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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 1h

The North American Guild of Beer Writers announced the winners of their annual awards competition. I have some notes on the winners, plus some comments on the state of writing and publishing in 2025.

The State of Writing 2025 — Beervana

The North American Guild of Beer Writers announced the winners of their annual awards competition. I have some notes on the winners, plus some comments on the state of writing and publishing in 2025.

www.beervanablog.com

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 1d

Politics for those interested.

Jeff Alworth @alworth.bsky.social · 1d

Trump understands how to conjure a dark, dystopic reality from thin air based on lies and fear. But that is no match for a man in a chicken suit.

The Whimsy Counterattack

Trump understands how to conjure a dark, dystopic reality from thin air based on lies and fear. But that is no match for a man in a chicken suit.

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

On Saturday, @boakandbailey.bsky.social unearthed 1974 BBC video of Hook Norton—an amazing document, and not just for the reasons you might imagine. The brewery, then as today one of the most traditional in the UK, was making some interesting beer that sheds a lot of light on the way things change.

Amazing Historical Document — Beervana

An unearthed 1974 BBC video of Hook Norton is an amazing document, and not for the reasons you might imagine. The brewery, then as today one of the most “traditional” in the UK, was making some intere...

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t say they were. I said that’s how Americans at the time would have seen them, and I was struck by David Clarke saying that’s how his own grandfather would have seen them. (Comment also on the blog in reply.)

Do you know what that block of sugar was?

Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

On Saturday, @boakandbailey.bsky.social unearthed 1974 BBC video of Hook Norton—an amazing document, and not just for the reasons you might imagine. The brewery, then as today one of the most traditional in the UK, was making some interesting beer that sheds a lot of light on the way things change.

Amazing Historical Document — Beervana

An unearthed 1974 BBC video of Hook Norton is an amazing document, and not for the reasons you might imagine. The brewery, then as today one of the most “traditional” in the UK, was making some intere...

www.beervanablog.com

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

I know that tangling with you on social media is frustrating for us both so I will merely say I disagree with your post and leave it at that.

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

There’s some chance the companies in the business of selling beer know more than some guy with opinions.

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

“There are a few simple steps the craft beer industry can take to immediately address its downturn. For starters, it must abandon the I.P.A. arms race…. Most taste like pine resin with a splash of grapefruit pith, and not in a good way.”

Definitely quit making the most popular styles of craft beer!

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

Unlike regular journalistic articles, opinion pieces don’t have to offer data to back up their assertions. But absent actual data, why should I care about this writer’s random string of preferences? It would also help if those preferences were updated to reflect brewing today rather than 2017.

Opinion | How to Save Beer

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

The North American Guild of Beer Writers handed out their awards today, and here are the winners. Congrats!

North American Guild of Beer Writers Announces 2025 Awards Winners, Honoring the Best in Beer Media

The North American Guild of Beer Writers (NAGBW) held its 11th annual awards ceremony October 12, celebrating the best in beer media. This year’s awards were generously sponsored by Athletic Brewin…

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 3d

😂

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 3d

They. Had. One. Job.

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry, we have detected a counting error. That’s eight of 26.

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 3d

It occurred to me after I posted these results that eight of the 25 beer medals were won by breweries headed by a woman brewer (UPP, Grand Fir, and Wayfinder).

Celebrate Oregon Beer!

Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 4d

Some of the highlights of the latest GABF and its winners, which were announced this morning. Of special interest in Oregon: former 10 Barrel brewers won 7 medals (including 5 for months-old UPP, Tonya Cornett’s new brewery), and zero for 10 Barrel.

The Big Winners at the GABF — Beervana

Some of the highlights of the latest GABF and its winners, which were announced this morning.

www.beervanablog.com

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 4d

Some of the highlights of the latest GABF and its winners, which were announced this morning. Of special interest in Oregon: former 10 Barrel brewers won 7 medals (including 5 for months-old UPP, Tonya Cornett’s new brewery), and zero for 10 Barrel.

The Big Winners at the GABF — Beervana

Some of the highlights of the latest GABF and its winners, which were announced this morning.

www.beervanablog.com

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 5d

Berlin’s wonderful all-Berliner weisse brewery announced it was closing a few weeks ago (full text included in this post), which gives me an opportunity to repost my article from five years ago about what a wonderful project it was.

Schneeeule and the Revival of Weissbier in Berlin — Beervana

Berlin’s wonderful all-Berliner weisse brewery announced it was closing a few weeks ago (full text included in this post), which gives me an opportunity to repost my article from five years ago about ...

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Tim @beertheist.bsky.social · 5d

This was my favorite brewery in Berlin, sucks they're losing it. But even 3 years ago the bartender said they were struggling because Berliners weren't fans of the style and they leaned heavily on tourists

Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 5d

Berlin’s wonderful all-Berliner weisse brewery announced it was closing a few weeks ago (full text included in this post), which gives me an opportunity to repost my article from five years ago about what a wonderful project it was.

Schneeeule and the Revival of Weissbier in Berlin — Beervana

Berlin’s wonderful all-Berliner weisse brewery announced it was closing a few weeks ago (full text included in this post), which gives me an opportunity to repost my article from five years ago about ...

www.beervanablog.com

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 5d

Berlin’s wonderful all-Berliner weisse brewery announced it was closing a few weeks ago (full text included in this post), which gives me an opportunity to repost my article from five years ago about what a wonderful project it was.

Schneeeule and the Revival of Weissbier in Berlin — Beervana

Berlin’s wonderful all-Berliner weisse brewery announced it was closing a few weeks ago (full text included in this post), which gives me an opportunity to repost my article from five years ago about ...

www.beervanablog.com

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 5d

It is!

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 5d

Kesey wrote from his farm near Eugene. We take credit for that, but Ursula lived in Portland.

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 6d

(Our greatest literary figure is Ursula Le Guin, who did not write about Portland.)

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting. He didn’t really write about anyplace, though.

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IrishBeerHistory @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social · 6d

A new blog post, and a small departure from my usual obsession to highlight a wonderful piece of writing on pubs and beer that I believe was lost until now ...

Some Found Pub Prose: A Great and Generous Creature

'True, there be many Old Ales (so-called) that be but of this year’s brewing, and deserve but the name of Mild. Yet that Ale which is Old indeed deman

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 6d

Coming back to you, John, I wonder how your experience of Beckett differed from an American’s. It warps my brain to imagine him as a hometown writer (albeit one more famous as an expat).

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 6d

Anticipating that humor seems to open up the experience. You just get mad when you want it to “make sense.”

(We’re way off your original topic now and I’m just yammering.)

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