Author: Julie Johnson
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35 Years Devoted to the Curious Drinker
February 3, 2015 - Julie Johnson Editor’s Note: This story appears in the March 2015 issue of All About Beer Magazine. You can see a timeline of All About Beer Magazine covers throughout the years here. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. In 1979, in the fourth issue of All About Beer, at the bottom of the penultimate page, this brief news... View Article -
Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool With Jaime Jurado
January 6, 2015 - Julie Johnson With a background in chemical engineering, Jaime Jurado has worked at large and small breweries, including The Lion Brewery, England’s Courage Brewing and Truman Hanbury & Buxton Ltd., Stroh Brewing Co., The Gambrinus Co. (comprising Trumer, Spoetzl and BridgePort breweries) and Susquehanna Brewing Co. He recently brought his three decades of technical brewing experience to... View Article -
Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool with Chris Lohring
October 24, 2014 - Julie Johnson Chris Lohring began his brewing career at Kennebunkport Brewing and then co-founded Tremont Brewing in Boston in 1993. He now brews Notch beers, which are all session strength, at three New England breweries: Ipswich Ale Brewery in Massachusetts, Two Roads in Connecticut and Kennebunkport in Maine. AAB: You don’t have a brewery; you don’t call... View Article -
Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool with Jay Goodwin and Alex Wallash
July 15, 2014 - Julie Johnson The Rare Barrel produces sour beers exclusively, one of the few U.S. breweries to do so. After only a year in business, the brewery won a gold medal in the American-style Sour Ale category and a bronze in the Belgian-style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale category at the 2014 World Beer Cup. AAB:... View Article -
Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool with Jared Rouben
July 1, 2014 - Julie Johnson Jared Rouben was first interviewed in this magazine in September 2005 when, as a beginning student at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), he restarted the school’s Brew Club to bring beer education to CIA students. Later, after working in many top restaurants, he trained as a brewer himself and is now opening a brewery... View Article -
Book ReviewsBrewing Arizona: A Century of Beer in the Grand Canyon State
June 29, 2014 - Julie Johnson Over half the states in this country are now the subjects of books about the beer culture within their borders. Many of these are focused on the growth of the modern beer movement and are produced by travel-oriented publishers with the beer tourist in mind. A smaller number of such books, however, are inspired by... View Article -
Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool With Brian Grossman
January 18, 2014 - Julie Johnson Brian Grossman, whose father, Ken, founded Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in Chico, CA, in 1979, has been overseeing construction of the company’s new facility in Mills River, NC. The new brewery has already brewed its first batches of beer and will open officially later this year. AAB: Ultimately, how big will the new facility be?... View Article -
Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool with Phil Leinhart
November 19, 2013 - Julie Johnson Devoted to brewing Belgian-style ales, Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, NY, was founded in 1997 by Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield, in partnership with three Belgian breweries. Duvel Moortgat, brewers of Duvel golden ale, has been the sole owner of Ommegang since 2003. Phil Leinhart became head brewer in 2007, and has presided over steady expansion... View Article