• Robert French
    Interview with a Homebrewer

    Interview with a Homebrewer – 3 Frenchs

    Another great homebrewer was willing to sit down in the Comfy Computer Chair of Fame for an lively interview.  This interviewee got into homebrewing the way I think most do, with a buddy.  That has progressed to averaging many batches per year.  I’ll let him tell you all about it.  Welcome our interview series, Mr. Robert French.Name: Robert French (@threefrenchs) Day Job: Streets & Fleet Manager for a City in Southern California. When did you start homebrewing? More or less about 16-years ago I brewed my first batch of beer. What got you into homebrewing? A person? An unfulfilled interest? Sheer boredom? One of my best friends, Paul, got a homebrew…

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    August 2012 Featured Brewery – Fish Brewing Company

    CellarMonk’s “Featured Brewery” for the month of August is the Fish Brewing Company, located in Olympia, Washington. HistoryFrom its home in beautiful Olympia, Washington, Fish Brewing Company has been hand-crafting ales of Northwest proportions since 1993. Founded by Crayne and Mary Horton and a few dozen local investors, Fish began operations humbly. With a 15-barrel brew house, two 15-barrel fermenters, and one dairy tank.  Growing steadily since, Fish is now an award-winning craft brewer with distribution throughout the great Pacific Northwest and beyond. At the turn of the century, Fish Brewing Company stepped in a greener direction with the release of it’s first Certified Organic beer, award-winning Fish Tale Organic Amber…

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    Interview with a Homebrewer

    Interview with a Homebrewer – Creecher Comforts

    A fellow North Carolina homebrewer joins us in the Comfy Computer Chair of Fame for a Tar Heel homebrew interview.  Our homebrewer is plugged into most homebrew happenings in the state and publishes a blog to get the word out on what’s going on in the NC hombrew community.  Please welcome and avid homebrewer with dreams beyond the kitchen, welcome Mr. Chris Creech @NChomebrewing Name:  Chris Creech Day Job:  Project Manager for a Web Design Firm What got you into homebrewing? A person? An unfulfilled interest? Sheer boredom? My college roommate was talking about his “bucket list,” and one of the things on his list was to brew his own beer, so I…

  • Marty Nachel
    Interview with a Homebrewer

    Interview with a Homebrewer – Ale-Conner

    We are very exited to bring you this next Interview with a Homebrewer.  Our next interviewee has a long history in the homebrewing and beer communities.  The author of two books (linked images below) as well as multiple articles in assorted beer and brewing publications, he has the homebrewing pedigree that most homebrewers (some professional brewers too) would love to have.  We bring to the Comfy Computer Chair of Fame, Mr. Marty Nachel. To find out more about Marty outside of this article, follow this link:  Ale-Conner Name: Marty Nachel Day Job: Formerly in the fields of welding and fabrication. Currently self-employed (Beer Writer, Beer and Brewing Instructor). When did…