Hops & Spirits Bar Conversations
Hops & Spirits Bar Conversations
Hops & Spirits
Creating wild beers with Mirror Twin's Derek DeFranco
47 minutes Posted Feb 4, 2021 at 11:30 am.
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Derek DeFranco, owner and head brewer of Mirror Twin Brewing in Lexington, Ky., joins us for the first of a fun lineup for Flavorful February at the 1-minute mark.

  • ONE TOUGH QUESTION: What’s your favorite pizza? 
  • How does making beer in general go?
  • How much science goes into beer?
  • How difficult is it to make fruit or sour ales?
  • Do sours/fruit beers take longer to make?
  • How did you all make a donut stout?
  • Do you use those actual ingredients (i.e. cereal and cookies)?
  • Is it always in the strainer bag or do you add things at different points of the brewing process?
  • Does the strainer bag act like a tea bag then?
  • What started the creative/wild beers?
  • Is there any ingredient off limits?
  • Do you all have any wild, crazy beers coming up?
  • Do you feel like an artist when you get to come up with these creations?