When the heat hits… Summers in the Midwest tend to be hot, and, quite often, humid. Average temperatures are usually in the 80s or 90s, with occasional peaks up into the 100s. Toss in the humidity, and you can have heat indexes up to 110 degrees… which brings us to a very interesting question… Ask […]
Now imagine having to do it on purpose… Transparency. If you Google “what is transparency in business” it defines it as a “lack of hidden agendas or conditions, accompanied by the availability of full information required for collaboration, cooperation, and collective decision making…” Uhm, yeah. That right there is part of the reason we decided to […]
Chillsner, one way to keep you beer cold this summer! Now that we have officially passed the first day of summer, we know that the really hot days are still ahead of us. With that in mind, we figured a rundown of ways to keep your beer cool was in order. There’s nothing like getting […]
Growler on Board… a safe way to transport precious cargo This Sunday, June 18th, is Father’s Day! While our taproom is open that day and Burning Brothers Beer is an awesome father’s day gift (not so subtle hint), we also know that there are other awesome beer themed gifts out there. Which (unsurprisingly) brings us to […]
Piped fermentation tanks on the left, waiting to be piped on the right! This Saturday, June 11th, is Carl Von Linde day, our June beer holiday (unless of course, you count Father’s Day). Carl Von Linde is the “father” of the modern lagering process, allowing lagers to be produced year round, rather than having seasonal […]
Where we store our brewers, when they aren’t working! It’s actually quite amazing how much work can be done on a brew floor by just a few people. Of the four full-time and 4 part-time people that we have working at Burning Brothers, only three spend more than half (or close to all) of their […]
The World’s End Zombie Fighting Pub Crawl… As the weather warms up, more and more people are getting out and about and doing the things they love. They walk, they bike, they use buses and light rail… all in search of delicious beer! (OK, maybe not ALL of them) Throughout many cultures, beer lovers will […]
Mmmmm, Stout! This weekend finishes out American Craft Beer Week, and we are celebrating in style. Not only are we tapping the Dry Stout that we have waited so patiently for, we are participating in the City Pages Beer Fest on Saturday. Join us in sending Craft Beer Week out with a bang! Ask the […]
A small celebration, with a few (thousand) breweries This next week, from Monday May 16th through Sunday, May 22nd, is American Craft Beer Week! This year marks the tenth anniversary of this celebration, with over 4,200 craft brewers in all 50 states participating. We hope that you will take time to get out, visit a […]