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Häxan: Baltic Porter
Häxan is named after Danish director Benjamin Christensen 1922 silent film about witchcraft through the ages. Christensen, an actor as well, reserved the premium role of the Djævlen or devil for...
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Humulus Lycanthropus: Small IPA
The botanical name for hops Humulus Lupulus roughly translates to wolf vine--so it was an easy enough play that there would be a proportionate morph between one's humulus intake and their resulting...
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"Red Hash" Wee Mild
Gary Higgins--psychenaut, American dreamer, a great East Coast echo of the northern California late 60's outsider folk sound. Higgins 1973 record Red Hash is one of the great records. In the earlier...
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Spring, Glorious Spring
I was up at the Monastery over the weekend to check on the bees and the hops, and it's evident that Spring is upon us. The bees only fly when the temperatures approach the mid 50's, which has been all...
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Philly Farmhouse Article
Gerard Olson outside of Forest & MainI've got a cover story in the current issue of Mid-Atlantic Brewing News on the evolving Philly Farmhouse scene. When Mike and I were up brewing at McKenzie's...
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Cans and Sitars
Over the weekend I popped into DC Brau to help out with their inaugural canning run. It took a little while to get the system tweaked, but once it was dialed in the production was flowing. The only...
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Flightless Bird: Oak Aged Adam Lager
Adambier is a historic top-fermented, dark provisional beer that was generally aged in a wooden cask for a year or more. Alternately named Dortmunder Altbier, after the city of it’s origin, this north...
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Quebec article in BeerAdvocate (plus extras)
I've got my first BeerAdvocate magazine article in the current issue (#52). I've been taking notes and gathering resources on artisan beer in Quebec for the past year or so since I visited Montreal,...
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Quebec Extras: Dieu du Ciel!
Here is a Q & A with Dieu Du Ciel! brewpub lead brewer Luc "Bim" Lafontaine. I can say without reservation that Du Ciel is the pinnacle for brewpubs, and worth a trip to Montreal alone. They...
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Quebec Extras: Jan-Philippe Barbeau and Co-Op Brewing
Jan-Philippe Barbeau, founder and brewer of the co-op brewery Loup Rouge in Sorel-Tracy, is at the heart of the artisan brewing scene in Quebec--a tireless advocate and booster for the local beer...
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Quebec Extras: Hopfenstark
About half hour north of Montreal in L'Assomption, you’ll find the eccentric brewpub Hopfenstark and it's faustian brewer Fred Cormier--an elusive, intense, and protean figure. Cormier has something...
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DC Brau Article
Brandon and Jeff goofing with their first 6 pack of The PublicI've got a cover page article in the current (June/July) issue of Mid-Atlantic Brewing News on DC Brau. A couple of recent updates from...
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American Saison Article
Ryan graining out "Irma"Mike and I have a long piece in the current (July/Aug) issue of BYO on the "Cult of American Saison". The article was born out of a collaborative beer we hatched with Ryan...
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Shibboleths: Summertide Wanderings (or Lagerings Out West)
Early this summer Rachel and I escaped for a week to Northern California, where among other pleasures, we got to spend a morning with Brian Hunt at Moonlight Brewery just outside of Santa Rosa in...
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The Big Ass Silver Key
Vaclav, I , and the silver key to Pilsen Last week Vaclav Berka, brewmaster of the Plzensky Prazdroj (of Pilsner Urquell fame), came to DC to lead a coterie of judges in the inaugural Master...
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Evolution Article and a Shore Surprise
Evolution's headbrewer Geoff Debisschop in front of barrels from their Migration Series I've got an article about Evolution Craft Brewing Co. in the current (Aug./Sep.) issue of Mid-Atlantic Brewing...
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Basic Brewing Radio Interview: Brewing Saisons
James Spencer from Basic Brewing Radio invited Mike and I back on the show to talk about saisons in support of the recent BYO article. It's always a good, laid-back time with the BBR gang and it's a...
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BrotherFish: Wild Citra Tripel
I very proudly share my March birthday with my longtime buddy Matt with whom I schemed on a celebratory beer for the occasion. When we met more than 10 years ago I felt like I met a doppelganger, not...
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Orchid Cellar Mead Article
I have an article in the current (Oct/Nov) issue of Mid-Atlantic Brewing News on the Middletown, MD based Orchid Cellar winery that specializes in sweet meads in the Polish tradition. The small,...
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The Word is Out
"Sir" Thor Cheston, captain of the shipI fielded a call from the Washington City Paper's beerwriter Tammy Tuck this afternoon to confirm that I was involved in a brewpub project here in DC, and now the...
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"Tempêst" Smoked Barleywine
The latest installment of my Hyperborea inspired beers is a smoked barleywine. I realize that I've acquired an increasing de-sensitivity to beechwood smoked rauch malt; the ham-iest versions of...
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12% Imports article
Brian Ewing at his office in Greenpoint Brooklyn surrounded by some of his favorite thingsI have an article in the current (Dec/Jan) issue of Mid-Atlantic Brewing News on Brian Ewing of 12% Imports....
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D.C.'s Brewing Renaissance
Daniel Fromson has an article in today's Washington Post about the current crop of D.C. breweries, ourselves included. There is a lot to be excited about as the scene diversifies; we have come a long...
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New Columbia Distillers article
John Uselton in front of the raw space that will be New Columbia Distillers in NE DCI have an article in the current issue (Feb/March) of Mid-Atlantic Brewing News on the arrival of DC's first...
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Basic Brewing Radio interview: Solera Tasting
James and company from Basic Brewing Radio were kind enough to have Mike and I on the show again to taste and discuss the first series of beers pulled from the red wine barrel solera project we started...
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