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| At this year’s Winterfest one of the stand-out beers for me was one from the relatively new brewpub Birch’s On The Lake. I talked briefly with head brewer Brennan Greene and was intrigued enough to want to jump this place up on my schedule for brewery visits.
Greene is one of two owners of Birch’s and has a pretty impressive resume. He went to the University of Wisconsin Madison and got a degree in Philosophy. He then learned (presumably) what most discover: that Philosophy degrees are not exactly great for finding a “real” job. (I have a couple of friends who’ve been down this route.) He ended up attending the World Brewing Academy, then started as the brewer for the Schlafly Taproom in St. Louis. Shlafly was the first craft brewery to take on local favorite Budweiser… I visited there in 2012 and my write-up is HERE. I really liked the Tazmanian IPA when we visited (I gave it a 4 out of 5) and it turns out that that beer was Greene’s recipe using then fairly experimental Gala … |
Source: JABlog: A Minnesota-Centric Beer Blog
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