One More for the Trophy Case
Like many brewers the Hapa's Brewing team got their start home brewing in the kitchen. What started with a 12 quart pot, an Igloo Cooler mash tun, and plastic [...]
Hapa’s Brewing Company Signs Lease
It's official! Hapa's Brewing Company has a home (Kinda. More on that later)! Earlier this week we signed the lease for our space in San Jose. After a long [...]
Motivation for Sanitation
Brewing beer is a fun and rewarding hobby. It is also relatively easy to do. By using good ingredients, following a recipe, and consulting a good homebrew book, almost [...]
Thirsty Bear 15th Anniversary Celebration
A little over a week ago we brewed a special batch of beer with the Thirsty Bear crew. This batch has a higher calling than just being delicious. The brew, [...]
Brew Day at Thirsty Bear Brewing Co.
San Francisco is home to a thriving beer culture. Between specialty stores, beer tours, and craft breweries, the city has plenty to offer the beer aficionado. One of our [...]
More Powerful than a Locomotive
The Belgian Golden Strong Ale spent a week in primary fermentation and ten days in secondary. Today it was moved to the keg where it will be cooled and [...]
From Belgium With Love
You may have noticed that recently we've been boarderline obsessed with Belgian beers. We've done several tasting over the last few weeks including a dubbel, a witbier, a siason, and a flanders [...]
More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys
The perception has long held that beer is not a sophisticated drink - it's cheap, comes in packs of 30, is consumed as quickly as possible, and the ultimate [...]
Bubbles Please
After two weeks of dry hopping in secondary fermentation, the Black IPA was carefully siphoned into the keg for carbonation. There it will sit for at least a week [...]
To India and Beyond
The Imperial Black IPA was allowed to sit in primary fermentation for a full weeks to give the yeast enough time to convert all that sugar to alcohol. It [...]