So you’re a homebrewer living in a rural area or a smaller suburb. There’s a homebrew club in a bigger city, but it’s a long drive and your busy schedule makes travelling a challenge. Still, you have a keen desire …
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Homebrew Spotlight: Hickory Creek Brewing BrewFest
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 …
HomebrewCon 2016: #SharingIsCaring Brown Ale
The BSG HandCraft booth at this year’s HomebrewCon in Baltimore will be pouring some homebrews from our staff, each highlighting different malts.
Cody Myers-Miller, BSG’s Packaging Manager, chose a Northern-style English brown ale as inspiration, showcasing Crisp malts and enhanced …
Your Own Personal Fünke Canadien
During this year’s Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia, BSG CraftBrewing’s beer station poured a collaboration beer between BSG’s Peter Hoey and Sudwerk Brewing Co. The beer, a saison titled Fünke Canadien, incorporated a mixture of barley, oats, plus raw …
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 …
Idaho 7 IPA
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A new experimental variety from Jackson Hop Farm in Wilder ID, Idaho 7 hops started appearing in a few beers in 2015. The hop was used in limited-release or taproom-only offerings from a handful of breweries (you may have had …
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 …