Author: Brandon

  • A few years ago (almost to the day) I wrote an entry on waxing bottles at home using crayons and hot glue sticks. Since then I’ve received some very nice emails thanking me for the advice and pics of some beautiful bottles you guys have done at home. Since January when we released the first…

  • This post has been a long time coming. Honestly when I started this blog I never dreamed I would be writing about an Embrace The Funk bottle release, but holy cow it is happening. After over a year of aging in freshly emptied Merlot barrels the Flanders Red that Linus and I brewed is ready…

  • As brewers and especially sour/wild brewers we love to age/ferment in different kinds of wood vessels. There is something beautiful and romantic about walking by large oak foudres or seeing rows of stacked barrels each living and breathing new life into a beer. Each different but striving for the same thing: to make incredible beer.…

  • I have spoken to Johnathan Wakefield a few times over the past couple of years trying to work out beers trades, chatting about lacto, working out getting a few of his beers in Nashville for Funk Fest back in May. I knew I wanted to do a Q&A with him about his brewery aspirations and…

  • Were you disappointed that some of the breweries you wanted to sample beers from during GABF were not going to attend this year? Did you miss out on tickets to that event? Well get ready Denver because a inaugural event is set to happen during that week and I’m happy to say that I will…