Ticeman taps his first firkin
February 25, 2010
February 17, 2010
snow day!
With Two feet of snow on the ground and highways closed, only two things came to mind: do I have enough beer? and What can I eat?! So off to the fridge I ran, plenty of Nugget Nectar and Short Ribs….two of my favorites. A few days before we had sat down with Scharffen Berger to discuss how to brew a stout with their nibs so I had some leftover chocolate I wanted to use. Short Ribs braised in mole sauce seemed fitting. I really enjoyed how it turned out and with a slow cooker, it couldn’t be easier.
February 11, 2010
Snow Survival
What do you do when the skies deliver a mountain of snow on your doorstep? Well, according to sales rep Nick Johnson, you build a cave, stock it with Tröegs beer, and invite some friends over, what else?
February 4, 2010
Cacaoabunga!
A cool recent development around the brewery is that John (the guy with his name on the bottle) has offered to allow us hop monkeys (aka the Troegs brewing team) the chance to create upcoming beers in our Scratch Beer line. For brewers, this is the fun part. The only catch is that John reserved final veto power over any recipe, which is good and bad. Because of that, the world will never see my Imperial Rauch Pumpkin Bock, alas… But we will otherwise be unleashing our creative talents on an unsuspecting public, or at least everyone who finds their way into the tasting room.
February 1, 2010
why we did it..
I’ve been getting so many direct tweets and emails, not to mention hecklers in the streets, I thought I would let everyone know why we did it. When I say “it” I mean the unthinkable Dump of Scratch 26. It all starts with an empty tank. Nothing bugs me more than an empty tank. So even before the Scratch tank opens up we start dreaming up what should go into it. (read more…)
