It’s hard to say goodbye, when you’ve emotionally invested yourself in something. There’s a tendency to immerse yourself to a point that you feel that there’s a turning point just around the corner. It will change soon, you think. It will get better, just wait and see. But that’s not always the truth. It doesn’t […]

Beer Junk Professional Developments

Done and Dusted

Post author By ETsai
Post date December 20, 2020

My time at Tivoli Brewing Company has come to a close. It’s unfortunate that my end at the brewery is due to the COVID19 pandemic. Without the ability to generate income from the taproom, the brewery became reliant on an income stream devastated by the aluminum can shortage that is hitting the entire nation. I […]

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Black Mead Matters?

Post author By ETsai
Post date December 2, 2020

It’s winter. Does anyone actually make a black mead, or a black braggot and then add spices? I have no idea – I suppose a cursory internet search could tell me, but I’m lazy. It’s winter after all. Maybe I’ll go for broke with a braggot. A black spiced braggot. 300 °L belgiann candy sugar […]

Beer Hello World! Junk Professional Developments

Welp.

Post author By ETsai
Post date October 27, 2020

So I guess I’m now the director for the entire brewery. I’m not going to complain – it’s a great gig. I enjoy my job immensely, despite the constant duress. That being said, it’s also strange to be working in craft beer when the pandemic and the world is in a state of uncertainty beyond […]

Tags Beer, craft beer, pandemic, ugh, welp

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A Throwback to the Future

Post author By ETsai
Post date September 2, 2019

Building up a beer recipe from scratch is always a challenge. It can be as terrifying as it can be fun – especially when your neck is on the line. And so it is with a recipe I’ve committed to building for a collaboration partner for our brewery. It’s a potential mainstay beer at our […]

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A Little Sour. A Little Sweet.

Post author By ETsai
Post date August 15, 2019

Describing a beer as bittersweet is always a little odd for some, and I can understand why that might be the case. Beer, as a beverage, is replete with words like “malty,” or “full-bodied,” and “rich.” Beer as a beverage doesn’t revel in terms like “sweet,” as most sugars are being fermented out of the […]

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Missing Something

Post author By ETsai
Post date August 3, 2019

It’s safe to say that, given the relative constant of beer in my career choices, I have a meaningful attachment to beer. That’s not to say that I’m a crazy alcoholic (that period of my life known as “graduate school” has come and gone), but that I have spent a long time thinking about beer […]