Fullsteam

There’s a lot going on in Fullsteam land, but we wanted to take a moment to shine the spotlight on one of our true local heroes, Jimmy VerVaecke.

Jimmy makes good beer. Really really good beer.

Last year, Jimmy was talented enough to be selected for Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp. He provides us with a short backgrounder:

Beer Camp is a special program Sierra Nevada runs where they invite various industry people out for a two-day insider’s tour and brewday. The campers get together and come up with the recipe and help brew it on the 20-barrel pilot system. Our trip was the prize for winning a gold medal at last year’s National Homebrewers Competition. You can read a little more about that adventure here, if you’re interested. The beer is called “Old Cantankerous” after the trouble we had getting 12 homebrewers to agree on a recipe. We also caused a little trouble on the pilot brewing system, so it was a fitting name.

The good folks at Tyler’s Taproom in Durham are hosting a special tasting this Wednesday, January 20th, starting at 5pm. Come on out to taste a truly unique beer, and meet a very talented North Carolina craft homebrewer.

Let’s raise a pint of Old Cantankerous to Jimmy this Wednesday! Hope to see you at Tyler’s in Durham.

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p.s. Spelling Jimmy’s last name correctly was much harder than spelling “cantankerous”