I am headed to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival on Friday. I was all geared up to write a list of survival tips when fellow Hoppress writer PJ Hoberman beat me to it. But the wheels in my head were already turning and as I sit at my computer this morning I have [...]
I was warned about Dennis Wehrmann prior to my visit. The native German Founder and Brewmaster at Franconia Brewing Company was variously described to me as “cantankerous”, “aggressive”, and “stand-offish.” But I was undeterred. You see, I have lived among the Germans. I understand and enjoy their no-nonsense directness, a character trait often perceived as [...]
