“This, around you, right here, speaking from the Hop Mahal at Worthy Brewing, a little place we call Beertopia, is a result of a lot of dreaming and a lot of doing.”
– Roger Worthington, Worthy Brewing in Bend, OR
I’ve always believed that one could become fully educated just by studying beer. Doing so lends itself to learning about the world beyond ourselves and especially our taste buds.
We all have been to those pubs and breweries where a beer is just a beer, but we’ve also been to those special places that create something special, where the beer is elevated. It is very rare to find all these disciplines so well represented in one place. However, there is one brewery where the exceptional beer is only one small part of a larger story. I’m talking about Worthy Brewing in Bend, Oregon.
Roger Worthington built this bastion of higher and hoppier learning, which he simply calls, Beertopia. In this episode, we talk about art, literature, science, the environment and, of course, the beer that brings it all home.
I hope you enjoy episode 5 of Good Beer Matters with Roger Worthington of Indie Hops and Worthy Brewing in Bend, Oregon.
Show Links:
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Jim Koch and Boston Brewing Company
Karl Sagan & The Little Blue Dot
Indie Hops on Hop Sex & Breeding
“Let’s Start at the Beginning” by Lee Rosevere