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“High Notes”—Abstrax Presents Episode #420 With Highland Park and Hop Butcher
Episode 420
Episode 420! It’s an auspicious number that we couldn’t let pass without commemorating in some significant way, and our friends at Abstrax have joine…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jean-Phillippe Lalonde of Silo Finds Fullness and Expression in Continental-Style Lagers and Kölsch
Episode 419
Don’t tell Jean-Phillippe Lalonde of Silo that craft lager is a “new” trend—he’s been brewing small batches for Montreal drinkers for nearly 15 years…
1 year, 4 months ago
Faster, More Reliable, More Consistent—Dialing In Hot-Side Process Improvement and Optimization
Episode 418
The focus of this spotlight episode is hot-side process improvements that will make your brew day quicker, more reliable, and more consistent. We get…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ryan Allen of Macallen Is a Farmer with a Brewing Problem
Episode 417
Estate-grown barley, hops, and fruit are the engines that power the beers at Macallen Farm and Brewery, and multigenerational farmer (and brewery fou…
1 year, 4 months ago
Derrick Robertson of BreWskey Narrows His Hop Palette to Explore the Variations Within Varietals
Episode 416
Before he took the leap and started his own, BreWskey cofounder Derrick Robertson was a process engineer who helped design breweries. That background…
1 year, 4 months ago
Mathieu Paquette of Dunham Goes Hard on House Character
Episode 415
This small brewery in Dunham, Quebec, just north of the Vermont border, features a pub, guesthouse, and extensive beer garden that make it the perfec…
1 year, 4 months ago
Hill Farmstead at 15—A Conversation with Shaun Hill
Episode 414
Few breweries in the 21st century have been as influential as Hill Farmstead on American craft beer. This rural Vermont brewery, built on the family …
1 year, 5 months ago
Hop Scientists Megan Twomey and Ryan Christian Share the Latest on Virus-Free Hops
Episode 413
At the turn of the 21st century, it wasn’t uncommon for a hop grower focusing on alpha varieties to replant a field every 25 to 50 years. While the p…
1 year, 5 months ago
Colt Carpenter of Pax Verum Sources Intentional Ingredients for Nuanced Beers
Episode 412
Over the past two years, five beers that Lapel, Indiana’s Pax Verum sent to Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine for review have scored 95 or above. That na…
1 year, 5 months ago
Matt Warner of Parrotdog Takes a Counterintuitive Approach to Hops in Classic, Bright, and Hazy IPA
Episode 411
Parrotdog has been a craft-brewing mainstay in New Zealand for nearly 15 years, and with national distribution and a production brewery and taproom s…
1 year, 5 months ago