This week my advanced copy of the Brewer’s Appren­tice arrived in the mail and then I saw the book go up on Amazon.com. Come Octo­ber 1, it should land in book­stores as well. Life is good.

As much as I enjoyed research­ing and writ­ing this home­brew­ing book along with my co-author Greg Koch from Stone Brew­ing, it’s a relief to finally have the time to brew beer instead of just write about it. My cur­rent batch is a Bel­gian IPA with a good help­ing of home-grown hops tossed into the brew kettle.