Teams of homebrewers from Eugene’s Cascade Brewers Society competed in a beer brew off in June. The competition, dubbed Iron Brewer, was a take off on the cable hit Iron Chef, with brewers given five hours to improvise a recipe and brew a beer using a set of surprise ingredients that included raisins, flaked oats and a special type of hops. With several decades worth of experience between the brewers, the challenge was not thinking up a recipe, but narrowing the options.

The beers will be judged and a winner chosen during a club meeting in late September.