There’s something I need to get off my chest. I want to make a confession, come clean if you will… I like boring beer. There, I said it. I, Michael Agnew, Certified Cicerone™, like boring beer. I am led to this impression by my perusal of beer forums and beer rating sites. The beers that [...]
For those looking to start a new brewery there are many hurdles along the way. There’s finding a space, procuring a brewery, and of course securing adequate financing to fund the expensive start-up process. Aside from these relatively straightforward issues, however, there is the Kafka-esque, bureaucratic labyrinth of licensing. Involving federal, state, and municipal jurisdictions, [...]
Who am I? Why am I here? … Those questions are too big to ponder here. Perhaps I’ll ponder them later, maybe over a glass of ten-year-old Thomas Hardy Ale. For now I’ll just stick to introducing myself and this Hop Press blog. My name is Michael Agnew. I am writing from Minneapolis, Minnesota where [...]
