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LISTEN: Grand Craft Beer: Alesong's Matt Van Wyk 🎧

Alesong's Matt Van Wyk talks wine & cocktail-inspired beers

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In this episode of Grand Craft Beer, cicerone Brian Yaeger kicks off 2024 with Alesong Brewing and Blending’s Matt Van Wyk, whose many hats include owner, brewer, and runner-arounder to get Alesong’s award-winning barrel-aged beers all across Oregon including Bend.

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LISTEN: Grand Craft Beer: Alesong's Matt Van Wyk 🎧

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While Van Wyk is accustomed to fitting bungs in bungholes, his real specialty is fitting his quixotic, square peg beers (bourbon-aged stouts, cocktail-inspired sours, and farmhouse-style ciders) into the current beer industry’s IPA-shaped round hole.