Rainy brewing session with no beer doesn’t affect attendance
Fun was had by all. It wasn’t the greatest of nights, and people brought their own beer (we did have about 2 gallons of pumpkin ale on tap), but we brewed through it. I don’t have pictures yet, so please enjoy these pictures from last week and pretend that they were taken last night.
The biggest surprise of the night? For me, it was that people actually showed up. We still had about 30 in attendance. And we didn’t even have beer to serve. It’s encouraging that Monday nights, while about the beer, are also becoming fun nights of socialization and building relationships. The beer is merely a tool through which we are able to interact with one another.
In other news, the brewing of the Eye Patch Ale went well, despite Jeff not being able to make it till 9pm or so. We sparged inside the garage since it was still raining out, but it stopped in time for us to boil outside. We ended up a little high on our target gravity because we tried a 90 min boil instead of the usual 60 and forgot to factor in the extra boil off (which I’m sure Jeff would have noticed had he not been cooped up in his office). But we were lowering the target from the norm for the Eye Patch as an experiment, so no harm, no foul. Also, I’m addicted to Twitter. It’s official.
At the end of the night we cracked open a Rogue Double Dead Guy, an imperial version of Rogue’s wildly popular Dead Guy. In a word: overrated. It’s a completely fine beer, but nothing to write home about. Sweet in the nose, hoppy in the mouth. In fact, the coolest part of the beer is the bottle. Not to disparage the beer too much… but the bottle is THAT awesome.
There’s one picture from last night. It’s on TwitPic and you’re quite allowed to re-publish it. Here’s my written consent.
http://twitpic.com/nw53
I am surprised “no-MNB beer” didn’t attract more people. Poor visitors getting your southern culture on the skids forced on them.