John Harris has been round. From his begin on the McMenamins Hillsdale brewpub in 1986 (the place they brewed with extract and fermented with out temperature management in open-top fermenters), by means of stints launching Deschutes, the Full Sail pub in Portland, Oregon, and now the previous 9 years at his personal brewery Ecliptic, he’s been eyewitness to a myriad of change within the craft beer world.
On this episode, Harris recounts the early days and the challenges they confronted in making an attempt to create what we now know because the craft beer business. These tales from the early days of craft illustrate simply how far the brewing world in america has come over the previous few a long time. Alongside the way in which, Harris discusses:
- brewing business batches within the mid-80’s whereas scavenging yeast from Sierra Nevada Pale Ale bottle dregs
- launching the unique Deschutes brewpub in Bend with founder Gary Fish
- heading the Full Sail Portland brewpub for 20 years
- the event of the PNW pressure of West Coast IPA
- utilizing coloration to inform a narrative in beer
- working with Strata hops
- embracing fruit in brewing and making quick-sour fruit beers
- beers that made sense in his head however by no means linked with an viewers
And extra.
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