The subject of my latest USA Character Approved Blog post is a beer that borrows a page the winemaking playbook.

For years, beer marketers have tried to tell us water made the difference. Pure Rocky Mountain spring water. Artesian wells. Now one brewery is betting the difference is in the dirt. Pioneering California microbrewery Sierra Nevada has apparently learned a thing or two from all its winery neighbors. They’ve introduced Estate Homegrown Ale, brewed from organic hops and barley grown on the grounds of their brewery. Continue reading “Sierra Nevada brews Estate Homegrown Ale from the ground up” →