In Process

Our first two brews of Primal Pale Ale went off nicely last week. Everything came in to spec, and only a few minor issues popped up- all in all, a very nice beginning. Both batches are fermenting away, and will be ready for delivery by the middle of April. This week we'll be brewing our Exile ESB, a hoppy, full flavored copper ale. Based on the classic English Extra Special Bitter-style beers, we're brewing this one in the same spirit but with some subtle twists in hops and malt. Later in the week we'll brew the Lucky 7 Porter, a rich, full-bodied porter with notes of caramel, chocolate and smoke. This one is full of malt depth and character. We'll keep you posted as fermentation continues, and update on where to find the beers when the time comes.

-Geoff

Stretch Run

Looks like an operating brewery, doesn't it? It nearly is. We are now licensed by the Federal Government and have a couple state and local approvals to go, but we fully expect to be brewing next week. That means finished beer by the middle of April. Things have been finalized with our distributor (the great team at FP Winner) and we're all pretty excited to get going. First on deck to be brewed: our Primal Pale Ale. This one is a dry refresher of a pale ale, assertively hopped with a toasty malt backbone. Plenty of American hops throw out the citrus, piney notes that work so well in a pale ale, and we've added a couple of earthy, spicy varietals to add some complexity to the hop profile. This isn't a big, overblown palate-wrecker of a pale ale (though we love those), but a balanced beer (at 4.8% abv) focused on food compatability. After the Primal Pale is brewed we'll get to our other two core beers- Exile ESB (evolution-style beer) and Lucky 7 Porter. More on those two later. As for those oak barrels in the background of today's photo? More on those later as well....

-Geoff

Blame Dell

So it has been a while since the last post, but I have a perfectly good reason. My computer's power connection broke and had to be repaired. Before you blame me, let me defend myself. The question is not whether or not I abused my computer. I did. But when this becomes a country where I can no longer abuse a five year old piece of delicate electronics and blame the manufacturer when it breaks, well, then we are really in dark times. So in the spirit of the country I love, I will insist that the fault was not mine, but Dell's. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

So for the last week and a half I have struggled to learn the ways of our desktop at home, the Mac, which I do not like. I don't even know how to copy and paste. But I'm here. As for Evolution? We're 95% done with our physical facility- we're so close to brewing that our first shipment of malt and hops will be here tomorrow. We're waiting on final approval from the ATF and the state, and hopefully we can coordinate that with our yeast order to be brewing as quickly as possible- we expect to have beer sometime in early April.

-Geoff