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Last month Chuck Silva, longtime brewmaster at San Diego's Green Flash Brewing, announced he was resigning to start his own brewery. Before his departure from Green Flash, however, Silva went on a journey with Patrick McIlhenney, brewmaster at Alpine Beer Co. They were searching for America's best hops, a quest that took them from various ....
When Nick Gingold started photographing some of California’s best known brewers in 2012, it didn’t take him long to discover how to make a brewer act natural in front of a camera. “As long as we kept a beer in front of their hands, they were happy,” said Gingold. Two years later, Gingold has photographed and ....
In the brewpub heyday of the 1990s, virtually every brewery had a hefeweizen on tap as a âgateway beerâ for people new to the intense flavors of craft beer styles. Hefeweizens then went out of style for many years, but they seem to be making a comeback, as a number of California breweries have produced these refreshing wheat beers recently. The fluffy mouthfeel, low alcohol and soft flavor profile make them perfect brews for summer. Gateway to Hefen Chuck Silva founded the eponymous Silva Brewing in Paso Robles with his wife, MJ, in 2015 after he spent 11 years as brewmaster for San Diegoâs Green Flash Brewing Co. The first thing I noticed about Silvaâs Gateway to Hefen hefeweizen was the aggressive carbonation â even with a very gentle pour, this beer formed a massive, fluffy head. The beer is a luminous straw color in the glass, with a dense, steady stream of bubbles rising, and incredibly bright aromas of fruity yeast aromatics, lemony tartness ....