Hi Cape, good to see you guys expanding. If the bubble does "burst", it will be for people leveraged to the hilt and unable to make debt payments, not guys like you who are pay-as-you-go and carry little to no debt.
For your context, I am the Clown Shoes guy from the MA Brewer's event at...
I'm sorry but there is a picture of it so it cannot be. Everyone knows the best stouts in the history of the Earth were made in backwoods Vermont and Maine with the rarest ingredients and there are no physical records of them. People talk of them in whispered voices because the mere utterance of...
I have been called a "menace to the neighborhood" and "evil". This was after my Maibock party, where my 8% Maibock was so mellow it went down like a 4% lager. People drank like it was 1/2 the alcohol despite my constant warnings. They all went home well and truly toasted...
An instructor at the ABG in Vermont broke down the Bud brewing process during a class I took. In Bev AB do spend a lot of money on having more types brew vessels and sorts of tanks than many other breweries. Of course, the idea behind these vessels is to remove flavor elements and volatiles...
Definitely go with Pilsner extract if you can get it. Also think about a spicer hop like Perle instead of Hersbrucker. I tend to use a neutral bittering hop like Magnum or Nugget and then Perle as the flavor/aroma hop.
If you are really into learning the style, I'd recommend Markowski's...
Brian, had a nice chat with Kinsale about your operation. Well done, you guys certainly are making in roads and keeping people wanting more and more and more.
You would think but apparently alcohol is quite a different animal. Hell, the US fought its first war against some people intent on distilling at home - the Whiskey Rebellion. Alcohol is regulated differently than other products.