The sweet serpent-themed mash filtration system known only as Nessie is promising to revolutionize the conventional brewhouse process. Have we piqued your interest? Would you like to see said Nessie?… Read More

Cigar City Brewing Co. has established itself as a top tier craft brewery and has a devoted national following. As with any great brand, merchandise sales are sure to follow… Read More

The homebrew appliance wars might be upon us. Last week, Beer Voltron pinned a news announcement to a corpse and sent it riding into town on horseback (we assume), and… Read More

I like machines. I like construction equipment. I like diesel engines. I like robots. I also very much like brewing equipment. I geek out over mills and mash tuns, eductors… Read More

Russian River Brewing Co. was originally founded on a historic and beautiful property amid vineyards and redwoods near California’s Russian River. Eventually owners Vinnie and Natalie Cilurzo would reopen Russian… Read More

Practical gifts might have a little less pizzazz, but only when those pragmatic presents are not used to make beer. Heavy-duty caustic cleaners sound boring, right? Well, not when used… Read More

Aquatherm is a German-made polypropylene-random (PP-R) pipe system that is about 40 years old and has been used around the world in a huge amount of applications — plumbing, HVAC… Read More

The craft beer revolution has taken the world by storm, but as craft breweries multiply and gain more market share, new challenges arise. Here’s one: seaming cans reliably and consistently.… Read More

We give Rogue Ales and Spirits complete credit for that headline. The Newport, Oregon-based craft brewer has really gotten into distilling, barrel aging and (apparently) bungholing lately. We toured these… Read More

If you sought out barrel-aged beer 10 years ago, your options were usually limited. You could commonly find an imperial stout or barleywine aged in bourbon barrels, but much beyond… Read More