by David Aiken | Jul 8, 2020 | Checkerhead Brewing History, Ingredients
Not content with the eight hop plants I put in the ground in 2016, I decided to put in what I called Phase 2 of hop production in during 2017. I acquired a bunch of plywood from a job site close to where we lived which allowed me to build six boxes for the new area to...
by David Aiken | Jul 1, 2020 | Checkerhead Brewing History, Ingredients
If you adhere to the Reinheitsgebot, or German Purity Law of 1516, (which I don’t btw) then beer can only be made from four ingredients, malt, yeast, water and hops. This is the first chapter of my journey with the last of those ingredients, hops. I brewed my...
by David Aiken | Jun 24, 2020 | Checkerhead Brewing History, Special People
I’ve had so much great feedback about the labels that grace the beers I produce. I feel exceptionally lucky to be working with the enormously talented Rachel Peters on the labels that have been produced to date. She just – GETS IT! A big part of why she...
by David Aiken | Jun 17, 2020 | Brew Days, Brewing Books, Checkerhead Brewing History
Every story has a beginning and my journey with brewing started in June of 2005 when my wife and two boys gave me a brew your own beer kit, Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Everyday IPA, for Father’s Day. The kit came with all the ingredients I needed to make a one...
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