In July Justin Sturges of Captain Lawrence Brewing Co, in Elmsford, NY spent a long weekend at Carey Institute’s Helderberg Brewery as part of our visiting brewer series. As the experimental brewer at Captain Lawrence, Justin is well-attuned to working with new raw materials and developing unique recipes for the brewery’s small batch line. However, […]
On a beautiful May weekend, the Helderberg Brewery at the Carey Institute for Global Good was briefly commandeered for a two-day experimental brew session. Jamie Caligure, prolific regional brewer most recently of Rare Form Brewing Co. in Troy, had been invited to take part in the Visiting Brewer Series, the newest offering of the Institute’s […]
Still Hill’s first-year hops working their way up the trellis Late last year we brought you a single grower-single hop Pale Ale featuring whole leaf cascade hops grown in East Berne by Ethan Willsie. This month, we are featuring Still Hill Hops, grown by Micah Kuhar of Kuhar Family Farm in Rensselaerville. The Dry Hop […]
September was a busy month with two Visiting Brewer sessions hosted at the Helderberg Brewery. First, we worked with John Heiser and Garrett Asplaugh. John is a returning Visiting Brewer, and Garrett, a friend of John’s, is a cellarman at Newport Craft Brewing in Rhode Island. Garrett acquired a 55-gallon whiskey barrel and he and […]
Helderberg Brewery released a series of dry hopped beers on December 9th in collaboration with Stonewood Hops of LaGrangeville, NY. Ron Spadafora, Stonewood’s owner-operator, is exploring different techniques for processing whole hop cones grown on his farm. He came to Helderberg Brewery Incubator to compare his method with commercially processed hops. Working with brewer Greg […]