MNB rocks Ignite ATL
Our presentation at the inaugural Ignite ATL event has finally been posted to YouTube. If you haven’t gotten a chance to see it, check out our 5 minutes of glory.
No brewing tonight
It’s rainy and sad. In lieu of brewing, please take advantage of the “Monday Night Discount” at Hop City and build a roaring fire. If you do not have a fireplace, visit some friends that you haven’t seen in awhile that DO have a fireplace and act like you actually wanted to see them. Bring your own wood and your favorite board game, just in case.
Beer consumption by state: Georgia exhibits “room for improvement”
Come on Georgia, let’s get it together. According to the Beer Institute, we ranked 43rd in terms of beer consumption per capita by state. That’s out of 50 states. 28.2 gallons of beer per year per person over 21. That’s the best we can do? I know it sounds like a lot, but in Montana they consume 43.5 gallons of beer per year per person. Now I’m not saying we become like Montana (God forbid), but let’s at least pull our weight. Preferably with some up-and-coming Atlanta-loving craft beers?
Sloshspot pulled together this handy-dandy map, which we have illegally lifted from their site. [Note: Please visit their site and say nice things about them so they don't call the lawyers on us.] Feel free to click on the image for a larger version. But whatever you do, if you live in Georgia, grab a beer and start drinking. Immediately.
Monday Night recap: “Football and beer in peaceful coexistence”
It is indeed possible to watch football while brewing, as Jeff and I found out last night. Just make sure you have a Joel around to do all the grunt work when the game gets exciting. Note: ESPN should marry Brett Farve already. This PDA stuff is getting disgusting.
In relevant news, we brewed a batch of our Eye Patch Ale last night using our original base male, Maris Otter. Everything went smoothly so we’re excited to have actual beer from the new Brew-Magic. We had to toss our first couple batches after our fermentation chamber crapped out. We also drained the yeast off of last week’s Drafty Kilt, which fermented down to 1.012 in a week. It appears our fermenting woes might be over!
It was fitting that we brewed an IPA last night, since we also packed up this year’s hop harvest.
We’re going to try to brew a hop harvest beer soon. See those little hops that fell on the floor? That’s going to go into a special “Joel-hopped” beer. Available at the best dining establishments everywhere. We’re also trying to form a distribution partnership with prisons because of their fine toilet wine. Thanks to everyone who came last night. And a special thanks to Jeanine for diligently providing us with these pictures each week.
YAAARGH we be brewin’ t’night
We are brewing an older version of the Eye Patch Ale tonight at 8pm. We’d love to have you stop by and join us, but please be aware that we have approximately a thimble-full of beer for each person. Like any good pirate, you might consider bringing a bottle or two yourself.
“I swoop down like a vulture on a Michelob Ultra”
Warning: mild language in video. This is Joel “The Pink Mojito” Iverson’s anthem.
Market research in the Midwest
I have been in Indiana this past week and we stopped in at Kahn’s in Indianapolis to pick up a few brewskies that we don’t get distributed down here. Purely for competitive research, mind you. We promise to have zero fun in consuming these beverages.
I picked up some Goose Island, Founders, Three Floyds, Hair of the Dog, some Bell’s I hadn’t seen, and others. Upon looking at all of these lined up, it appears that I “gravitated” mostly towards dark beers and bitter beers. Get it? Gravitated?
I need a nap.