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Hops University

Worthy Brewing is changing what you drink one experiment at a time

Ethan MaffeyMarch 13, 2014July 2, 2024

There may not be an online distance-learning course for the experimental hops project at Oregon State University, but there is remote access to the vast knowledge being cultivated by the plant geneticists and fermentation scientists at the school; it’s called a phone call with program donor and hops aficionado Roger Worthington of Bend’s Worthy Brewing. […]

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Malt Ball

Malted grain is the backbone of beer, particularly at Crux

James WilliamsMarch 13, 2014July 9, 2024

In Bend, and throughout the Pacific Northwest, hops hog the spotlight. It is an understandable phenomenon. The lush Willamette Valley is home to a healthy collection of hop farms. And nearby breweries in Washington and Oregon produce some of the best IPAs in the world. Hops deserve high praise. But let’s also give credit where […]

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It’s the Water

Deschutes was the first to take advantage of Bend’s prized commodity

James WilliamsMarch 13, 2014July 4, 2024

Saying a beer tastes “watery” isn’t saying much at all. “About 95 percent of the final product of beer, give or take, is water,” said Deschutes Brewery assistant brewmaster Ryan Schmiege. It is true that paler beers, like pilsners, often contain a little more water while bigger, darker beers have less water and more sugar […]

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The Yeast Beast

The Ale Apothecary finds open fermentation is a wild (and delicious) animal

Brianna BreyMarch 13, 2014May 19, 2025

Oregon’s official animal is the beaver, the state bird is the Oregon Meadowlark, and unsurprisingly, last April the legislature approved brewer’s yeast as the official microbe, making Oregon the first state in the union to establish a state microbial. If anybody in Bend knows about the science of yeast, it’s Paul Arney, owner and innovative […]

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Can Cans Taste As Good?

Microbreweries evolve towards beer in a can

Phil BusseMarch 13, 2014June 3, 2024

The choice between drinking beer from a can versus drinking from a bottle has been a distinguishing feature in the beer debate for nearly a century, almost as a distinct indicator about taste and class as choosing to wear cut-off blue jean shorts or Brooks Brother slacks. But with gathering momentum, that attitude has shifted […]

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