HAPPY YEAST, HAPPY BREWER, HAPPY DRINKER For the purists, beer consists of four ingredients: water, malt, hops, and yeast. While many breweries these days have deviated from the strict measures…
Category: Brewing
Bling for our Brewery
My brewery and I have been together for over a year now. It’s been an intense 16 months. We’ve had a few fights full of cursing and recrimination, but all…
The Heaviest Freaking Boulder in the World: Keep Supporting Local Businesses
The re-release of Sisyphus this week made me realize just how appropriate the myth of Sisyphus as a metaphor for opening and running a business is. In fact, it feels…
Making Barrel-Aged Chronicle
Making a divine barrel-aged stout is my holy grail. It seems like alchemy—combining a beer with a spirits barrel and time to transform the beer into something recognizable, yet also…
Brewing Hazy IPA: Enter Fourth Dimension
Hazy IPA defies what I used to say about brewing: there is nothing truly new under the sun. There are only so many ways to combine beer ingredients. No matter…
Brewing Collaboration Beers: Convergent Worlds
One of the very best parts of opening a brewery is letting your imagination run wild. Early in the conceptual stages of Silver Branch Christian and I were discussing our…
Brewing The Glass Castle: Czech Pilsener Tradition
Brewing a test batch for our Silver Branch Brewing Company Czech Pilsener, Glass Castle, was a welcome respite after many months of mostly financial spreadsheets, business planning, raising capital, negotiating…
