More Kegs, More Beers, Need More Space

Early this week we took delivery of another 300 kegs. We now have kegs all over the building, we can't even open the door to the brewery without whacking some kegs- good thing they'll all be filled soon, and given a good home at some of the fine establishments Tommy listed in the previous post. That's a long list- glad I didn't have to type it in! Thanks to all the great places that sell our beers- there are no words to express our gratitude.

So what's new?

• Recently we submitted applications with "the man" to approve labels for our three core beers (Primal Pale, Exile ESB and Lucky 7 Porter) in 12 oz bottles. If everything goes as we hope we should be rolling them out around Labor Day.
• We're also looking at distribution in Delaware, which could happen even sooner.
• And we now have three new beers in the planning/prototype stage which will hit the market in draft form in August/September:
  
• In the fall we'll be doing a unique twist on the seemingly ubiquitous pumpkin ale- we have a pumpkin patch planted by a local farmer, and details on this (the unique part) will certainly follow.
  
• On tap at the brewery we have "India Pale Ale Lot #1", our ipa prototype. While not exactly what I'm looking for in our finished product (a little too strong at 7.1%abv and needs a little more malt backbone) that we'll bring to market, I've certainly been enjoying it. It's pretty darn hoppy with 2.5++ pounds per barrel of hops. Folks have been buying up tons of growlers of this stuff. "Lot #2" will be brewed next week.
  
• And today we brewed the prototype for our stout, tentatively titled "Jamaican Sunrise Stout"- it's a big, roasty Caribbean style stout that will be finished with Rise Up coffee (Eastern Shore's finest!). Today's brew was unbelievable- it literally went perfectly and I'm stoked. Half this batch will be aged in bourbon barrels (sans coffee) and the rest will be sold in our tasting room.

So long story short we have tons going on, and if you stop by the tasting room you'll certainly get to try something that you can't get anywhere else. We'll keep you posted as we get closer to rolling out the bottles and new beers.

Geoff