Having arrived in Denmark more than a week ago now, I’ve spent a bit of my time in Copenhagen relaxing with relatives. While in Copenhagen, I met up with Anders Kissmeyer, founder of Nørrebro Bryghus and recent founder of Kissmeyer Beers, I drank a few pints at Mikkeller’s Bar, and toured the Carlsberg Jacobsen Brewery. [...]
Sake, the oldest drink known in Japan, has a long history with Cedar. Cedar has been used for making sake barrels for the past few centuries, but when it comes to beer, oak is the wood of choice. There are two main types of oak, French and American, and each offer their own, unique characteristics [...]
4:30 a.m. this morning came early, when I woke up to leave for Mt. Tsukuba, one of the well known mountains in Japan apart from the obvious, Mt. Fuji. I’ve always loved hiking, and growing up in Winona, MN, I had the luxury of what we call bluffs, which are basically mini-mountains of about 500 [...]
I’ve been brewing beer for quite a while, and needless to say, I love it. The history, culture, traditions and flavors all make brewing an art form to be cherished. Like beer in some ways, but different by most, I’ve recently discovered sake brewing to be an intimate, historical brewing method, enabling the brew master [...]
My last day in England was last Monday, and now my journeys have taken me to another part of the world, Japan. When most people think of brewing centrals in the world, Europe and the United States come to mind, but I’ve been hearing many great things about Japanese brewing, so my thought was that [...]
I’d like to answer a few questions about what is popular amongst drinkers in England, and what is described as craft beer. Currently, around 30% of beers consumed in the English market are cask conditioned ales, while most in my book comply with the “craft beer” status. Though these beers are much more enjoyable than, [...]
Once a year, for the past six years, Fuller’s Brewery has held an open house, where the public can come to the brewery for a tour, music, food, drink, and other activities. Similar to Willy Wonka’s tour of the chocolate factory, Fuller’s opens its doors to people to show them the wonders of making beer. [...]
For the past two weeks, I have been apprenticing at Fuller’s Brewery. As part of a two month apprenticeship, I have been working my way around the entire brewery, starting in the Brew House, then working to transfers, yeast cropping, and now maturation and filtration. In the coming weeks, I will resurrect my micro knowledge [...]
Hop Picking begins early at Crow Plains Farm, just at the break of dawn, but it was quite a spectacle to see and be a part of. The first thing I will say is that the work is fast paced and rigorous, but when the smell of fresh hops fill your lungs, it makes the time well [...]
My past week in England marked the first full month that I have been overseas studying brewing cultures. The time already seems to be flying by, and I blame my full schedule of brewery tours, pub crawls and meetings with organizations for the feeling. Something I have noticed greatly throughout this past month, as well [...]
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