Emily Hutto
10 Pumpkin Beers We’d Drink All YearBy Emily HuttoWe wouldn’t complain if these seasonal beers were available year-round.
Beercation: The Triangle, North CarolinaBy Emily HuttoThis region of North Carolina is a worthy, if not requisite, addition to your beercation bucket list.
Craft Brewers Bring Roggenbier BackBy Emily HuttoMany consider Roggenbier to be a lost art of a beer style. It has a grainy, spicy flavor that balances rich malt flavors with crisp hop character at its finish. That balance makes for a perfect food beer.
Breakout Brewer: Jester King BreweryBy Emily HuttoThe addition of a stainless-steel coolship in 2013 has let Jester King Brewery explore the “living performance art” of 100 percent spontaneously fermented beers.
Brewers’ Perspectives: Mad for Mixed FermentationBy Emily HuttoBrewing with sour- and funk-inducing “bugs” presents its own challenges, as brewers from Jester King Brewery, Two Roads Brewing Co., Almanac Beer Company, and more, explain.
Spiced Stouts: Sugar + Spice + Everything NiceBy Emily HuttoThree brewers share their thoughts on complementing the base beer with spices.
Brewers’ Perspectives: Cask AleBy Emily HuttoCask ales are all about balance, subtlety, and drinkability. Here, some of the best cask-ale brewers discuss how (and why) they produce cask ales.
Breakout Brewer: Wander BrewingBy Emily HuttoAt Wander Brewing, the biggest focus is blazing a trail through beer and beer styles that interest and inspire them, from Belgian styles to rauchbiers to fruited kettle sours to barrel-aged saisons to coolship beers and, yes, even IPAs.
Breakout Brewer: Cloudburst BrewingBy Emily HuttoBrewing on used equipment and playing around with new techniques, hops, or other ingredients, Cloudburst Brewing is turning out a spectrum of beers that are remembered for their bold names and the causes they support.
Fruit Gets Personal: Brewing with Heirloom VarietalsBy Emily HuttoFor Troy Casey, owner of Casey Brewing & Blending, brewing with fruit is much more than just selecting the fruit—it’s a relationship with local fruit growers and an exploration of the distinct flavors that specific fruit varietals contribute to beer.
Breakout Brewer: Aslan Brewing Co.By Emily HuttoFrom core beers to core values and down to every last detail, Aslan Brewing Co. is very much an expression of its four owners’ commitment to organic ingredients and their community.
The IPAs of the Pacific NorthwestBy Emily HuttoWe asked five PNW brewers whether they consider “Northwest-style” IPA its own subcategory of the IPA family. Here’s what they had to say.