LOL Brewing Company

07/17/2017

If you're following this page, please go to traildogbrewing.com or facebook.com/traildogbrewing instead. My first brewery will be located in Northern California with the possibility for a follow-on in Upstate New York. Thank you.

A craft brewery in planning.
2019 National Homebrew Competition - Gold Medal - Berliner Weisse
2018 Marin County Fair - Two 1st Place, Two 2nd, Three 3rd
* Iron Brewer Award (brewer who wins the most ribbons)
* 2nd Runner Up Best of Show - Cherry Berlin

11/14/2014

Check out my new page at http://traildogbrewing.com Inaugural tasting Nov. 22nd. I'll be posting lots of pics and sharing recipes and feedback over the next several weeks.

08/15/2014

With sadness in my heart I have to share that my initial plans to open a craft brewery and tap room in Penn Yan will not be coming to fruition at least any time soon. It takes more than just a guy living in California to make something like this happen in NY. As for good news I am announcing my plans to open a brewery and tap room near my home in Southern Marin County, CA. It's a big job so probably 2016 before I'm up and running as a commercial enterprise. In the meantime there is much to do and I'll be partnering with local non-profits to distribute my beer starting this Fall. A new California law in 2014 affecting home brewing makes this possible during my pre-license phase and allows me to get early exposure and experience while benefitting those animals and people in need. If you would like to continue following my journey to open a craft brewery please head on over to FogDog Brewing and give me a Like. My dog Mickey is our namesake. https://www.facebook.com/fogdogbrewingco

A craft brewery in planning.
2019 National Homebrew Competition - Gold Medal - Berliner Weisse
2018 Marin County Fair - Two 1st Place, Two 2nd, Three 3rd
* Iron Brewer Award (brewer who wins the most ribbons)
* 2nd Runner Up Best of Show - Cherry Berlin

08/13/2014

We're changing our name and close to making some announcements so stay tuned :)

08/04/2014

Bottled first attempt at a Czech Pils today. First pic looks like colors right. Second is close up of the Carboy before bottling. Tastes good too. Another couple of weeks...

07/21/2014

Psyched to learn that my Power's Out Stout took a 1st Place in the Marin County Fair Home Brewing Competition. I entered it in the Classic Dry Stout class which you can think of as the same style as Guinness. Encouraging given this was only my second batch of beer ever.

06/14/2014

Brewed a Czech Pilsner this evening with my new assistant brewmaster.

06/13/2014

We need these on Keuka Lake!!!

This tiny floating house in Sweden lets you sleep beneath the water's surface! http://bit.ly/1n6CJGq

06/07/2014

Bottling 5 gallons of Pliny The Elder (Russian River Brewing Co.) today. It's the same recipe given out freely by Vince at RRBC only I did it using my partial mash technique vs all grain. My apartment smells amazing.

05/29/2014

Some very interesting trends going on in craft beer these days. This analyst slide shows that if your beer quality and the story are good enough, customers are more than happy to pay a premium price over and above the average $5 - $6. Makes sense to me. source: Brewers Association Webinar

05/22/2014

Just bottled my local honey ale. It's headed in the right direction with lots of honey aroma and I don't think it's going to end up too sweet. I'll give it a month before giving it a go. Medium Amber in color. Very low IBUs (low bitterness due to no aroma or dry hops added) and ABV estimated at 5.6%.

05/08/2014

My entry for the Marin County Fair - 1st Annual HomeBrewing Competition: Power's Out Stout. Judging results will be announced in early June.