Brewing Begins in the Malthouse

When you take a brewery tour, you usually hear the history first. There’s the one about the homebrewing engineer who got tired of making tires more round, so he started a brewery (true story). Then, the tour guide asks the group what beer’s ingredients are. There are usually a few guesses from the crowd, with … Read more

Sometimes you don’t want to eat your veggies

While not as common as skunky beer or diacetyl off-flavors, dimethyl sulfide is another beer off flavor you’ll likely experience. Dimethyl sulfide, or DMS for short, is an organic sulfur compound that occurs naturally in germinated barley. Of course, germinated barley is is a major component of beer. DMS is often perceived as a vegetable … Read more