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What is Quality Part 3. How important is the recipe?
Below is an email I recently sent to our Brewing, Packaging, Maintenance, and QA Teams at Stone Brewing Co. I actually meant to send this at the end of 2012 to congratulate our team on the release of...
View ArticleUK here we come!
We’re off tonight to visit the UK and brew a Black IPA at Adnams with Fergus Fitzgerald for the JD Wetherspoon pub chain. The recipe will be similar to the Stone Supremely Self-Conscious Ale that Kris...
View ArticleGABF and Yakima, WA
I’ve been doing a lot of traveling over the past month, and decided, after thinking hard about it, to not go the Great American Beer Festival this year. This is the first year in many years that I...
View ArticleGABF Medals-my thoughts…
Well, the 2013 Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony just wrapped up and once again, Stone Brewing Co. did not win any medals. You won’t get any sour grapes from me, we don’t always try to brew...
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What a brewer does
I get asked, on a regular basis, what my daily routine is like. I sometimes think people are disappointed with my response, as it’s remarkably unexciting for the most part, although my routine is...
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UK Revisited
Less than a week after I returned from Asheville, I packed the family up and we flew to London for the holidays. I got to brew another beer with Fergus Fitzgerald at Adnams in Southwold, this time an...
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The Russell Schehrer Award
At the annual Craft Brewers Conference held in Denver this year, I was honored to be awarded the Brewers Association Russell Schehrer Award for Innovation in Craft Brewing. Without trying to sound...
View ArticleNot All Who Wander Are Lost
This quote from Tolkien strikes a chord with me. I guess I’m a bit of a restless spirit, and I’ve had a desire to travel and experience new areas for most of my life. One of the things my wife Kathleen...
View ArticleBrewing Records and Why They Matter
Last week I had beers and dinner at The Porter in Atlanta with author and brewing historian Ron Pattinson, who was traveling through Atlanta to speak at an event during Asheville Beer Week. Ron writes...
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