A single oak barrel has spent 30 years traveling America’s craft beer scene

“It is an artifact,” says Laffler. “It’s the physical object that represents a new tradition of wild-beer production in America.” Join @trehagen.bsky.social as he takes a deep-dive into the story of the famed pH1 barrel for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/06...

“They must have heard it from the barrel that it had to come back to Fort Collins,” Bouckaert said. “This barrel doesn’t belong to anybody. It’s bigger than the brewery it sits in. You’re just honored to receive it. Then, it will tell you where it wants to go.”

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