Brew Train

When visiting a brewery the most helpful thing you can do is offer constructive criticism and an unbiased opinion of what you are drinking. You will inevitably feel the urge to please the bar sta...

https://brewtrain.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/the-truth-about-beer/

Today marks the 81st anniversary of the day the 21st amendment was ratified, allowing the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the United States after almost 14 years of prohibition. It is an amend...

https://brewtrain.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/repeal-day/

Wake up. Scoff breakfast burrito. Climb mezzanine. Lift 55lbs bags of grain repeatedly into mill. Mash grains. Vorlauf. Sparge. Boil. Weigh hops. Clean vessel. Cool wort. Pitch yeast. Clean brew ...

https://brewtrain.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/brew-day/

Beer and sushi. Not the first combination that comes to mind when considering gastronomy’s great history of complimentary duos. It works, trust me. And not just the delicate flavors of raw fish...

https://brewtrain.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/beer-and-sushi/

The craft beer revolution should not be a place of lies and deceit, and yet here it is. I have just discovered that it is perfectly legal for corporate giants such as Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoo...

https://brewtrain.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/deception-at-the-taps/

All of the best foods are fermented: bread, cheese, wine, cured meats, sauerkraut, and of course beer. Fermentation occurs when yeast converts sugars into acids, gases, and/or alcohol, depending ...

https://brewtrain.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/bacteria-mans-best-friend/

https://brewtrain.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/bottle-shop-in-little-italy/

Sorry for the radio silence. The trip has met it’s end in Carlsbad California. After traveling south out of Portland, east over to Sacramento, and finally through the Central Valley our train h...

https://brewtrain.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/reflections-of-time-well-spent/

“I knew I was going to take the wrong train. So I left early” -Yogi Berra

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https://brewtrain.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/last-leg-of-the-trip-35-hours/