Julie Johnson

May 10, 2013 | Pull Up A Stool

with Tyson Arp

Tyson Arp has been with Nebraska Brewing Co. since it first opened just over five years ago. Originally a carpenter, he studied brewing at the Siebel Institute. His lucky break came when he won Best in Show at his first ...

March 1, 2013 | Pull Up A Stool

with Will Kemper

You have been in on start-up brewing enterprises in many countries. How receptive were they to brewpubs and craft beer?...

May 1, 2012 | Pull Up A Stool

with John McDonald

What was your background before you turned to brewing? I went to art school for college, then had to figure out a way to make a living. So I became a carpenter/cabinet maker and did that for about 15 years. ...

March 1, 2012 | Pull Up A Stool

with Geoff and Marcy Larson

Congratulations on this anniversary! What’s the most surprising thing to you about the fact that you’re sitting there in Juneau, observing the 25th anniversary of your brewery? Marcy: It went by so fast—in some ways. It seems like forever ago ...

January 1, 2012 | Pull Up A Stool

with Jason Oliver

What do you bring to brewing from your early background in history and philosophy? That’s a great question, and one I’ve thought about a lot, funnily enough. My approach to brewing is…almost like a “liberal arts” approach. I like to ...

October 13, 2011 | Staff Reviews

Heavy Seas Beer The Great Imperial Pumpkin Ale

I hope the Charles Schulz estate got a case of The Great Pumpkin Imperial Pumpkin Ale, though it’s hardly appropriate for Linus....

October 10, 2011 | Staff Reviews

Big Boss Brewing Co. Harvest Time Pumpkin Ale

This beer pours copper in the glass, with a light ecru head....

September 1, 2011 | Pull Up A Stool

with Jack McAuliffe

In 1976, an ex-Navy man named Jack McAuliffe founded America’s first modern microbrewery, New Albion Brewing Co. in Sonoma, CA. In an era when American brewing was dominated by a few large facilities brewing versions of light lager, McAuliffe hand-built ...

July 1, 2011 | Pull Up A Stool

with Brock Wagner

What do you hope your fans will take away from your Moveable Yeast project? The primary goal of the series was to demonstrate to beer lovers―who may not be as familiar with yeast as, say, homebrewers would be―how large an ...

May 1, 2011 | Pull Up A Stool

with Glenn Knippenberg and Jeff Cornell

Tell me about AC Golden. GK: We’re owned by MillerCoors. Pete Coors took a look at how new products like Blue Moon were being developed for the pipeline, and noticed that we weren’t doing many. Largely, what the big brewers ...