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It’s Time for a Brewer’s Union

By BrewLab / August 12, 2015 /

It’s time that the brewing industry recognizes the physical and mental strains brewers endure in order to produce a delicious product. Specifically, those not in the brewhouse, cellar, or production floor, need to be aware of the wide range of skills required to brew. A brewer wears many hats. Most people envision a brewery job…

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4 Craft Beer BBQ Recipes for the 4th of July

By BrewLab / July 3, 2015 / Comments Off on 4 Craft Beer BBQ Recipes for the 4th of July

Try this Eugene-centric Beer-BBQ combo and you’re sure to wow all the beer AND food snobs at your 4th of July party. I’ve compiled four Beers all using local Eugene, Oregon breweries that pair well with some amazing Independence Day inspired recipes. Beer-Butt Chicken Main Course Yeah, you read that right. In this classic recipe, you get…

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Why is Beer Science Important?

By BrewLab / June 11, 2015 /

  My professional background is heavily spotted with education and outreach. I’ve always believed that there’s no point to research and science if the average person doesn’t understand or can’t apply that science to their daily lives. I recognize that this is altruistic, but perhaps that’s why I volunteer so much of my time to science…

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Oregon’s First Women Brewers [1879-1908]

By BrewLab / May 7, 2015 / Comments Off on Oregon’s First Women Brewers [1879-1908]

ale·wife ♦ ˈālwīf/ ♦ noun A female who brews beer. syn: brewster, brewess Women and beer. What a tangled mess. Currently, women are less then a quarter of the craft beer work force. Macrobreweries don’t know how to advertise to women, craft breweries tend to stereotype “women beers” as light and fruity. For decades women’s bodies sold beer.  And…

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Campaign against Clear Growlers

By BrewLab / March 18, 2015 / Comments Off on Campaign against Clear Growlers

Clear. Growlers. Why do they exist and why do they upset me? If we look into the history of beer bottles we see that since the 16th century brewers have been struggling to find affordable and effective methods of distributing single servings of beer. While there is limited historical information about how each individual brewery…

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The High Cost of Low Quality

By BrewLab / March 3, 2015 /

According to the Brewer’s Association, active breweries in the United States hit a new high of  3,040 facilities in 2014. This record-setting number encompasses brewpubs, nano-, micro-, and macro-breweries. That’s an increase of over 200 new breweries in one year. Below is an area graph that represents all of the Breweries in the US per…

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Brewed the Hard Way

By BrewLab / February 3, 2015 / Comments Off on Brewed the Hard Way

  We all saw that horrific Budweiser Superbowl ad which proudly denounced craft brewing in favor of “brewing the hard way” in a macrobrewery. And we all saw the various responses to it which range from defending the beer giant to general head shaking to all-out rage. I just have one question. What is so…

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