Crux Fermentation Project Founded by Larry Sidor, Dave Wilson and Paul Evers, Crux Fermentation Project opened on 30 June 2012 in Bend, Oregon. Located in a renovated AAMCO Transmission shop, the team retrofitted the space with a ten hectoliter Japanese brewhouse and tasting room. Since that time Crux Fermentation Project has expanded and opened an…
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Burial Beer Company Founded in June 2013, Burial Beer Company crafts Belgian-inspired ales and bold American styles. The brewery focuses on creativity, tradition, modernization, and preservation. The original brewery resides in the South Slope District of Asheville, NC. And the brewery began its life as a one-barrel system that grew to a ten-barrel system in…
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COVID-19 Impact to Beer with Julia Herz is part 2 of 2 articles featuring a Profiles in Craft Beer interview with Julia Herz. Part 1 provides insight into Julia’s background, job and activities. If you haven’t yet read part 1, do so by clicking here. As the Craft Beer Program Director at the Brewers Association,…
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Delirium Tremens Background In 1902, Leon Huyghe started working in the local brewery at the ‘Appelhoek’ site, in Melle, Belgium (near Ghent). Documentary evidence dates brewing at the ‘Appelhoek’ site back to 1654. Married to Delfina Van Doorselaer, a brewer’s daughter, Leon had always been fascinated with brewing. And just four years later (1906), he…
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Traquair House and Brewery Scotland’s oldest inhabited house, Traquair House, tells a fascinating, 900+ year story of royal escapades, political intrigue, religious persecution, high-profile visitors, deterioration and visionary resurrection. And quite honestly, my goal with this article is to wet your travel appetite just enough to convince you to visit. Because the full story can…
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Julia Herz steps up to the podium at a national beer writers and influencers conference called Beer Now. The room, filled with over 150 beer writers, social media influencers and professionals, falls respectfully silent. Everyone wants to hear Julia’s conference opening address about the independent craft beer industry. As the Craft Beer Program Director at…
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