There has been a substantial spike of late in the number of brewers in planning calling me with a variety of questions about how this weird world work...
Caring for Your Sacc
It has been a busy time in Wizardsburg, but I come back to you now at the turning of the tide. Glad to have you around for our semi-regular chats her...
Salty: An Ion Odyssey
Water makes up the vast majority of any beer. Generally 90% or more. No brewing water, however, is as simple as pure H2O. There are always going to...
Fucking Baroque
Several months ago we tackled the issue of drinkability because it was miserably hot out, and that is the sort of thing I look for when such condition...
The Olde World
There was a great deal to learn on my most recent foray across the pond. At the risk of turning this column temporarily into a travel blog, I wanted ...
All the World’s a Stage (or Pub . . . or Bottle Shop)
I was recently watching the cinematic masterpiece that is Pauly Shore’s Biodome and was inspired by the immortal words of Bud and Doyle. They find th...
Things That Make You Go Mmmm
In the midst of the depressing heat of summer, I find myself looking more and more for beers I think of as “drinkable”. The problem is, I’m not even ...
These Pipes Are Clean
Time and time again I have told friends, family, and really anyone who will listen that the single most important thing about brewing great beer isn’t...
The Seminal Vessels
Time to talk about some of the oft unsung heroes of the brewery: vessels. Every brewery has them. Also called “tanks”, these things are simply devic...
House of Beards
On May 8th, I had the privilege of participating directly in the American political process by joining the Brewers Association on their annual Hill Cl...