Peter Mortensen

Pete Mortensen is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.

Location: San Francisco, California

Education: Northwestern University

Pete ran a San Francisco homebrewery with his brewing partner Steve Hoyt under the private label Double Robot.
He produced a variety of craft beers, including Scotch Ale, Imperial Stout, Black IPA, and Saison, many with clever tongue-in-cheek names like Rosemary’s Bay Berliner, White Ghost in the Machine, and Lady Marmalorde.
Pete wrote about brewing sour beers at home for Serious Eats.

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Pete Mortensen is a design strategist and researcher by trade, and an inventive homebrewer at heart. He ran a small brewery with his partner Steve Hoyt under the private label Double Robot out of their San Francisco homes. They produced a line of cleverly named craft beers that included Imperial Stout, Scotch Ale, Black IPA, and Saison. Many of the tongue-in-cheek monikers were nods to popular films and music, like Rosemary’s Bay Berliner, White Ghost in the Machine, Transformer 5: Smoke on the Water, and Lady Marmalorde. Pete shared his expertise in brewing sour beer at home and recipe for fast-sours in features for Serious Eats.

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