Awhile ago, on a trip to Baltimore with a bunch of city leaders, I was outed as a beer guy. After all of the different meetings about how Baltimore got so cool, the bunch of us headed to Fells Point looking for a fun evening. As you might guess I don't particularly fit into the
Everards Brewery team leader Mick Trevor and Terrapin Beer Co. brewmaster Brian “Spike” Buckowski unlatched the lid of the Everards mash tun and peered through steamy haze at the thick, gooey grain bed containing 10% sticky rye malt. Draining the sweet wort from this glue-like porridge was proceeding slower than Trevor had anticipated. Seemingly unfazed,