Author Archives: Elysian Brewing
Seattle Beer Week, AHA, Apocalypse, Oh My!
Hard to keep straight these days all the specialty, series and event beers we’ve got brewing and approaching as 2012 slowly advances. Naturally we’re all nervous about the coming end of the Mayan calendar, but if you don’t know we’re … Continue reading →
DIY
Amid the festivals (Belgianfest, which I missed) and judgings (Cole’s Barleywine Fest and the Brewing News North American IPA Challenge, which I was in Buffalo for that same weekend), there’s a more slowly developing project I’m trying to plug away … Continue reading →
Adventures in Brewing
The good news is we’re brewing at Airport Way; have been since mid-November. The really good news is that the beer coming out of the new production brewery is great. The trying news is that not all systems are yet … Continue reading →
The Importance of Being an Earnest Blogger
A postmodern allusion to an apology is in order for my not having chronicled so much of what’s been going on lately. I’ll try in the future to keep you a little better apprised of the here and now. For … Continue reading →
The Heavenly Pumpkin of Citricado
Spent a very fun day yesterday at Stone Brewing in San Diego brewing a collaborative beer with Mitch Steele of Stone and Patrick Rue and Tyler of the Bruery in Orange County. Mitch, Greg Koch and Steve Wagner had suggested … Continue reading →
Building a Beer of Chocolate
A couple of weeks ago I went to a brainstorming session at Theo’s Chocolates over in Fremont. On hand were a couple of folks from Theo’s (of course), and representatives of eight local breweries, judged by Kendall and Kim of … Continue reading →
Small but not Forgotten
The brewery at Tangletown hasn’t seen a lot of action for a while. My being gone last fall kept production down quite a bit, of course, and then the chiller cooled its last and we lost the ability to chill … Continue reading →
Beer Crazy
We’ve got a great selection on tap these days. With a pretty substantial flurry of brewing activity down at Fields over the past few months, first to brew the fifteen favorites of the past fifteen years for the anniversary on … Continue reading →
Busy Times
A lot of stuff lately seems to be the completion or continuance of projects underway. I traveled to Fort Collins last week to help brew (dump pumpkin, pump cranberry, and try not to get in the way) Kick, the sour … Continue reading →
Even Summer is Pumpkin Season
Lest we all forget, pumpkin season approaches. For to pull the whole thing off requires a lot of planning and cajolery. You think we got all those beers there and ready in time without calling in a whole lot of … Continue reading →