by John Holl | Dec 18, 2018 | Barrel-Aged, Drinking Beer, Drinking Professionally
Peter Bouckaert is looking for some barrels. Can you help a brewmaster out? Of course, the longtime brewer at New Belgium Brewing Company and now owner of his own place, Purpose Brewing & Cellars (Fort Collins, Colorado), isn’t looking for just any old barrels....
by John Holl | Nov 16, 2018 | Brewing
Last week, when the Camp Fire broke out in northern California, it spread quickly and soon became one of the most devastating fires in the state’s history. Centered in Butte County, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, as of this week it has destroyed more than 140,000...
by John Holl | Oct 11, 2018 | Beer Trends, Boston, Brewing, Drinking Beer, Harpoon Brewery
When the Harpoon Brewery announced it was releasing a coffee porter with Dunkin’ (the coffee shop formerly known as Dunkin’ Donuts), there were the typical jokes you’d expect, such as how you could drink the coffee in the morning and the beer at night, quite a few ISO...
by John Holl | Sep 9, 2018 | Brewing, Drinking Beer
When you think of a lager, there are certain descriptors that immediately come to mind. Crisp. Refreshing. Bready. Spicy. Beers in the lager family are pillars—solid, reliable, hearty, and historic. Made for steins and drinking sessions, lager styles are the liquid...
by John Holl | Sep 8, 2018 | Beer Trends, Drinking Beer, Drinking Professionally, Homebrewing, Uncategorized
The story of a homebrewer going pro isn’t anything new, but it’s rare when a brewer makes the jump outside of his/her home country. The U.S.-born Christopher Sidwa moved to Australia in 2008 and took his hobby to the professional level when he cofounded Batch Brewing...
