If our trip to Asheville taught us anything, it was that our dream of a microbrewery isn’t as far away as previously assumed. Asheville’s Highland Brewery (pictured left), the most reputable of the 3 breweries we toured, used the same hops, yeast and grain as we did – down to the brands.
You can see Peter [...]

We’ve been basking in the overwhelmingly positive response to our Redcoat Bitter name/label. I’m not one to pat myself on the back, but we pretty much nailed that one. Unfortunately, we have yet to nail the Lumberjack Stout (you can either click the link or scroll two posts down to see the label).
Undoubtedly Joel will [...]

To date, we at Monday Night Brewery have stuck to ales. Partly because we like ales. And partly because Joel’s house is always at about 68 degrees, which is a great temperature to ferment ales. But a time is soon coming when our temperature control skills will be greatly enhanced. We [...]

I just got back from Tuesday Night Zombies. After the success of Monday Night Brews, a few of us (okay, just me and Phil) decided to follow it up with a weekly night of dinner-and-a-zombie-movie. This night’s flick was the groundbreaking, albeit controversial Romero classic Dawn of the Dead. They said it was controversial anyway. [...]

And just when you thought we couldn’t get any more awesome. We have officially renamed our stout Lumberjack Stout (in lieu of Breakfast Stout, which, frankly, doesn’t meet the high MNB bar).
Wait… I think it should actually be Lumberjack Oatmeal Stout. Dang it.
No, seriously, I just realized that as I type this. Now I have [...]

As luck would have it, we didn’t have time to print the labels for our bitter last week, so we had some time to rethink our “Bitter Old Maid” name. We had a brainstorming session on the way to Asheville for the Brews Cruise (which was awesome, so expect a few posts), and landed on [...]

In my other life as a brand strategy consultant, I get far fewer opportunities to flex my brewing muscle (it’s the muscle right below the dorsimus lubulis). Yesterday was different. Not only did I bring a six-pack of the WeissGuy Hefeweizen into work (half of which got devoured tepid thanks to my alcoholic co-workers), but [...]