This recipe for a Belgian Abbey Style Christmas Ale comes to Chop & Brew by way of homebrewers Carl Allen (Nordeast Brewers Alliance) and Zachary Newman (St. Paul Homebrewers Club) as seen brewed in Episode 86. Every year, Carl and Zachary brew this beer right after Christmas in preparation for the next year’s
Episode 85 | Where the Wild Beers Are started as a small bottle share event in to highlight sour, wild, farmhouse and mixed culture fermented beers. Over the last 10 years, it has grown to a series of full-on sour beer fests including some of the country’s best sour ale producers pouring and discussing their
By Chip Walton | Chop & Brew Every spring, I get excited to see the fresh light-colored tips emerge from the branches of the spruce, fir and pine trees throughout my neighborhood. That means it’s about to be syrup season – spruce tip simple syrup, that is. I have been making spruce tip syrup for
