Bostwick and Rymill (pictured here) were both without 9-to-5s at the beginning of 2010—Bostwick had been a senior editor at I.D. Magazine (which folded in December 2009) and Rymill left her job at a book-packaging company to freelance full-time. They decided to turn their new-found beer-making passion into a professional endeavor and holed up in a cabin in New York state's Catskill Mountains to study the craft. Photo 2 of 8 in Beer Craft: A Guide to Homebrew by Miyoko Ohtake

Beer Craft: A Guide to Homebrew

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Bostwick and Rymill (pictured here) were both without 9-to-5s at the beginning of 2010—Bostwick had been a senior editor at I.D. Magazine (which folded in December 2009) and Rymill left her job at a book-packaging company to freelance full-time. They decided to turn their new-found beer-making passion into a professional endeavor and holed up in a cabin in New York state's Catskill Mountains to study the craft.