The three habits of highly effective microbrewers

Photo courtesy of Stone City Ales

In the past couple of years, I’ve spent a lot of time around people who were starting up craft breweries or at least trying to. Partly, I guess, that was because I was researching my new book, which is about brewing beer from scratch.

I’ve had a couple of people ask me if I’ve ever thought about starting one myself, and my answer has been no – even brewing for my own use stretches me to the limit. But, because starting a brewery seems to be a common dream, the...