I was cleaning out the garage and came across an old edition of the New Yorker with an article about a craft brewery deity, Mr. Calagione, the owner of Dogfish Head. A lengthy article but it reveals how Mr. Calagione decided to build a barrel entirely of Palo Santo, one of the world's hardest woods. "A Better Brew" was published two years ago but comments on the changing climate of American Beer and is a great read for that insight.
Annals of Drinking: A Better Brew: newyorker.com
