Jeff Alworth

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Director of Paragraph Operations, Beervana Worldwide Industries. (Also: the Beer Bible, Secrets of Master Brewers, etc.) jeff@beervanablog.com www.beervanablog.com

On a normal “sunny” day, this drive would afford a beautiful view of Mt. Hood. But yesterday, a curtain of smoke concealed it.
News story about how Donald Trump embarrassed himself and the U.S. following the World Cup Final in New Jersey. Headline: ‘Most universally hated president in history’: Donald Trump mercilessly booed at World Cup
Billy Dee Williams with Colt 45 looking spectacular.
A beautiful Trillium hazy IPA.
Ivory and blue T-shirts reading “welcome to Oregon, a special place for beer”
“Before we get into it, I need to address what’s transpired in our newsroom over the past two days and what is making news,” she said. “I know I speak for myself, and I hope I speak for everyone here, when I say that I’m only interested in working in a newsroom that is built on trust and mutual respect.” Weiss continued: “We cannot do our work without it. That foundation was broken on Monday, and despite our attempts to engage with Scott Pelley and to find a way back, unfortunately we weren’t able to do so, and so we had to part ways. We did not want that to happen, but that’s the path that he chose.”
de Garde Deep Green (left) and Block 15 Devil’s Staircase, two of the Oregon Homegrown beers pouring at The BeerMongers in Portland.
Picture is the first paragraph from the paper’s Discussion section: “This paper develops a simple model with a simple but stark insight. Even as Al-driven layoffs sweep across industries, and even as every firm recognizes that vanishing paychecks mean vanishing customers, not one of them will stop. Each firm reaps the full savings of replacing its own workers yet bears only a sliver of the demand it destroys; the rest lands on rivals. No firm can afford to be the one that holds back. This is the trap: an automation arms race that only intensifies as Al improves, that leaves workers and firm owners alike worse off, and that no market force can break. We close by discussing implications for empirics and policy, and then the scope and limitations of the analysis.
Barack Obama was interviewed by Stephen Colbert: COLBERT: How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president? OBAMA: Well, you know, the bar has changed. I think you would perform significantly better than some folks we’ve seen. COLBERT: Is that an endorsement? OBAMA: It was not.
Text: 👉 While the craft segment overall is down -3.7%, the New Belgium Craft Portfolio is up +3.2% YTD, making us the #1 craft share gainer in 2026. In fact, New Belgium has gained 2x+ as much share as the next closest craft supplier this year. 👉 With those share gains, now $1 out of every $8 spent on craft beer in the US is spent on buying a New Belgium or Bell’s beer!
Rosie (dog) in a frost-crusted field backlight by the dawn sunlight.
A dog sunning herself.
Our dog Rosie snuggling this morning.
Two beers at Commensal Fermentation. Not pictured: the hazy IPA mentioned in my post.)
Text block reading “Denver and Portland get most of the hype when it comes to craft beer, but they're far from the only places brewing greatness. Across the country, smaller cities are developing beer cultures that feel more personal, experimental, and authentic. These places don’t just pour beer, they celebrate it with festivals, pair it with local ingredients, and turn breweries into community gathering spaces. Whether you're a casual taster or a full beer nerd who judges every IPA like a science experiment, these towns are redefining what America drinks.”
Text: “Gen Z prefers different drinking environments from older groups. Experiential bars and high-energy venues hold much higher appeal and may offer the strongest opportunity to introduce them to craft. While casual dining restaurants, neighbourhood bars and sports bars remain important to the wider craft drinker base, Gen Z is markedly less likely to visit taprooms and brew pubs, which limits the impact of traditional brewery-led spaces.”
Wayfinder Brewing and cityscape at night.
A bartender offers a beer at the new pFriem Family Brewers.
Evan Rail drinking from a stoneware pitcher next to brewer Bohuslav Hlavsa.
Baerlic “Pacific” WC pils
Brujos Grodziskie
BALLAST POINT TAKES ON NEW INVESTORS. San Diego-based Ballast Point has new, local investors in its ownership group, San Diego Beer News reported. Hospitality force RMD Group and boutique investment firm Cypress Ascendant have taken shares in the brewery, and the investors who facilitated the bombshell acquisition of Ballast Point from Constellation Brands in 2019 have exited.
Benediktiner festbier.