Author: Julie Johnson

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  Full Pints - Pull Up A Stool

  with Geoff and Marcy Larson

  March 1, 2012 - Julie Johnson Congratulations on this anniversary! What’s the most surprising thing to you about the fact that you’re sitting there in Juneau, observing the 25th anniversary of your brewery? Marcy: It went by so fast—in some ways. It seems like forever ago that we were first were trying to raise the money and all that, but on... View Article
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  with Jason Oliver

  January 1, 2012 - Julie Johnson What do you bring to brewing from your early background in history and philosophy? That’s a great question, and one I’ve thought about a lot, funnily enough. My approach to brewing is…almost like a “liberal arts” approach. I like to look at different relationships. I use science and craft to help me get there, but... View Article
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  Full Pints - Staff Reviews

  The Great Imperial Pumpkin Ale

  October 13, 2011 - Julie Johnson I hope the Charles Schulz estate got a case of The Great Pumpkin Imperial Pumpkin Ale, though it’s hardly appropriate for Linus.
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  Full Pints - Staff Reviews

  Harvest Time Pumpkin Ale

  October 10, 2011 - Julie Johnson This beer pours copper in the glass, with a light ecru head.
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  with Jack McAuliffe

  September 1, 2011 - Julie Johnson In 1976, an ex-Navy man named Jack McAuliffe founded America’s first modern microbrewery, New Albion Brewing Co. in Sonoma, CA. In an era when American brewing was dominated by a few large facilities brewing versions of light lager, McAuliffe hand-built his brewery from the ground up, and brewed full-flavored bottle-conditioned ales in the English tradition.
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  with Brock Wagner

  July 1, 2011 - Julie Johnson What do you hope your fans will take away from your Moveable Yeast project? The primary goal of the series was to demonstrate to beer lovers―who may not be as familiar with yeast as, say, homebrewers would be―how large an effect yeast has on the flavor of beer. People talk about malt and hops a... View Article
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  with Glenn Knippenberg and Jeff Cornell

  May 1, 2011 - Julie Johnson Tell me about AC Golden. GK: We’re owned by MillerCoors. Pete Coors took a look at how new products like Blue Moon were being developed for the pipeline, and noticed that we weren’t doing many. Largely, what the big brewers have done is spend anywhere from $19 to 30 million developing a brand, developing the... View Article
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  Full Pints - Styles Features

  The New Old World of Sour Beer

  May 1, 2011 - Julie Johnson The growing number of entries to sour beer categories 
suggests that brewers are onto something new. 
But the techniques they’re using, and the “bugs” they’re 
welcoming into their beers, have a long history.
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  with Jeff Bagby

  January 1, 2011 - Julie Johnson You’ve won Large Brewpub of the Year twice, and you have won Alpha King twice. So what I want to know is, what’s the story with the plaid pants? That’s a good one. I like that question, right off. In my high school years, some friends of mine used to wear kind of loud pants... View Article