Beer garden… I do not think it means what you think it means Goodbye Sprinter. Hello Spring! This weekend is going to be absolutely lovely, which of course makes us think of being outdoors and of course, beer drinking weather! (If you think about it though, is there a time, atmospherically speaking, when it’s not […]
King Gambrinus – Patron Saint of Beer! We keep waiting for serious beer drinking weather to get here, and it keeps sliding from spring back into winter, (like this upcoming weekend) but we know it will warm up sooner or later. In the meantime, we thought it would be good to celebrate yet another beer […]
2 years and still making great beer! April 4th of 2014 was the opening day of our taproom, and it seems like so much has happened since then! We have met so many interesting and wonderful people, served so many delicious beers, participated in so many great events (trains, buses and festivals, oh my!) and […]
Malt of different roasting levels While many people celebrate spring, or Easter, around this time of year, we celebrate Daniel Wheeler Day! On March 28th of 1817 Daniel Wheeler received a patent for his malt roaster. This roaster allowed brewers to consistently and efficiently roast pale malts to create a darker brew, paving the way […]
Slainte! Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green. Why green? Well, blue is purported […]
Nothing like a beer… and a good book about beer! Our first ever beer dinner in partnership with the Signature Cafe has officially sold out! The restaurant has created a wait list in case of cancellations, and we are discussing doing a second dinner in the near future. As always, we will make sure we post […]
Moose hunters in Alaska, having a few beers! We are excited to announce that we have partnered with the Signature Cafe for our first ever beer pairing dinner on Sunday, April 3rd! This unique event will be held at the Cafe starting at 4:30pm and feature five gluten-free courses paired off against five of our […]
Louis Pasteur, Father of Yeast While yeast is critical ingredient to the brewing process, for centuries brewers didn’t even realize that it existed. What they did know is that sometimes, in the right conditions, their grain soup would make made beer, and in the wrong conditions, it didn’t. It wasn’t until one particular scientist sat […]
President Obama – Executive Home Brewer President Obama’s love of beer has been well publicized, as he purchased a home brew kit in 2011. Inspired by home brewers from across the country, he embarked on the same journey of brewing in the kitchen as so many others have! He started with recipes that came from […]
Need we say more?!? While we very much love beer, we are also willing to admit that we love other things too… like food! In honor of the weekend of love (lust?), we took a look at some foods and flavors that enhance romance, which brings us to our latest edition of… Ask the Brewer […]