American Brewer

So the farmers are going to start paying for health insurance. Honestly I know that's what they've been thinking all along but........

This is where we are at in America right now

Haven't heard that word in over 40 years

Vienna Lager

Slide from a talk I gave last Friday

My brewery currently has a Scottish Heavy, a Porter, and an ESB on tap. The English IPA and the Dark Mild just sold out

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If you leave it out a bit longer, it might clear up a bit

The three annual BA awards are already effectively a Craft Beer Hall of Fame. Not sure we need another one.

Clever to make that connection. I saw Matt Vinyl and the Decorators, and they were an amateur, ramshackle mess of a band. Great at the time

I brewed a beer with Strata and Cashmere and to be honest it smells like a big old bag of weed.

I enjoy his perspective. It's not his fault the standards of commentary have fallen so far in recent years. And the viewership is getting dumber

On the surface its raw and aggressive, but in reality there's a level of refinement and professionalism present. Plus its been consistently good for a long time.

May I suggest Heady Topper with Foo Fighters.

I get all that. I also think we'd be all over Diageo if they didn't do that, and let an iconic brand die. Like we are when other corporate giants do it. Guiness is my fall back beer when a bar here only has 10 IPAs on tap and 5 homebrew level local efforts, and haven't cleaned the lines in months. 😁

And he's blocked or banned people on twitter. Basic Government rulse means all his documents are public records. That's the first illegal thing

In that regard Heady Topper and Focal Banger are closer to traditional IPAs than they are to the new definition of NE IPA. They're bitter and seriously dank

I've had conversations with both John Kimmich and Sean Hill and can share that haze was never the intension. Rather capturing the expression of hop aroma at high levels in their beers. The haze was unavoidable.

As a brewer it's a beer I've always placed on a pedestal. The first beers I brewed in America were attempts to recreate it. A brewery I worked at in Wiltshire used to distribute Fullers back in the 80s. I had to fine it. 1 pint of finings into the cask meant 1 pint of beer came out. Best pint ever.

Guiness is an iconic, unique, and beloved beer that straddles the gap between corporate beer and craft. I don't know the answer, maybe you do, but is Mikkeller the same company it was?

I concur

I made a few trips to Burton after I became a brewer, one for a job interview at Bass, other times to scrounge yeast from Ind Coop, a visit to Marstons to see the Unions in action, and a visit to the Burton Bridge pub. Great to see the tradition of beer from Burton still exists

Ind Coop Burton Ale was probably the beer that made me love cask. I first had it in a pub in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh and it was a revelation.

Fundraising off of their fake outrage.

Most of it. Make sure we're talking about malting barley. Stats are available on the websites of AMBA and the CMBA.

2/2 You're a talented enough writer, story teller, and photographer to expose new beer drinkers to the joy of well made and well served cask, along with the wonders of the American dive bar. Beer has a rich heritage and its far more than trendy craft beer and Spanish lager

1/2 Great read. I do think that your book "Modern British Beer" was an important publication at the time, and it needed to be written.

I think maybe he was dropped too many times on his head

We have the same one

Tremendous honour. 38thtime judging World Beer Cup and Great American Beer Festival. So many great experiences. Judging alongside Michael Jackson, and with the head brewers from Fullers, and Timothy Taylors. Judging with the brewmaster at Orval.