Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
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It was a day of many firsts at Honolulu Beerworks. After over 100 batches brewed in a little over a year, Honolulu Beerworks welcomed its first guest brewers into the brewery to help create a unique and island inspired beer. Brian Strumke of Stillwater Artisanal Ales is a globe trotting brewer who has collaborated with many of the worlds best and most exciting brewers. When the opportunity came up to make a trip out to Hawaii to help launch his brand, he jumped at the chance to collaborate with a local brewery and create a unique saison. At Stillwater, Strumke has focused almost entirely on creating saisons that rely heavily on the flavors that are produced by the yeast strains he works with. He says he likes to create recipes with gaps in them and allow the yeast to really fill in the voids and create a harmonious finished product. Coincidently, the yeast strain (Wyeast Farmhouse Ale) that Stumke uses most frequently at Stillwater is the same strain that Geoff Seideman and Dave Campb … |
Source: Beer in Hawaii
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