Meet Rebecca Lutz – Beertender at Hop & Barrel Brewery. We are excited to have her on our team. She loves connecting with people in the environment that a brewery creates, and enjoys meeting the cool people who stop into our taproom...
We sat down with Jeremy Ries, the new Director of First Impressions for Hop & Barrel Brewery, aka Beer Sales. We are very excited to have him on board! He is a home-brewer who just recently won the Osceola Wisconsin Homebrew Competition...
Join the Hop & Barrel drinking team! We want YOU to be a part of our team, bring your buddies and cheer each other on. It’s no coincidence beer rhymes with cheer. Our drinking team offers two different levels, the Hop Level and the...
Fads are no stronger to craft beer. Some fads have grown into cornerstones of craft beer, IIPA and barrel aging are prime examples. While others haven’t obtained such longevity… looking at you Black IPA. Yet few of these trends seemed to...
The “Rule of Two” is a term you may have heard us drop or seen us use on social media. The Rule of Two is going to be an ongoing series of beers available exclusively at our taproom. Rule of Two can best be defined as one or more of the...
Ask any brewer how they approach crafting their recipes and you’ll likely receive as many answers as brewers you ask. Likewise, it is rarely constructive, or even appropriate, to comment on what is “good” or “bad” when it comes to...
For everyone following us online, or if you’ve driven through downtown Hudson lately, it’s pretty obvious we’ve been hard at work in the brewery and taproom. In just a few months we’ll be ready to welcome the beer-drinking public to enjoy...
The story of Brian and Justin began in the Fall of 2014. At that tine, Brian was working at American Sky Brewing Company in Hudson, WI, and Justin recently joined the Hudson Homebrewer’s Club, which frequented the brewery. Brian was always...
While we haven’t reached the opening, we have reached a point where looking back we can appreciate living through a plan that’s been years in the making. It has been an awesome experience. While the idea of opening a brewery, and...
Choosing a name for a brewery. At first it seems like such an easy task. There’s no shortage of ubiquitous names on tap handles across the country. The feelings and memories they invoke serving to cement their place as craft brew heralds...