Taking the night off
With Joel deciding to take a last minute “business” trip, we’ve decided we need to take tonight off. But you should know that we spent a very busy Sunday afternoon dry hopping beers.
Okay, so it wasn’t THAT busy. But still.
We came. We saw. We tasted.
Thanks for coming out last night, it was great to get back together. Joel was in charge of taking a picture of last night. So he decided to take the opportunity to try out a weird photo filter on his phone. JOEL, THIS IS NOT “ON BRAND.” The Monday Night Brand Guidelines (v. 20.3) clearly state that all photos must be in full color, poorly shot, and grainy. This is both poorly shot and grainy, but NOT full color.
Double facepalm.
Tonight, we taste!
Join us at 8pm at Jeff’s house as we ring in President’s Day with a little tasting session. Holidays that fall on a Monday are NOT overrated. We should have 2 of the following 3 beers on tap (though not sure which 2):
- Eye Patch Ale
- Blind Pirate Double IPA [working name]
- Stout [as yet completely unnamed]
Don’t get your hopes up
We realize we’re continuing in a rather long streak of non-brewing at the moment, but we have to keep the saints of Monday Night (wives and future wives) happy on this Day of Valentines. So to tide you over, we’ve revised our metal sign design based on your feedback.
“Weekends are overrated” at the top, added a website, moved “Atlanta” to the bottom. Let us know what you think!
No brewing this Monday either
And before you say anything, let us say it first.
Yeah, we know. We’ve been less regular with the brewing these past 6 months. You might even say we’ve been so irregular that we need a little fiber in our brewing diet. We think that’s going too far.
Rest assured, even when we aren’t brewing, we’re usually doing something related to opening a business. You know, spreadsheets and legal documents and talking to rich people. That kind of stuff. This Monday will be no different. Okay, now that you’ve heard us out, you can leave your hate mail as comments.
Please address all hate mail to Joel.
No brewing this Monday
We’ll be taking the time to interrogate Joel on his mysterious absences these past few weeks. If you have any “interesting” and “legal” torture techniques you’d like us to know about, please leave them in the comments section.
Monday Night recap: “User error” edition
We decided to give our double IPA ? codenamed Blind Pirate ? another go last night. The Brew Gods were apparently not pleased with our choice. I think they are Drafty Kilt fans. We started the night by spilling approximately 200 tons of unmilled base malt on the garage floor. So that was fun to clean up. Also, by “we” I mean “I.”
Things started getting better, until we experienced a mysterious boil-over, despite adding Fermcap-S, our trusty anti-boil-over agent. Or should I make that EX-trusty anti-boil-over agent. This boil-over clogged up our burner, which we had to turn off, dismantle, clean, and reassemble. I’m not sure if the boil-over was due to user error, but given the events of the night, I wouldn’t put it past us.
Last, this happened:
Yes friends, it IS possible to melt a flashlight. Salvador Dalí, eat your heart out. Learning for the evening: If you leave a crappy flashlight next to a hot burner, it will melt. At least we weren’t trying to impress anyone. Like my fiance’s entire family, who came out to brew with us for the first time last night.
Despite the countless user errors, we ended up with what we think will be a great beer. Time will tell, if it doesn’t melt first. Thanks to all who came out ? it was cold. And we appreciate you.
Oh, I also burned my hand pretty badly. Stupid Brew Gods.