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About

Information on who we are, what we do, and where we are going. If you are interested in working with AltBrau please contact us at Tim@AltBrau.com

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ABOUT ALTBRAU

AltBrau is Tim Decker’s ongoing brewing project, blog, photo journalism, and podcast formed to share stories and experiences told through the lens of fermentation.

AltBrau has brewed collaborations in California, Oregon, Washington, Germany, France, and Belgium and poured our fermentations at select locations and festivals in the United States and Europe. We’ve worked with yeast labs to capture and isolate wild microbes and we’ve used beer to raise money for youth homelessness. AltBrau has shared the story of organic hops grown on goat farms and multi-generational family farmed floor malted barley.

What will AltBrau do next? Stay Tuned.

At this time AltBrau is not a commercial brewery and our collaborations are fully owned and sold by the participating breweries.

ABOUT OUR BEERS

Our goal is to promote the importance of thoughtful ingredient selection and supporting small farmers whenever possible. We utilize local craft malt, yeast from small labs, unique hop varietals, and whole fruit in our recipes. We prefer organic, sustainably grown, and or regeneratively farmed ingredients whenever possible while maintaining the quality, consistency, and flavor we aim for.

We do not use any pasteurized fruit purees or flavor extracts. We filter as little as possible, preferring gravity and time to naturally clarify our beer. We prefer re-conditioning and natural carbonation over forced carbonation. Our goal is to keep processing aids to a minimum.

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ABOUT TIM DECKER

Tim Decker is a Certified Cicerone ®, BJCP Certified Beer Judge, and former concert promoter originally from Fresno, California. He has since worked in a variety of roles in the beverage industry including sales and malt production. After spending 10 years in Oakland CA he relocated to Sacramento CA with his wife, Tamara, as well as their two cats (Spud and Charlie) and their dog (Wanda).

In 2011 he began homebrewing in his apartment and in 2013 he launched AltBrau to document his experiences in beer. Since then, he has been featured in a variety of online and print publications for his work in beer (including Good Beer Hunting, The Wall Street Journal, and SF Gate) and has collaborated with world renowned breweries from around the globe including De Garde Brewing, Antidoot Wilde Fermenten, and Freigeist Bierkultur. He is currently serving as the Sales & Marketing Manager for Admiral Maltings.



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