“Go make a ruckus.” -Seth Godin Make a commotion. Make a disturbance. Make a ruckus. Do it to make things better and to make better things. Making a ruckus, in Seth’s words, is about doing “the hard work of showing up with insight, assertions, and kindness…Doing the generous work, work on behalf of those we …
Farmhouse cider has a long history in this country. In the pioneering days, many farms would have at least some apple trees, and much of the fruit from these trees would be pressed into juice and fermented into cider. Arkansas allows its breweries to produce cider, and we’re happy to work with A & A …
Filling barrels is an act of faith. They have a tendency to leak, especially right after filling. There’s a risk that the beer that comes back out of the barrel will be undrinkable. Believe me, it happens: the beer can sour in some weird, unpalletable way, or just come out with some strange off-flavor that …
I love getting compliments for the beers we make here at Gotahold. The other day, a woman was talking with someone on the phone and telling this person that the aroma and flavor (I think she was drinking Oktoberfest) was so good that she could probably bathe in the beer. While it feels great to …
Double IPA as a style could be the apotheosis of the modern craft beer, or at least the hop-forward branch of that art. They’re so incredibly full of flavor that is at once insanely robust and at the same time delicate and evanescent. They are a like an incredibly beautiful and fragrant flower that fades …
Mr. McClure was my gym teacher from 1st -4th grade. He was fun, though tough, and always fair. I never felt weak or a failure in his class. In fifth grade, I arrived on the first day of school to find he was no longer our gym teacher, but he was now my 5th grade …
We are deeply honored and humble to support The Purple Flower for the month of October \through our #TipsForTransformation donations, the art show “Art of the Drum”, Mojo’s Vinyl Happy Hour and Trivia with Jake. About Purple Flower On Dec 31, 2012, a young mother, Laura Aceves, lost her life trying to escape her abuser. …
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We’ve got our first beer in process that is fermented with Brettanomyces, so it seems like a good time to talk a little bit about yeast in brewing, and our philosophy with regards to yeast. Most beer (99.999%) is fermented with a yeast known as Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, which translates from the Latin to “Sugar fungus …
In planning the brewery, we discussed a tipping versus no-tipping policy. This discussion has been going on for years as we watched Danny Meyer and the Union Square group shift to a no-tipping policy in 2015 and our cohorts, Sean Lawson and Sean Hill embraced no-tipping in their taprooms. We leaned heavily towards no-tipping. We …
Oktoberfest beers, also sometimes called Marzen beers, seem to me like a throwback to a simpler time. In the craft beer market today (Gotahold included) a lot of what we do is complex both in production methods and taste profile. For example: IPAs that include nuances from adding exotic hops at various times during the …