The Mad Fermentationist’s American Sour Beers Is Out, Here’s Our Interview

The dream of Michael Tonsmeire, “The Mad Fermentationist” and very well-regarded local homebrewer has come to fruition in the form of the newest publication from the Brewers Association, American Sour Beers.

The book is done. The author is back home. Yet it doesn’t feel like an ending as much as it feels like a homecoming. Tonsmeire is here, in DC, whereas last summer he was in California, formulating recipes for the recently opened Modern Times Beer.

When he’s not designing and scaling up recipes, consulting with commercial breweries, or helping with the writing of the new BJCP style guide (American Wilds is a forthcoming new entry), he’s celebrating the release of his book, and in true #dcbrews fashion we will be celebrating with him.

You can meet the author today, Wednesday, July 2 between 5-7PM, at Right Proper. He will be signing books and talking shop. The restaurant will pour Kodachrome Dream(ing) and Kodachrome Dream(ing) 2, a little tarter than the first collaborative Right Pr