A lesson in economics

Will and Ashley, some good friends of mine, came down from DC this weekend. They hadn’t had any of our beer yet, and the only thing we have bottled at the moment is our Laissez-Faire (“A Capitalist Barleywine”), so we cracked one open. Will just happens to enjoy great beer. In fact, he’s kind of a dork about it. He updates an Excel spreadsheet with all of his tasting notes on beers ? a spreadsheet he keeps only for his own edification. But I digress.

For those unfamiliar with our Laissez-Faire, it’s 11% alcohol, brewed with candied ginger, cloves, cinnamon and allspice. We’ve been aging it for around 7 months now and it is ? in my opinion ? delicious.

Will seemed to enjoy said barleywine, at least to my face, and left me a little note on what we should charge for it once we get going as a commercial enterprise:

Thanks Will. In the spirit of capitalism, we shall take your considerations seriously.

3 Comments

• chris January 20, 2008 at 10:46 pm

  I don’t know if he’ll be leaving you any notes with his phone number on it from now on, jackass.
• Jonathan January 20, 2008 at 10:47 pm

  It’s a fake. He never trusted me.
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