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Welcome

AltBrau is a brewing project created by Tim Decker. Our focus is on fermentations with an emphasis on agriculture and story telling. With collaborations in California, Oregon, Washington, Belgium, France, and Germany… our hope is to someday soon launch our own brewery.

If you find yourself in Paris and are unfamiliar with the beer scene like I was, I have a few suggestions for you. 1) Be sure to check out @liquiderie … they have 2 locations, their “cave” location is an excellent shop with craft
Grateful for all my friends and supporters from around the world who send me very nice updates when they are enjoying my beer. @cider_greg is my old boss over at @southcitycider who moved on and now runs an awesome cider program at @wilsonsorcharda
It blows my mind to find out some of the places people are drinking my beer. Many thanks to Pepín at @behoppymadrid and Jonathan from @etregourmet for bringing KNOW THE TRUTH to the people of Madrid. Down to the least yeasty drop 😆. I need
Throwback to recently visiting one of the greats. To be totally honest, I’ve been falling out of love with fruited lambic and wild ales over the last couple years. The grape experiments coming from @brasseriecantillonofficiel , however, have ma
Going to be busy at @admiralmaltings today. Three germination floors means we often need to unload and reload our kiln the same day. Today is such a day. Each batch going in and out means shoveling 8-10 tons and hand stacking 250-350 55lb bags. Enj
Do you still have a bottle of NOMAD BY FATE? This peach and apricot beer is the second in a series of stone fruit beers I’ve made featuring peaches all named after songs or lyrics by @chuckragan , the first one being OH COME WHAT MAY. My old
A lot of folks ask me how I end up connecting with various breweries and I explain it as being the same as online flirting/dating… first you start liking each other’s posts, then you follow, then you start commenting, then you slide into
I’m back from my 2 weeks abroad. Currently in bed and awake at odd hours thanks to jet lag and feeling slightly sore after my first day back at work at @admiralmaltings . A break from shoveling is nice but now I’m feeling a bit soft. A
Bottle Sale / Festival for EU friends. After two weeks I’m finally headed home. Although I’ll miss all the people I haven’t seen in several years and all the new friends I made, I’m eager to get home to @tam.a.rah 👩🏻 , Wan
4 years ago, almost to the day, @tam.a.rah and I toured the village museum and small pub that preserves the history of Kortenaken, home of our hosts that year (and again last week)… @antidootwildefermenten What began as a fun talk and sips o
Reggaeton dance party till 3am. I even danced a little to celebrate my beer showing up. Many thanks to Jonathon @etregourmet for delivering my cases for @carnivalebrettanomyces by hand. I’m now on the road to @miserybeerco to share them.
Many adventures still to share with all of you… still more to have on this trip. Yesterday, however, was very special and I’m excited to tell you about it. I traveled outside the busy city of Brussels to the charming village of Gooik t
A long walk (4.5 miles / 7.5km) from my hotel to @brasseriedelasambre in the Belgian countryside to clear my head. Taking in the beauty and the pastries. Admiring the true rustic farm house nature of the brewery, and being thankful despite minor setb
Over the last few days I have alluded to some unfortunate circumstances around my trip. I have waited to clarify the situation until we were sure it would not be resolved at the last moment. As of yet It has not. So here it is: Unfortunately I will
A full day of travel. My flights were uneventful and I arrived as planned. My plans for this trip have taken an unlikely turn but I’m rolling with the punches and looking forward to seeing all my friends at @brasseriedelasambre and at @carnival