Beer Geek Wednesday
Rice Rice Baby
Now, I know what you’re thinking, is this just a brewer’s Faustian ritual involving the dismemberment of sacrificial horse’s hooves to create a jelly like NEIPA. And while this certainly sounds lik...
Dextrins & Brettanomyces
Been a while, you’re looking well. This week we put our first long term sour in barrels, so I figured it’s time to talk Dextrins and Brettanomyces.We wanted to produce a complex golden sour with lo...
Cold IPA
The craft world has had a tetchy relationship with lager since it’s inception. Craft beer, in its truest sense, was a rebellion against the blerg macro lagers of old. And that Post Lager Stress Dis...
Pellicles
Pellicles are a biofilm produced by microorganisms often seen floating on fermented beverages. They provide a barrier between the liquid and air interface. And while there are a number of theories ...
Stuck Ferment
Look, I’m the first to acknowledge I'm a bit of a cowboy when it comes to brewing. Fastidious planning, pilot batches and coherent scientific hypotheses are things I love to think about while a cha...