EP-096 Ron Pattinson + Mike Siegel with Brewery Yard Stock Pale Ale
A while back, when we were shooting Grit & Grain in the Goose Island barrel warehouse, there were a series of barrels set aside for a special project lead by Innovation Manager, Mike Siegel.\xa0All I knew at the time was that it was a Brett Pale Ale of sorts. Other details were kept close.\xa0 Today, I got to taste the final results of that experimental beer.\xa0But more importantly, I got the back story on the collaboration between Goose Island and beer historian Ron Pattinson\u2014who, over the years, has worked with a number of breweries to re-create ancient recipes down to the tiniest of details.\xa0 Ron is a prolific writer.\xa0He's got a number of books and magazine articles under his belt, and a website that\u2019s about as old as ours is going on 10 years now.\xa0 Mike Siegel, who you may recall from episode 28 of the GBH podcast, leads innovation at Goose Island\u2019s Fulton Street brewery in Chicago.\xa0 Between them, I got a couple of words in. But mostly, I tried to clear the way for some of their deeper insight into the challenges\u2014and the fun\u2014of bringing a recipe like English Stock Yard Ale to life.