Ronnie Henrick

The following is a recent conversation with Tom Baker (Brewery Techne) and Stew Keener (Bar Hygge), recorded and edited by Jim Babinski Getting the Name Right Stew: People ask us all the time how to pronounce our name. It’s Hygge—pronounced “HOO-gah.” It means: “A cozy feeling of connection to the moment and to each other.” […]

I’ve been in this world a long time. Before Big Dog Craft Brewing, I ran a homebrew shop for 14 years (Lancaster Homebrew). That was a big chapter of my life, and in a lot of ways it helped shape everything I’m doing now. I opened that store in 2009, right around the beginning of

I am extremely proud of the quality of the malts we’re making and delivering to our customers today. Hats off to maltster Scott who consistently manages to achieve premium malt quality characterized by high friability, extract and enzymes, all made with barley from our local family farmers. But making great malt depends on acquiring the

Introducing Declaration Lager from Runaway Train Brewery in Honesdale PA, the official beer of America2050_PA. Brewed with Pennsylvania grain, it is a tribute to hardworking family farmers like Fred Slezak, who just won the award from the annual Pennsylvania Farm Show for best barley in the state and overall grain Grand Champion. Double Eagle maltster/owner,

If you’ve never used Double Eagle Malt, you may have some reservations about how it will affect the final outcome of your beer. We get it. New or different isn’t always better. If you haven’t tried our grain since the early days, you’re in for a treat. So, consider the following strategies to put a

My name is Scott Murphy, and I’m the fifth generation to work the land at Murphy Farms here in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania. When I look across the fields today—barley, oats, rye, corn, wheat—I’m looking at a landscape that has been shaped and reshaped by my family for over 175 years. The farm didn’t even start as a

Both dextrin and chit malts are used to improve body, mouthfeel, and foam stability in beers made with highly modified base malts, but they do it in slightly different ways. Some brewers use them interchangeably at low rates, but they do have different reasons for existing. Chit malt is lightly germinated and kilned. It’s barely malted,

Double Eagle Malt’s mission from our inception has been to support Pennsylvania family farmers. And by support, we mean give them an opportunity to not only succeed but enable them to pass their farms on to the next generation. To execute on that mission, we pay our farmers more than twice the commodity price for

Hey, I’m Randy Young, the guy behind the brewhouse at J.J. Rattigan Brewing Co. in Pottstown, PA. I’m the owner, brewer, and all-around doer here, and I figured it was time to tell you a little more about my journey and what makes this place tick. My Brewing Journey I got into brewing the same