Adam Henderson interviews Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project Brewer Dann Paquette on the November 15th, 1901 “KK” beer from their “Once Upon a Time Series”. Just in case you don’t know, this is an accurate historical recreation of a beer actually brewed in London, England on the aforementioned date. Dann doesn’t interpret or modify [...]
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I just got back from a trip to Northern California. I toured San Francisco and the Napa Valley mostly, and visited with suppliers and some other great places, too. Here’s a quick overview. Chris Brockway makes his Broc Cellars wine in Berkeley CA, in a building best described as an old warehouse, just off the [...]
We’re extremely proud to say that Brouwerij De Ranke (‘Duh Rawnk-uh’) is our newest supplier at RainCity Brands. This 15 year old Belgian brewery has a made a big splash in the USA over the past few years, and what they are doing fits right into our portfolio – that is, they brew incredible atisinal [...]
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Once Upon A Time… I wrote about this 1832 recreation of a beer in a previous post, but then I found a video that explains it much better, and from Dann Paquette himself! I hope this makes you as thirsty for this taste of history as it does me. Dann’s beer speaks for itself, but [...]
Dann Paquette has a beer in the works, and you and I both know it’s not going to be like anything you’ve had before. Unless you were of drinking age in 1832. I called Dann the day after he brewed this and he was telling me that he was “literally shoveling hops” into the kettle, [...]
Here is a great quality video from Basic Brewing that really captures what Alex Ganum is doing at Portland’s Upright Brewing. As Alex says, there aren’t too many markets where this beer is available. RainCity Brands will have Upright’s beer in Vancouver and Vancouver Island in the coming months! And I heard a rumour that [...]