We’re well into January 2021, and one might expect that means a lot of downtime in a place down the shore. Quite the opposite, in fact. Pub-side business is booming, Tony’s got most of the year already planned out for the brewery, and – despite it being off-season – there

The past week was a whirlwind of activity in our brewery becaaaauuuuuuse we’ve gotten permits approved for physical expansion!!! Originally scheduled to can the Cackling Coot on Wednesday, we ran into some hiccups (it happens) and had to postpone the run. Tony and I tag-teamed day after day of transferring (racking)

For the past two days, I’ve had a visitor in my backyard of the Great Blue Heron variety. It was hanging out by the koi pond all day Sunday until my spouse decided to shoo it off, since we enjoy having koi fish. This morning, it was perched on the

For the past year-ish, we’ve had some beer aging in bourbon barrels in the brewery. And last Wednesday, we tapped one – 2019’s Yellow Flashing Lights. Before we emptied her It went into a bourbon barrel in December of 2019 and all during the year Tony and I bounced ideas

2020 is almost over and therefore I think an entry on growth is timely. And I’m not talking about our new fermentation vessel, though that will aid the brewery in future growth, no question about it. It’s been about 9 months since I became Tony’s assistant and the amount I’ve

If you ask a brewer what constitutes a beer, they may give you a pondering look for a moment before asking you to clarify what you mean. Either that, or they’ll answer you similarly to the following explanation: Traditional beer as we know it, thanks to the German Purity Laws

After a couple delays, our brewery – as it stands at time of publication – is finally officially maxed out with fermentation vessels. And vessel number nine has arrived! Last week, a few days before the estimated arrival date, Tony got the call that our brand new 30BBL FV was

December is finally upon us! Though the 60-something degree weather and tornado warnings remind me very much of Georgia and not something I’d associate with Jersey this late into the year. If you haven’t already, don’t forget to bring a toy for the Lynch Toy Drive! We have a drop

Another week gone, another week into winter here in the Wildwoods. And yet our small brewery is just chugging right along. Despite everything going on, we’ve managed to stay really busy. New canning line, distribution growth, and providing for our in-house pub needs on top of everything else. Never a

The holidays are fast approaching and it feels like it’s still September, sometimes. Next week will be our November canning run and we’ll be handling two different brands this go-around. Which means two days of canning! It’s gonna be a busy week in the brewery. First up is our Yellow