In 2013, when a de-sanctified 100-year old church went up for sale, Rick Crowther moved in and opened Hickory Creek Brewing, a homebrewing and winemaking supply store in the rural town of Warren, PA. Replete with stained glass windows …
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GABF® Pro-Am + BSG Ingredients = Award-Winning Recipes
The GABF Pro-Am competition pairs an award-winning homebrewer with a commercial brewery, who collaborate on a single beer to be poured at the Great American Beer Festival, and to compete against other collaborative Pro-Am beers from around the country.
In …
Home Winemaker Spotlight: Jeffrey Clayton
With 2,981 entries, the WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition is the largest competition of its kind in the world. This year’s competition took place May 19-22 in beautiful Santa Rosa, CA, in the heart of Sonoma Valley. Amateur winemakers from …
Homebrew Spotlight: Sean Kampshoff
The freedom to experiment and explore are the qualities that attract many into the homebrewing hobby. In fact, homebrewers oftentimes lead the way in style and flavor-combination development. Which in turn leads to award-winning brews.
In this Homebrew Spotlight, award-winning …
Homebrew Spotlight: Mashout, Part II
Read Part 1 of this story here.
What does it take to organize an event on this scale? Eric Anderson is one of the organizers. He started out volunteering as a beer steward. As an all-volunteer organization, he …
Homebrew Spotlight: Mashout, Part I
That moment when your car hits a bump in the road a little too fast; when your stomach drops out and you float; unsure if you’re going to be sick or yelp with excitement. It’s that moment. Right here, …
HOMEBREW SPOTLIGHT: ERIC WENTLING
The freedom to experiment and explore are the qualities that attract many into the homebrewing hobby. In fact, homebrewers oftentimes lead the way in style and flavor-combination development. Which in turn leads to award-winning brews.
In this Homebrew Spotlight, award-winning …