a craft brewery that is the inheritor of the state’s famous local brewing tradition? If you said Spotted Cow, you got the right brewery, but I’m talking about an even more influential beer.
Quick, what’s the most iconic ‘90s-era Wisconsin beer, launched by a craft brewery that is the inheritor of the state’s famous local brewing tradition? If you said Spotted Cow, you got the right brewery, but I’m talking about an even more influential beer.
The Origins of American Wild Ales — Beervana
Quick, what’s the most iconic ‘90s-era Wisconsin beer, launched by a craft brewery that is the inheritor of the state’s famous local brewing tradition. If you said Spotted Cow, you got the right brewe...
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Quick, what’s the most iconic ‘90s-era Wisconsin beer, launched by a craft brewery that is the inheritor of the state’s famous local brewing tradition? If you said Spotted Cow, you got the right brewery, but I’m talking about an even more influential beer.
The Origins of American Wild Ales — Beervana
Quick, what’s the most iconic ‘90s-era Wisconsin beer, launched by a craft brewery that is the inheritor of the state’s famous local brewing tradition. If you said Spotted Cow, you got the right brewe...
beervanablog.com
In deference to Alan Sprint’s death yesterday, I didn’t promote this, but here it is. It may seem like an obscure “iconic” beer, but I make the case it’s the most Important precedent in establishing wild ales in the US. Lovely commentary from Jeff Sparrow (Wild Brews) and Dan Carey (New Glarus).
One Iconic Beer: Wisconsin Belgian Red - All About Beer
No beer was more critical in developing interest in wild ales than New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red.
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In deference to Alan Sprint’s death yesterday, I didn’t promote this, but here it is. It may seem like an obscure “iconic” beer, but I make the case it’s the most Important precedent in establishing wild ales in the US. Lovely commentary from Jeff Sparrow (Wild Brews) and Dan Carey (New Glarus).
One Iconic Beer: Wisconsin Belgian Red - All About Beer
No beer was more critical in developing interest in wild ales than New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red.
allaboutbeer.com
This is a great remembrance of an icon in the Portland brewing community. Fred was the beer everyone talked about but Adam was always my favorite. I’m sad I don’t have one in the cellar to celebrate Alan’s life. I guess a Doggie Claws will have to do.
Jeff Alworth@beervana.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd here’s my remembrance.
Such sad news! Alan was an absolute legend and a visionary who was one of the key figures that elevated Oregon craft beer to heights far beyond what pretty much any other region in the world could muster.
Jeff Alworth@beervana.bsky.social · 2w agoThe iconoclastic Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog brewing died last night at 66. It is a huge loss not just for the industry, but for so many whose lives he touched. I wrote a long piece on Alan when he closed the brewery four years ago, and I’ll have a remembrance up later this morning.
And here’s my remembrance.
Alan Sprints, 1959-2026 — Beervana
The iconoclastic and widely beloved Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog brewing died last night at 66. It is a huge loss not just for the industry, but for so many whose lives he touched. We’ll miss him s...
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Jeff Alworth@beervana.bsky.social · 2w agoThe iconoclastic Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog brewing died last night at 66. It is a huge loss not just for the industry, but for so many whose lives he touched. I wrote a long piece on Alan when he closed the brewery four years ago, and I’ll have a remembrance up later this morning.
The iconoclastic Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog brewing died last night at 66. It is a huge loss not just for the industry, but for so many whose lives he touched. I wrote a long piece on Alan when he closed the brewery four years ago, and I’ll have a remembrance up later this morning.
Sightglass: Those Who Choose The “Difficult Path” — Beervana
After 29 years, Alan Sprints is shutting down Hair of the Dog and settling into a well-deserved retirement. For the first Sightglass post of 2022, I met with Alan to discuss his life, his legacy, and ...
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And here’s my remembrance.
Alan Sprints, 1959-2026 — Beervana
The iconoclastic and widely beloved Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog brewing died last night at 66. It is a huge loss not just for the industry, but for so many whose lives he touched. We’ll miss him s...
beervanablog.com
Jeff Alworth@beervana.bsky.social · 2w agoThe iconoclastic Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog brewing died last night at 66. It is a huge loss not just for the industry, but for so many whose lives he touched. I wrote a long piece on Alan when he closed the brewery four years ago, and I’ll have a remembrance up later this morning.
