Author: Christian Layke

My brewery and I have been together for over a year now. It’s been an intense 16 months. We’ve had a few fights full of cursing and recrimination, but all…

The re-release of Sisyphus this week made me realize just how appropriate the myth of Sisyphus as a metaphor for opening and running a business is. In fact, it feels…

Finally, Slowly, Kinda-Sorta, we get to OPEN OUR DOORS AGAIN! Recent trends and policy changes are building optimism that we will—eventually—emerge from this shadow existence imposed on us by COVID-19….

Written by James Shellhammer, Quality Control Program Manager The Importance of Quality Control Behind great beer lies a great brewer. While that is true, it’s only part of the story….

Making a divine barrel-aged stout is my holy grail. It seems like alchemy—combining a beer with a spirits barrel and time to transform the beer into something recognizable, yet also…

Hazy IPA defies what I used to say about brewing: there is nothing truly new under the sun. There are only so many ways to combine beer ingredients. No matter…

Brewing a test batch for our Silver Branch Brewing Company Czech Pilsener, Glass Castle, was a welcome respite after many months of mostly financial spreadsheets, business planning, raising capital, negotiating…

We’re feeling elated—we just ordered our brewery equipment!  Few decisions in this process, if any, have felt as momentous as this. We are, after all, opening a brewery in order…

I’ve always hated shopping. I’m the kind of guy who wears stuff until his wife or mother can’t stand it anymore. If I but delay long enough, one of them…

Tropical stouts are a wonderful canvas for adding ingredients like coffee or cocoa.  The smooth, rich flavors of the base beer can hold their own even while the new ingredient…