Lucas Pinkerton is the owner and master distiller at Pinkerton’s Distillery: I have been brewing since I was 20 and have learned that, with a touch of patience, I could have great tasting beverages at my fingertips. This has led into a lifelong passion for cooking and brewing tasty things to eat and drink. I have always loved the thrill Read more...

Lived in Austin since 1975 when I came to UT for undergraduate school and continued through to a PhD. in biochemistry in 1988. During graduate school in about 1983 learned to brew, really only ferment, as we used extracts instead of really mashing malt. Post-doc’ed in SD, CA 89-92 and really learned how mash properly and to brew lagers (and Read more...