Craft Beer Lifestyle Blog

Month: March 2019 (Page 1 of 2)

Left Field Brewery

The front sign outside of Left Field Brewery.
The front sign outside of Left Field Brewery.

Beer for all…

Sitting at the Left Field Brewery bar with Mike Tempest, the brewery’s tap room manager, I asked him what he thought a “craft beer lifestyle” might be. “There isn’t,” he responded. “There should be a beer for everyone – it is for everyone.”

Opening in February of 2015, the brewery itself was another step in the advent of Left Field Brewery’s march towards establishing itself as a brewery to watch. Starting out as a contract brewer in 2013, their now rapid expanse continues, adding more fermentation tanks to the brewery as recently as this past January. This addition included tanks specifically added for brews to be made with wild yeasts (and that makes me excited!).

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Rorschach Brewing Company

The front entrance to Rorschach Brewing Company.
The front entrance to Rorschach Brewing Company.

From an experience…

Asking Matt Reiner, co-owner and brew master at Rorschach Brewing Company, to define “craft beer lifestyle,” prompted a response that began this way: “Someone who does this, I think, does this because they’re looking for an experience. They really want to try something new and experiment.”

Opening on April 23, 2017, Rorschach Brewing Company is the result of years of experimenting with brewing processes for Matt and his three partners, Chris Ristevski, Mohan Pandit and Ben Ragan.

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Halo Brewery

The Halo Brewery sign above the venue.
The Halo Brewery sign above the venue.


Halo Brewery

From complement…

Callum Hay, co-owner and head brewer at Halo Brewery, was initially reluctant to speak of such a thing as a ‘craft beer lifestyle.’ His response to my question about it began, “I like to think of craft beer as complementary to one’s lifestyle, and I don’t think it should be the sole defining element such that it would be the ‘be-all-end-all’ adjective.”

This was a shrewd and fair response, but, to my delight, Callum did not stop there. Instead, he went on to give me more or less exactly the sort of response I was really hoping for: “If there was such a thing, and we weren’t being horribly pedantic about it, then it would be a lifestyle that supports local creation and endeavour. It would also be about self-improvement through the exploration of one’s tastes and aesthetics.”

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Henderson Brewing Company

Welcome to Henderson Brewing Company.
Welcome to Henderson Brewing Company.

Henderson Brewing Company

Collaborative…

The picnic table separates the production area from the taproom. Sitting there, stacked barrels played the backdrop for Tomas Madsen, a brewer at Henderson Brewing Company. “There’s no secrets; it’s collaborative,” he told me, when asked to define ‘craft beer lifestyle.’

“The community is very friendly and welcoming: it’s inclusive.”

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