One of my favorite things about being a reporter is getting to interview people who can help me learn about just about anything. Whenever I’m curious about anything beery, I pitch a story about it so I can learn more about the subject. And while I don’t recall the impetus, at some point I wanted to learn about one specific element of virtually every brewery, that gets mentioned on tours but only in passing: the glycol system. In short, glycol is a liquified chemical that courses through factories such as breweries for the purpose of keeping things really cold. Antifreeze! (But, specifically, the organic compound ethylyne glycol versus the non-toxic propylene glycol-based version). Are you on the edge of your seat yet? Read my story, one of only two or possibly three, that I ever had published in Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine. Added benefit: it earned me another NAGBWy award. Bronze, baby!