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CBG Summit 11.17.2020

Looks like I’m giving another talk on kveik yeast with Matthew Peetz from Propagate Lab. I guess if people care, they can sign up at the Colorado Brewers Guild website to watch the virtual presentation on Zoom. Whoop whoop.

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Beer Hello World! Junk Professional Developments

Welp.

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 […]

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A Throwback to the Future

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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Beer Hello World! Travels

More Tivoli Stuff

I had a chance to get away and try to take my mind off the chaos of my life: fishing the Yampa and repping Tivoli!

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A Little Sour. A Little Sweet.

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

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 […]

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Beer Hello World! Travels

I Like Camping

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Beer Junk Laboratory Technique

An IPA of the Frozen North

Not really. The Norwegian kweik yeast has been a relatively new fad in the fermenting world, but I have had even less time playing with it myself. I’ve brewed with it for about half a year, playing with parameters and protocols, and while I’m comfortable with it, I wouldn’t necessarily call myself an expert – […]

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Go Get Some. Please.

The new Tivoli Rocky Mountain Radler is out. It’s closer to a snakebite, but it’s lighter and crisper – and a hell of a lot more crushable! Go buy some! Right now! This very instant!

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Beer Laboratory Technique Professional Developments

Spike Brewing: Ask A Pro

Well, it looks like our partnership with Spike Brewing is building up quite a bit! I’ll be authoring a couple of short articles for the novice homebrewer in their Ask A Pro series. Hopefully it comes out soon! 🙂 All of us at Tivoli are excited to start direct research and piloting new experimental formulations […]