Happy National IPA Day! Speaking of booze, have you heard about “community supported brewing”? Community funding for breweries (called community supported brewing or CSB) is a growing way for breweries to meet startup or expansion costs. More breweries are expected to open in the next few years than currently exist and crowd funding is among the methods of funding the [...]

I cannot pass up the chance to post this conversation including Secrets of Ron Jeffries of Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales.  It’s a very open discussion of how Ron Jeffries opened one of the best breweries in the country and their process of brewing such high quality beer. Jolly Pumpkin focuses primarily on brewing beer in the tradition befitting the style. [...]