In the latest After Two Beers podcast, our editor John Holl takes time out of the Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines festival to sit down with Phil Markowski, master brewer at Two Roads Brewing Co. in Stratford, Connecticut. A veteran of the industry for almost 30 years, Markowski served as brewmaster at Southampton Publick House and is
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Owing to popular demand and a sense of history, Athens-based Terrapin Beer Co. recently announced the limited-release return of its first product, the celebrated Rye Pale Ale.
“For us, this is nostalgia, because this is what put us on the map,” said Spike Buckowski, brew master and co-founder of Terrapin, on Friday afternoon. “For us to bring it back is very special.”
Buckowski, who along with John Cochran established Terrapin in 2002, said Rye Pale Ale began life in his home, and the product turned out to be a hot commodity from the very beginning.
“I had been brewing Rye Pale Ale in my basement before I became a professional brewer, and after brewing school and working at a professional brewery and finally starting Terrapin back in 2002, that’s what we launched with,” he said.