In 2011 I wrote about a special beer I brewed called Lil Nugget. It is still one of my favorite homebrews and is holding up pretty well. Since I started at Yazoo it has always been in the back of my mind to brew this one on a commercial scale. Fast forward to January 2014 when…

In December I wrote about tips on barrel repairs and maintenance. I was happy to hear the tips in the article had helped a few of my fellow brewers! A few weeks ago I was scrolling through some posts on a forum and came across a thread on barrel cleaning. Chase Healey of Prairie Artisan Ales made…

July 2011. I was sitting on the couch at my house waiting for the new season of Breaking Bad to begin. My wife was updating her Tea Blog she had started a few months earlier to help keep track of the unusual teas and blends she was doing. From time to time I thought about blogging or…

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…