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Podcast Episode 89: Modern Times' Jacob McKean: Growing a Brewery and a Brand Takes Patience and Determination

The founder of Modern Times Beer talks about how his homebrewing hobby led him into the beer industry, and reflects on differentiation within the highly competitive craft beer market today.

BY: John Holl

At Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. the Kitchen Garden is “Really Right Outside Our Back Door."

The chefs at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. have a passion for fresh food. With a thoughtful approach to farming, its agriculture teams on both coasts maximize their playgrounds and sometimes even get the brewing staff involved with recipes.

The Importance of Pressurizing Tanks when Brewing Hoppy Beers

Ready to take your hoppy beers to the next level? In this video tip Chris Tropeano discusses proper purging methods and oxygen levels for packaging that will help your beers taste fresh.

Brewing with Cannabis

The close relationship between cannabis and hops plants is well-known, but getting effective and repeatable results from a cannabis infusion in finished beer is still an emerging science.

Grodziskie: Smoky, Hoppy, Mysterious, and so Much Fun to Drink

Brewers around the world continue to brew and improve upon a once largely forgotten style, and its combination of earthy and woody flavors is gaining new fans every day. Stan Hieronymus explores the world of Grodziskie.

Debunking the Myth of Yeast in Hazy IPA (Video Tip)

WeldWerks Brewing Cofounder/Brewmaster Neil Fisher talks about yeast in hazy IPA and how what you see is not always what you get.

Beer Bars We Love in Iowa, California, and North Carolina

In this edition of Lovehandles we explore The Iowa Taproom, Brewport Taphouse, and The Raleigh Times

Live Oak Grodziskie Recipe

This beer is an effervescent smoked beer with a potent herbal Saaz bouquet. The wheat malt and the bubbles allow for the full-body feeling in a 3 percent ABV beer, not to mention the meringue-like head.

Sour in an Hour?

Brewers are experimenting with white koji to speed up the time to acidify their kettle sours.

BY: John Holl

Podcast Episode 88: Allagash Brewing’s Jason Perkins: Belgian Tradition Meets American Creativity

Perkins shares lessons learned over two decades of work at Allagash, from building haze stability in witbier to fermenting with Brettanomyces and spontaneous fermentation