Firestone Walker Brewing Co.’s annual winemaker blendings have been the basis of the brewery’s anniversary beer releases since X (aka “10”) was released for its 10th anniversary in fall of 2006. Our beer editor Ken Weaver headed to the brewery in Paso Robles, California, this August to participate in the blending of the latest anniversary
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