The iconoclastic Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog brewing died last night at 66. It is a huge loss not just for the industry, but for so many whose lives he touched. I wrote a long piece on Alan when he closed the brewery four years ago, and I’ll have a remembrance up later this morning.
Sightglass: Those Who Choose The “Difficult Path” — Beervana
After 29 years, Alan Sprints is shutting down Hair of the Dog and settling into a well-deserved retirement. For the first Sightglass post of 2022, I met with Alan to discuss his life, his legacy, and ...
beervanablog.com
Congratulations to Spain, and, on behalf on an ashamed nation, deepest apologies to everyone else.
This is about politics, but it’s not super partisan. In it I forward the idea that a generations-old politics of preservation on the left is dying in the age of MAGA. It is being replaced not by a more progressive politics, necessarily, but a politics of *restoration.*
On the Left, the Birth of a New Politics
Democratic politics have for decades been focused on preservation. For the first time, this year’s midterms has shifted the ground so that a new politics of restoration is being born.
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I am the worst about participating in group writing projects like “The Session,” but the idea of beer writers charting an itinerary that exposes you to the quintessence of their home town—that I would read in a second. Hell, we could throw it between two covers as a great book. Chapter 1:
#210: World Cup City - Belgium 🇧🇪
Day 44: Belgitude
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I am the worst about participating in group writing projects like “The Session,” but the idea of beer writers charting an itinerary that exposes you to the quintessence of their home town—that I would read in a second. Hell, we could throw it between two covers as a great book. Chapter 1:
#210: World Cup City - Belgium 🇧🇪
Day 44: Belgitude
open.substack.com
The Oregon Health Authority, under the auspices of their Rethink the Drink campaign, is out with a new social media spot that equates alcohol and asbestos. For a project that claims to only be interested in promoting drinking moderation, this seems pretty immoderate.
The State of Oregon's Confused Relationship to Alcohol — Beervana
The Oregon Health Authority is out with a new social media spot that equates alcohol and asbestos. For a project that claims to only be interested in promoting drinking moderation, this seems pretty i...
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The Oregon Health Authority, under the auspices of their Rethink the Drink campaign, is out with a new social media spot that equates alcohol and asbestos. For a project that claims to only be interested in promoting drinking moderation, this seems pretty immoderate.
The State of Oregon's Confused Relationship to Alcohol — Beervana
The Oregon Health Authority is out with a new social media spot that equates alcohol and asbestos. For a project that claims to only be interested in promoting drinking moderation, this seems pretty i...
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We’re going to get a lot more of this stuff with AI. (The Oregon Brewers Fest died years ago.) It is not a good time for facts.
United States Ignites a Global Tourism Frenzy as Portland’s Oregon Brewers Festival Uncorks Extraordinary Flavours, Blockbuster Entertainment and an Irresistible Waterfront Adventure - Travel And Tour...
Portland's Oregon Brewers Festival ignites global travel with craft beer, waterfront celebrations, local flavours and unforgettable summer experiences.
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Today you get three small bites that may make a meal.: sad news about the sunset of the best deal in beer, good news about Americans’ view of beer, and a cool gadget that seems like all upside for breweries.
Small Plates to Kick Off the Week — Beervana
Today you get three small bites that may make a meal.: sad news about the sunset of the best deal in beer, good news about Americans’ view of beer, and a cool gadget that seems like all upside for bre...
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Spotted on the shelf to boot. It's how I know this Sierra Nevada joint is legit. @beervana.bsky.social
Lindsay Graham is dead, which seems like a good opportunity for this reminder. Epigram: a brief, interesting, surprising, or humorous statement. Epigraph: a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter. Epitaph: short text honoring a deceased person, often on a gravestone.
The closest I ever got to pub/brewery ownership was a plan for The Pie and Pint. My wife is an amazing baker, and she had the idea of serving hand pies, which seemed like an easy way to do the food. Anyway, here’s Eoghan.
Eoghan Walsh@eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social · 4w agoIf there's one thing Irish food is missing, it's handheld pies/pasties/empanada-type food. And don't come at me with your jambons. They don't count.
What's with all the new lager brands wanting to look like they're 50 years old? I dig into the dynamics behind the retro branding boom for WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/07...
New beers are doing everything they can to look old
A fleet of retro-branded light lagers is coming to the beer aisle and tapping into shifting consumer tastes.
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