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
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I don’t know how many professional brewers migrated to Bluesky, but I have a request for you.
Is your brewery healthy (using any definition that makes sense to you) and even growing? If so, I would love to have a chat. I think we need to remind people you exist. DM/reply/email. Thanks!
Is your brewery healthy (using any definition that makes sense to you) and even growing? If so, I would love to have a chat. I think we need to remind people you exist. DM/reply/email. Thanks!
January 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I don’t know how many professional brewers migrated to Bluesky, but I have a request for you.
Is your brewery healthy (using any definition that makes sense to you) and even growing? If so, I would love to have a chat. I think we need to remind people you exist. DM/reply/email. Thanks!
Is your brewery healthy (using any definition that makes sense to you) and even growing? If so, I would love to have a chat. I think we need to remind people you exist. DM/reply/email. Thanks!
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“Imagine being Donald Trump, a penny-ante grifter whose small-time schemes are held together with lies and glue. You hope your short cons hold together long enough to make you some money before you have to abandon them. Along the way, you satisfy your degenerate appetites quickly and furtively…”
The Grabbing Hands Grab All They Can
Imagine being Donald Trump, a small-time grifter whose schemes often failed through poor planning or laziness. He must pinch himself now that he can grab anything he wants. Even Venezuela.
jeffalworth.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
“Imagine being Donald Trump, a penny-ante grifter whose small-time schemes are held together with lies and glue. You hope your short cons hold together long enough to make you some money before you have to abandon them. Along the way, you satisfy your degenerate appetites quickly and furtively…”
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Here's a hashtag we can definitely get behind #PubJanuary
Our first 'official' meet of the year is Thurs 15th at the Rusty Bucket, SE9, but we'll be supporting local pubs in the meantime #ItsPubOClock
Our first 'official' meet of the year is Thurs 15th at the Rusty Bucket, SE9, but we'll be supporting local pubs in the meantime #ItsPubOClock
It is January 2nd, and you have shaken off that New Year’s Eve hangover and find yourself surveying a gray winter landscape. Night falls at 4:30 pm, but now there are no more holidays to anticipate, just two more months of yuck. This is the moment to get down to your local pub.
Support Your Local Brewery on #PubJanuary! — Beervana
It is January 2nd, and you have shaken off that New Year’s Eve hangover and find yourself surveying a gray winter landscape. Night falls at 4:30 pm, but now there are no more holidays to anticipate, j...
www.beervanablog.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Here's a hashtag we can definitely get behind #PubJanuary
Our first 'official' meet of the year is Thurs 15th at the Rusty Bucket, SE9, but we'll be supporting local pubs in the meantime #ItsPubOClock
Our first 'official' meet of the year is Thurs 15th at the Rusty Bucket, SE9, but we'll be supporting local pubs in the meantime #ItsPubOClock
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It is January 2nd, and you have shaken off that New Year’s Eve hangover and find yourself surveying a gray winter landscape. Night falls at 4:30 pm, but now there are no more holidays to anticipate, just two more months of yuck. This is the moment to get down to your local pub.
Support Your Local Brewery on #PubJanuary! — Beervana
It is January 2nd, and you have shaken off that New Year’s Eve hangover and find yourself surveying a gray winter landscape. Night falls at 4:30 pm, but now there are no more holidays to anticipate, j...
www.beervanablog.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It is January 2nd, and you have shaken off that New Year’s Eve hangover and find yourself surveying a gray winter landscape. Night falls at 4:30 pm, but now there are no more holidays to anticipate, just two more months of yuck. This is the moment to get down to your local pub.
It is January 2nd, and you have shaken off that New Year’s Eve hangover and find yourself surveying a gray winter landscape. Night falls at 4:30 pm, but now there are no more holidays to anticipate, just two more months of yuck. This is the moment to get down to your local pub.
Support Your Local Brewery on #PubJanuary! — Beervana
It is January 2nd, and you have shaken off that New Year’s Eve hangover and find yourself surveying a gray winter landscape. Night falls at 4:30 pm, but now there are no more holidays to anticipate, j...
www.beervanablog.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It is January 2nd, and you have shaken off that New Year’s Eve hangover and find yourself surveying a gray winter landscape. Night falls at 4:30 pm, but now there are no more holidays to anticipate, just two more months of yuck. This is the moment to get down to your local pub.
