What I Learned From Saint Arnold

Saint Arnold is the Patron Saint of Brewing. Saint Arnold is also the name of a craft brewery in Houston, Texas. When a homebrewer turns professional there, what lessons will he learn?

“A barrel full of certainties won’t roll very far.” – Gerd de Ley From the beginning, I was certain that we would make barrel-aged beers at Heretic. We are close to Napa so it is easy to obtain used wine barrels and I really like the interesting character that develops from aging beer in a barrel.