DUCK FOOT BLOG

At the time it was a dream for me. The idea of opening up a brewery and making craft beer for a living seemed to have so much appeal. I was in my late 20's working in finance in New York City. As much as we could we would escape the hustle and bustle of Manhattan and...

Duck Foot Brewing always does things differently, when we're in, we're ALL in! When discussion started about hosting a fun promotional giveaway for our community, we all had an opinion of what would be an epic prize. Things started off small, ideas like a merchandise...

We are just under a week into the 2021 season of Major League Baseball, something that I never thought would bring tears of happiness to my eyes. With the 2020 season having been almost non-existent, the thought of returning to Petco Park (Go Padres!) and drinking a...

Back on December 21st of last year, which would have been Frank Zappa's 80th birthday, we kicked off a pre-release sale of a special beer in honor of his memory and of his vast catalog of amazing music. The beer, the Zappa team and the whole process of putting this...

As this is my first article for the Duck Foot Brewing Blog I figured I would take the chance to introduce myself and give some hints about the things I will be writing about in my monthly installments. So, hi, I’m Matt Akin and I make beer. I have made a lot of beer...

From a lifelong love of his music and the coincidence that there was a hop named after the man himself Duck Foot Brewing is honored to launch our tribute beer to one of our all time favorite musicians Frank Zappa the Grand Wazoo! Matt Del Vecchio, Head Quack of...

Mother Lover One fun aspect about releasing new beers is finding a fun name to go along with it. It's not always easy but it is rewarding especially when you can create a concept that has an underlying special meaning. Our recent release of our award winning Irish...