Ever since I heard about Hops-Meister farm in Clearlake, CA, back in 2011, I’ve wanted to pay them a visit. The opportunity finally arrived in July this year when I drove north with brewer Kim Sturdavant of Social Kitchen & [...]
I found myself reminiscing about the past today. It was one of those, “I remember them when...”. Back in 2011, I organized small beer festival called Breweries of Tomorrow for SF Beer Week. It featured Bay Area homebrewers who were [...]
Way back in May I had the opportunity to visit 21st Amendment Brewery under unusual brewing circumstances. Three unvarnished Louisville Slugger bats were pulled out of a fermenter after the beer being aged on them was moved to a serving [...]
“What’s a brewers' guild?” That's the most common question I field every year at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver when I represent the San Francisco Brewers Guild at the Support Your Local Brewery Pavilion. The pavilion features guilds [...]