“I found that by working six weeks a year I could meet all the expenses of living”…”I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion” Thoreau
With the new year 2013 comes the final tweak of my Freight Train V recipe. I have taken this one many directions as I have learned about brewing. Because of the use of darker malts spices I have learned about scale and proportions and how to brew with darker malts only taking advantage of the positive traits and …
A tribute beer aptly named Freight Train for its hoppy strength yet stays on the tracks through the finish. Inspired by Meyer J. Sigall, my Father-In-Law, one of our few last American Heroes whom rode the Freight Trains back and forth across the country during the depression in order to send money back home to his …
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