Fresh @brewingnetwork's Brew Strong interview! Planed to talk mixed-ferm... we started there, but over nearly three hours we touched on tank push outs to minimize oxygen exposure on hazies, chelating metals with pomegranate extract, Madeira, stout pH etc.

Recently did an interview for Canvas Rebel Magazine. We covered the @SapwoodCellars journey over the last seven years, from recipe development, through the pandemic to our recent kitchen addition! https://t.co/YD9RHobEru

Even almost seven years in we're continuing to tweak our dry hopping process... sat down with @beersmith to talk about it (with a more in-depth @BrewYourOwn article coming soon):

Newest version of our brewery connections poster (prints available next week)! Added six new (and upcoming) Maryland breweries: Berlin Beer, Gillfast, Brewery and the Beast, Vanish, Old Barn, and Hub City! Best of luck to all of them! Closed today, open as usual tomorrow!

It's been six years since I brewed at home, but despite employees and 1,500 bbl/year we run @SapwoodCellars like a big homebrewery rather than a small craft brewery. Post about embracing inefficiency (and quality/variety over quantity):

getting ready for a Club Shipment of @SapwoodCellars mixed-ferm beers! Stained (Merlot+Raspberry), Honeymoon SZN (Phantasm+Muscadine), Neologism (Gin+Cryo), Opulence (Cherry Brandy+Cherry), Gindicators (Gin+Stone Fruit), Flemish Gothic (3-year Red Blend): https://t.co/XojWrb9BWM

Feels way too recent for the grand opening to have been 2013. Always loved stopping back in when I was in San Diego to to see what they were up to. https://t.co/du9o7q14PS

New Post: I don't drink many cocktails... they are just often too sweet or boozy for me. So I invented four cocktails inspired by some of my favorite beer styles: Hazy IPA, Rye Barrel Barleywine, Flemish Red, and Coffee Stout. Recipes and tasting notes: https://t.co/JFLEvcgEP7

Brazil Chamissonis vanilla bean... crazy. Getting prepped for our annual bourbon barrel-aged vanilla showcase stout (Vanilla Threads). Used Tonga the first year, Cook Islands last year, a pound of these this year!

Today we've got a visit from the Oriole Bird (2:45-3:45), new hats, DMV Taqueria, and the release of two new beers: Hydration Station (4.5% Light Lager), and Flemish Gothic (7.4% 3-year Flanders Red Cuvee)!

Might be my favorite beer photo I've taken, pretty much all practical (a piece of steel wool and a little fire). Beer is pretty good too, essentially a three-year cuvee of barrel-aged sour reds (Vin de Cereale, provision-strength, and standard)

If you want to hear me talk about (and drink) sour beers brewed with hoppier bases, the latest episode of @basicbrewing is up! We drank through three of my favorites (barrel-sour Citra pale, 3-year-blend, Phantasm & Cosmic Punch sour with Apricots):

New post about adding fruit to sour beer. Covering sourcing, processing, refermentation, contact time, equipment and everything else I've learned over the last five years of doing it professionally. Plus two complete recipes for @SapwoodCellars BA Sours! https://t.co/KoEiALIkaQ

I was light on practical blending experience when I wrote American Sour Beers 10 years ago... with six years and ~70 blends under my belt at Sapwood it was time to update my blending advice (focus on Growth Rings 2023 a 3-year-blend of barrel-aged pales)!

Always fun to take a step back and chat with @beersmith! Last week we covered stouts (fermentation, barrel-aging, adjuncts etc.). Episode is available now:

You have until May 5th to sign up to have our bottles shipped to your door (if you live in one of the 30 states where @Tavour sends beer)! The first box is $146 (including shipping) with one bottle each of six of our recent favorites! Link: https://t.co/BtGg1gVhpk

We've really upped our kettle-hopping rate over the years for barrel-aged sours. Both to make them more drinkable (i.e., less acidic) and because it really helps push Brett aroma! New post featuring Barrels of Rings recipe/notes:

Want our mixed-ferm barrel-aged bottles, but don't live near the brewery? We've got a club for that! Shipping bottles to much of the US. 1st release: Growth Rings 2023, Jammiest Bit, Botanica, Elliptical Orbit, Fruit of Many Uses, and Barrels of Rings! https://t.co/BtGg1gVhpk

Wanted to try my beers... but don't live near @SapwoodCellars? Here's your change! @tavour is administering a shipping club for us to 30 states! First shipment includes six awesome releases: 3-year blend, gin-barrel sour, raspberry-cherry, Citra DH etc. https://t.co/XojWrb9BWM

New blog post! Looking back 10 years after the release of American Sour Beers... barrel-aged mixed-fermentation beers seem to be crashing, am I partly to blame?