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Hooray for Hop Harvest season!

Hello all, Yes late August/September is hop harvest season, cause for great excitement for brewers and craft beer loving hop heads alike! In recent years the term “wet hops” has been used to describe beers that are made with hops that were harvested immediately before being brewed with, without them being dried (which is what […]

Kölsch: a great summer beer (as well as for other seasons)

Hello all, First: THANK YOU to all who contributed to our Indiegogo crowd funding campaign! With your help we’re getting closer to opening this fall. Yes Kölsch, an elegant style of beer emanating from Cologne, Germany that is great for warm weather (and colder weather, for that matter)! The namesake Parched Eagle Golden Ale, our […]

Profoundly Hoppy (and I’m profoundly grateful)

Hoppy Saturday afternoon everyone, OK this is a report-back on my last post about double dry-hopping the pilot batch of our flagship beer Hop-Bearer IPA, which I’m currently sipping (and smelling). I can report that double dry-hopping works in terms of adding depth of hop flavor and some aroma, adding to my perception of Hop-Bearer […]

First-ever Brewer’s Blog post/Belgian Dark Strongs

Welcome to the Brewer’s Blog! I’m Jim, Head Brewer/President of the Parched Eagle. I’m damn excited about this project in general and (right now) this blog post in particular. Looking for an investment opportunity? Feel free to contact me at jim@parchedeagle.com or 608-204-9192. OK got the business out the of the way. The Brewer’s Blog […]