About

I’m a homebrewer from Austin, Texas who is very passionate about the craft.

I started home brewing in the fall of 2013 after I met a neighbor at a neighborhood night out. His name is RW.  RW is a homebrewer and he was planning on brewing a beer the next day.  I had been interested in learning this as a hobby so I asked if I could come over to learn about the process.

The next day I arrived at RW’s house and he was brewing a Porter. He explained the process of brewing with all grain. When we got started, my job was to stir the wort to keep it from scorching. There was no way I was going to let that happen. I’m pretty sure RW got a kick out of my enthusiasm. After we achieved a good boil, he kind of chuckled and told me I didn’t need to stir the wort anymore.  My first participation in the homebrew process was a success, there was no scorching on my watch,  and I was ready to brew again.

RW let me borrow his brewing equipment so I could attempt my first batch. Everything went great, and the beer turned out very well. I felt that after making my first batch on my own, I could call myself a homebrewer. Little did I know that my new hobby would lead me to where I am at today, building RW’s Brewing.

If naming my new enterprise RW’s appears “overly devoted” to my homebrewing neighbor and friend, the rest of this story will clear that up.  RW is the first two initials of my neighbor’s name, Robert Wilson. RW is also the first two initials of my name, Ronnie William. We are both “RW”.  I thought this name was good way to pay homage to my friend, as he is the one who introduced me to all-grain brewing,  as well as lent me his equipment, which saw me on my way.

I hope you enjoyed this background story,

RW