“I started back when I was 18, once I realized I could just make beer rather than get a fake ID. And it was through homebrewing that I first learned how much age affected beer—I could make cellar-able beers and experiment with all sorts of things to see what kind of effect this had on them years later.”
Dawson is fascinated by how much a beer can change over time—so fascinated, in fact, that he’s begun doing experiments with and researching aged beer as a career. Vintage Beer is a testament to his vast knowledge about building and managing a beer cellar. Dawson is also a certified BJCP judge and a brewpub reviewer for the North Denver Tribune.
We picked Dawson’s brain with some questions about his personal beer cellar and the book: