There once was a time when I exerted a LOT of effort searching out beer stores, trying to find the next greatest beer.  This practice subsided–nearly stopped–when I realized the next greatest beer was the one brewed in my driveway.  That being said, I still get a huge kick when I stumble upon a store [...]

Hey, everyone.  Nate and I are down to 20 days in the campaign.  That might sound like a long time but it really isn’t.  So, this is an update that we’ve raised almost $16,000/40% of our funds.  That really isn’t to shabby and the truth is that we a little behind where we would like [...]

This article picks up where the last one left off, so please take a look at the last post to get a bit of orientation concerning the rest of the discussion.  The first post covers the fact that changes in roasting technique played a role in the history of pilsner.  This post attempts to cover [...]

Hey everyone, Nate and I are a bit off the grid right now.  I just pulled into Utah on my trek across the country…I’m beat! However, I do want to give a really quick update.  Loren Berlin wrote a terrific article about what we are doing (it also talks about the industry).  Anyway, I feel [...]

Wednesday.  I cannot believe that it’s come so quickly.  Andrea and I are moving to Kansas City in less than a week and we are excited about the prospects that are open to us.  For that reason, I thought it was time for a couple of updates.  The first update is the one I just [...]