Until about 12 minutes left in the fourth, the commentators kept talking about TX Tech’s D (3rd in the country), which had given up 16 to Oregon. Meanwhile they seemed unaware that the 🦆🦆 we’re the sixth-rated D. Maybe someone will notice Oregon is a pretty good team.
The NCAA really hates the west coast. Only one team playing today is from the Pacific time zone—the rest are Central and Eastern. But when did they schedule Oregon to play? First, at 9am local time. I’m not really a Duck fan, but as an Oregonian I can’t help taking this personally.
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Until about 12 minutes left in the fourth, the commentators kept talking about TX Tech’s D (3rd in the country), which had given up 16 to Oregon. Meanwhile they seemed unaware that the 🦆🦆 we’re the sixth-rated D. Maybe someone will notice Oregon is a pretty good team.
The NCAA really hates the west coast. Only one team playing today is from the Pacific time zone—the rest are Central and Eastern. But when did they schedule Oregon to play? First, at 9am local time. I’m not really a Duck fan, but as an Oregonian I can’t help taking this personally.
January 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The NCAA really hates the west coast. Only one team playing today is from the Pacific time zone—the rest are Central and Eastern. But when did they schedule Oregon to play? First, at 9am local time. I’m not really a Duck fan, but as an Oregonian I can’t help taking this personally.
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The latest pFriem-Beervana collaboration is pouring now (in Czech-style side taps at pFriem’s taprooms), and it is awesome. Here are all the details.
Collaboration: Beervana x pFriem Baltic Porter — Beervana
The latest pFriem-Beervana collaboration is pouring now (in Czech-style side taps at pFriem’s taprooms), and it is awesome. Here are all the details.
www.beervanablog.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The latest pFriem-Beervana collaboration is pouring now (in Czech-style side taps at pFriem’s taprooms), and it is awesome. Here are all the details.
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Politics for those who can stand it. I know these risk frustrating people who only want to hear about beer, and I am sensitive to that. This feed will remain largely about beer. Yet the post I link here illustrates why, in 2025, politics just can’t be ignored.
Happy new year, lovely people!
Happy new year, lovely people!
On this last day of 2025, let’s spend a moment fixing in our mind how malignant our federal government was this year. In this post, I’ve selected one act the admin took each week to paint a picture of its crime, corruption, racism, violence, and incompetence. It was something.
Fifty Things Trump Did in 2025
In this post I have selected one action Trump took each week since his inauguration to paint a portrait of his year of crime, corruption, racism, violence, and incompetence. It was something.
jeffalworth.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Politics for those who can stand it. I know these risk frustrating people who only want to hear about beer, and I am sensitive to that. This feed will remain largely about beer. Yet the post I link here illustrates why, in 2025, politics just can’t be ignored.
Happy new year, lovely people!
Happy new year, lovely people!
The latest pFriem-Beervana collaboration is pouring now (in Czech-style side taps at pFriem’s taprooms), and it is awesome. Here are all the details.
Collaboration: Beervana x pFriem Baltic Porter — Beervana
The latest pFriem-Beervana collaboration is pouring now (in Czech-style side taps at pFriem’s taprooms), and it is awesome. Here are all the details.
www.beervanablog.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The latest pFriem-Beervana collaboration is pouring now (in Czech-style side taps at pFriem’s taprooms), and it is awesome. Here are all the details.
Reposted by Jeff Alworth
Time to tie off another year of beer blogging with the usual highlights reel: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/12/end-...
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Time to tie off another year of beer blogging with the usual highlights reel: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/12/end-...
Politics for those who can stand it. I know these risk frustrating people who only want to hear about beer, and I am sensitive to that. This feed will remain largely about beer. Yet the post I link here illustrates why, in 2025, politics just can’t be ignored.
Happy new year, lovely people!
Happy new year, lovely people!
On this last day of 2025, let’s spend a moment fixing in our mind how malignant our federal government was this year. In this post, I’ve selected one act the admin took each week to paint a picture of its crime, corruption, racism, violence, and incompetence. It was something.
Fifty Things Trump Did in 2025
In this post I have selected one action Trump took each week since his inauguration to paint a portrait of his year of crime, corruption, racism, violence, and incompetence. It was something.
jeffalworth.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Politics for those who can stand it. I know these risk frustrating people who only want to hear about beer, and I am sensitive to that. This feed will remain largely about beer. Yet the post I link here illustrates why, in 2025, politics just can’t be ignored.
