Apparently my website was lost. Working diligently to recover as much of it as I can. My apologies.

Update. I was able to recover most of the text content from the beginning through February 2024. Unfortunately, it appears all images are gone, and all content from February through today (August 3) is lost, including the email subscriber list. I’m bummed and and am going to take some time to determine my next steps.

I’d appreciate it if you were to resubscribe to my newsletter, but completely understand if you don’t want to.

In the meantime, you can peruse the archives below.


Antigua Brewing awarded five medals at state fair craft beer competition

Antigua Brewing is the only Central Coast brewery to also operate a hop farm – San Luis Obispo-based Antigua Brewing Company … Read More


What is craft beer? Here’s a complete guide — for beginners to veterans

What is craft beer? Learn more about it in this guide, whether you’re a beginner or a veteran of craft brewing. Read More


Moving Mountains — A Patagonian Refugio Wants to Redefine Backpacking Hospitality

Hospitality is rare and precious in the wilderness. Being welcomed to share anything, even just a log on which to sip a mug of weak instant coffee, blazes with profound magnanimity. When your surroundings are indifferent at best and unwelcoming at worst, an outstretched hand is a jolt of human tenderness. The offer of shelter, …


2022 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition Recipes

This article was originally published in the January/February 2023 Zymurgy magazine. By Kristen Kuchar Following two years of cancellation due to COVID-19, the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) returned to Denver’s Colorado Convention Center last October. In the 2022 festival competition, 235 beer experts from seven countries judged 9,904 entries. Among the 300 medals awarded …


Kaltrauch Rauchbier

Dough in at 115°F (46°C) and hold 15 minutes. Then raise the temperature to 154°F (68°C) and mash for 60 minutes, targeting a mash pH of 5.58. Lauter, sparge, and boil for 60 minutes, adding hops at the indicated times. Chill wort to 56°F (13°C) and ferment at that temperature for 17 days. Allow the …


Alt Ale Altbier

Mash grains at 152°F (67°C) for 60 minutes. Lauter, sparge, and collect enough wort to yield 5.5 gallons (20.8 liters) of wort after the 90-minute boil, usually about 6.75 gal. (25.6 L). Boil 90 minutes, adding hops and Whirlfloc at the indicated times. After the boil, chill wort to 62°F (17°C) and pitch yeast. Ferment …


Sticky Fingers Saison

Mash at 148°F (63°C), for one hour using a mash thickness of 1.33 qt./lb. (2.8 L/kg) or as thin as 1.5 qt./lb. (3.1 L/kg). No mash out. Continuous sparge at 170°F (77°C), to collect 6.8 gal. (25.7 L) boil volume. Boil 75 minutes, adding hops as indicated. At flameout, add the grape concentrate. Whirlpool 10 …


Backwoods Brewing Set to Open New Satellite Pub in Hillsboro

(Hillsboro, OR) – Backwoods Brewing announces new satellite pub in downtown Hillsboro. The pub will be the anchor tenant in the Main Street Commons development – a revitalization of a […] The post Backwoods Brewing Set to Open New Satellite Pub in Hillsboro appeared first on The Full Pint – Craft Beer News. Read More


Our Mutual Friend Brewing Drops July 2023 Beer Lineup

(DENVER, CO)—Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company (OMF) announces their July beer lineup which includes a new West Coast IPA, the next edition from OMF’s experimental IPA series Wave Motion, a returning […] The post Our Mutual Friend Brewing Drops July 2023 Beer Lineup appeared first on The Full Pint – Craft Beer News. Read More


What is craft beer? Here’s a complete guide — for beginners to veterans

What is craft beer? Learn more about it in this guide, whether you’re a beginner or a veteran of craft brewing. Read More