With John Stemler at Free Will Brewing & Ethan Buckman from Stickman Brews
We trekked out once again to Free Will in Perkasie, PA, this time for the celebration of funk that is Sour Sunday. Brewmaster and sage of sours John ...
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Lancaster Gets Funky
If you haven’t been to Lancaster, PA in a while, things are getting a little funky. In a completely glorious way. Recently, three staples in the Lancaster craft beer scene held events centered around the joy of Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, and ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Rosetta
This fall Ommegang Brewing Company added a new year-round beer to their line up. Rosetta is a traditional Belgian Kriek blended by their sister brewery Liefmans.
Steph’s New Brew Review: Here GOSE Nothin’
DESTIHL Brewery, located in Bloomington, IL, produces 15,000 barrels annually on their 60 barrel, steam-heated Saaz Brewhouse. Two decades ago, CEO and Brewmaster Matt Potts was given his first homebrew kit as a Christmas gift from his wife. ...
Episode 60: This Ish is Beernanas
With John Stemler from Free Will Brewing Company
Kick off Philly Beer Week with this episode at Free Will with renowned brewer John Stemler. John won a raffle for a trip to Belgium to brew at Hof ten Dormaal Farmhouse ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Kirsch Gose
Victory Brewing Company is bringing back an old-world, once forgotten beer style and adding their own modern twist. Dating back to the 1500s, the Gose style was more common at one time, but forgotten after World War II. It was brewed mostly in ...
Feelin’ the Funk at Funk’n Sour
The latest installment in the In My ExBEERience event series, fittingly titled FUNK’N SOUR, took place this past Sunday, November 16, 2014 at The Gables at Chadds Ford located on Baltimore Pike in Chadds Ford, PA. Sour and wild ales from both ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Blood and Guts
Free Will Brewing Company was founded by Brewmaster John Stemler and Manager Dominic Capece in 2010. They opened to the public in January 2012.
Fifth Annual Pucker Up! Sour Beer Fest at Devil’s Den
Pucker Up! It’s time for the Fifth Annual Pucker Up! Sour Beer Fest at Devil’s Den in South Philly! From August 16 to 22, 2014 - that’s right, for an entire week the bar will have an unbelievable 60 beer lineup, making the event even more tart ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Metanoia
Metanoia, a spontaneous self-healing following a profound psychotic breakdown, is matured in oak casks for almost a year with wild yeast. The beer offers flavors of sour grape skins with a champagne-like effervescence.