Shawn Johnson of Birds Fly South goals about brewing. Actually, their solera system for fermenting farmhouse beers got here to him one night time in a imaginative and prescient of kinds—as Jolly Pumpkin’s Ron Jeffries appeared in a dream with a command to “preserve the beer transferring.” Funk is all the time on Johnson’s thoughts, awake or asleep, and 5 years in, the brewery continues to stick to their mantra of “Funk First!”
On this episode, Johnson discusses:
- Creating and managing their home tradition
- Sustaining the steadiness between Brett and Sacch expression within the tradition
- How completely different grist payments and mash processes have an effect on the expression of the tradition
- Pushing larger bitterness (25-35 IBUs) in mixed-culture beers
- Utilizing hyped hops in farmhouse beers as a bridge to at the moment’s drinkers
- Embracing a little bit of lightstruck character by utilizing inexperienced bottles
- Brewing for various barrel-aging methods
- Exploring flavors in barrel-aged stouts with Belgian yeasts
Brewing at the moment means balancing one’s inventive imaginative and prescient with shopper demand, educating drinkers, and making a market somewhat than merely creating merchandise for an current one. Birds Fly South has caught to their weapons, constructing a bridge between traditional expression and fashionable innovation.
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