Happy new year, lovely people!
Happy new year, lovely people!
How I think I’m walking into 2026 …
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
How I think I’m walking into 2026 …
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Jeff Alworth is always worth a read. Give this post a look - the issues and opportunities for Oregon beer are generally both a reflection of, and a harbinger for, what’s happening in beer across the US.
Well, that sucked. As the final sands run out on 2025, I have a look at the carnage—and believe it or not, I managed to find a shaft of light or two as well.
Good Riddance (2025 in Review) — Beervana
Well, that sucked. As the final sands run out on 2025, I have a look at the carnage—and believe it or not, I managed to find a shaft of light or two as well.
www.beervanablog.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Jeff Alworth is always worth a read. Give this post a look - the issues and opportunities for Oregon beer are generally both a reflection of, and a harbinger for, what’s happening in beer across the US.
Reposted by Jeff Alworth
Well, that sucked. As the final sands run out on 2025, I have a look at the carnage—and believe it or not, I managed to find a shaft of light or two as well.
Good Riddance (2025 in Review) — Beervana
Well, that sucked. As the final sands run out on 2025, I have a look at the carnage—and believe it or not, I managed to find a shaft of light or two as well.
www.beervanablog.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Well, that sucked. As the final sands run out on 2025, I have a look at the carnage—and believe it or not, I managed to find a shaft of light or two as well.
Well, that sucked. As the final sands run out on 2025, I have a look at the carnage—and believe it or not, I managed to find a shaft of light or two as well.
Good Riddance (2025 in Review) — Beervana
Well, that sucked. As the final sands run out on 2025, I have a look at the carnage—and believe it or not, I managed to find a shaft of light or two as well.
www.beervanablog.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Well, that sucked. As the final sands run out on 2025, I have a look at the carnage—and believe it or not, I managed to find a shaft of light or two as well.
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I note the below video is doing the rounds yet again. It appears to resurface, like the two-part pour one, every few months on social media! I used it as a jumping off point on the interesting early history of the crown cap's origins a couple of years ago. Well, I say interesting but ...
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I note the below video is doing the rounds yet again. It appears to resurface, like the two-part pour one, every few months on social media! I used it as a jumping off point on the interesting early history of the crown cap's origins a couple of years ago. Well, I say interesting but ...
Video awesomeness (2), via @patto1ro.bsky.social.
Bottling Guinness in the 1960s
Another Guinness bottling controversy. This time about the use of corks. Which Guinness wanted to phase out in favour of crown corks. The b...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Video awesomeness (2), via @patto1ro.bsky.social.
Video awesomeness (1).
Fascinating stuff. I wonder when the last publican bottlings of Guinness were?
December 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Video awesomeness (1).
Agreed!
+1. The reason I’ve loved doing radio and podcasts was because they were audio only. The shift to visual pods is 100% annoying.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
December 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Agreed!
Merry Christmas, everyone (or happy Thursday as appropriate). Yesterday’s post got some chat going about obscure Christmas music, and as I had by no means exhausted my list, here’s a thread with songs and links. Joy to you all—
Have a Cool Yule, Y’all — Beervana
Be warm, well, and happy, my friends.
www.beervanablog.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone (or happy Thursday as appropriate). Yesterday’s post got some chat going about obscure Christmas music, and as I had by no means exhausted my list, here’s a thread with songs and links. Joy to you all—
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Be warm, well, and happy, my friends.
Have a Cool Yule, Y’all — Beervana
Be warm, well, and happy, my friends.
www.beervanablog.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Be warm, well, and happy, my friends.
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This is not about beer, but it’s not really politics, either. Nor anything to do with the holidays! With an intro like that, you must be dying to read it:
This week, NPR’s This American Life aired an episode about Portland. For a Portlander still suffering some PTSD about how our city has been characterized for the past five years, it was a painful listen. I wrote to the show with my thoughts, which I’m also shared here:
“Portland” Versus Portland
In the latest episode of This American Life, reporter Zoe Chace visits “Portland,” and manages to entirely miss the city where I live.
jeffalworth.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is not about beer, but it’s not really politics, either. Nor anything to do with the holidays! With an intro like that, you must be dying to read it:
Be warm, well, and happy, my friends.
Have a Cool Yule, Y’all — Beervana
Be warm, well, and happy, my friends.
www.beervanablog.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Be warm, well, and happy, my friends.