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How 2ndKitchen Is Helping Breweries to Solve the Unique Challenges of ReopeningBrewery-tech startup 2ndKitchen has worked to build new products, features, and solutions to the COVID-related reopening issues that face breweries over the coming weeks and months.
Gearhead: Keeping an Eye on a Brewery’s Microscopic WorkforceFor a price, automated cell counters can save valuable lab time otherwise spent peering into microscopes and counting manually.
Infographic: Top HopsBy Jamie BognerHere we depict the most-grown hops (by acres harvested) in the Pacific Northwest from 2014 to 2019, showing the top 10 each year. The width of each band represents the number of acres grown that year; one inch is about 6,500 acres.
Five on Five: Mixed-Culture BeersMixed-culture beers run the gamut from lighter, nuanced, farmhouse-style ales to acid-forward wild ales and lambic beers. Here, five respected brewers share favorites from these broad categories that influenced them or exemplify the best of today.
Podcast Episode 140: Jeff Herbert of Superstition Meadery on Envisioning and Making Best-in-Class Craft BeveragesBy Jamie BognerThe cofounder of Arizona's Superstition Meadery has always been driven to explore what makes something the best. In this episode, he walks through the process of innovation they’ve built to support those aspirations.
Recipe: Weihenstephan-Style HefeweissbierBy Tobias ZolloAs a rule, the Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan doesn’t open its books to share exact recipes. However, at our request, Brewmaster Tobias Zollo generously agreed to share a recipe based on the world classic Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier.
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Video Tip: Adjusting Mash pH for Parti-Gyle BrewsDenny Foster, founder of Main & Mill Brewing, talks about adjusting mash pH and water depending on what you're brewing via parti-gyle—and tools to make it easier.
4 Steps to Brew Better Beer with Brewery AnalyticsBy following these four steps on improving the fundamentals of data analytics at your brewery, you can lead the efforts to transform your data into cost savings.
Podcast Episode 139: Andy Farrell, Brewing Innovation Manager for Bell's Brewery, on the Delicate Design of Low-Cal IPAsBy Jamie BognerThe longtime Bell’s brewer dives into the minutiae that make this evolving style of highly hopped, low-calorie beer so compelling, and discusses the particulars behind one of their biggest releases in recent history—Light Hearted Ale.
Flavor Fever: Wit, Weizen & WeisseBy Randy MosherAs a root of civilization and the soft heart of some of the world’s most drinkable beers, wheat deserves more love.
Pick Six: Matt Lincecum's Dream Sixer for the New WaveBy Jamie BognerMatt Lincecum, founder of Fremont Brewing in Seattle, has a taste for delicate, beautifully constructed beers. He has intentionally packed this dream sixer with a heavy focus on the past decade.
Recipe: Little Ghost SaisonBy Drew BeechumTry culturing up dregs from a favorite mixed-fermentation beer to brew this farmhouse ale, a balanced frame for funky depth.