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If you’re a certain kind of drinker, the name Block 15 evokes one of the state’s buzziest of hoppy buzz beers, Sticky Hands (currently scoring a titanic 4.43 on BeerAdvocate). If you’re a different kind of drinker, it might call to mind Super Nebula, a stout (4.18). Or maybe you like yourself some balanced, sophisticated wild ales, in which case Block 15 makes you think of Turbulent Consequences Peche (4.39) or Golden Canary (4.26). To me, Block 15 has always said saison, which is why I included Ferme De La’ Ville Provision (4.14) in The Beer Bible. In other words, Nick Arzner’s little Corvallis joint does a lot of different things very well. Add pilsner to the list. Gloria, or as the brewery styles it, Gloria!, is named for Arzner’s mother-in-law but, curiously, began life as Glo. The earlier incarnation was an unassuming and uncelebrated golden ale (3.49). Arzner himself must have felt some ambivalence, because it didn’t merit her full name. So, over time, he slowly transformed the bee … |
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