MNB readers, how much has Joel been paying you to vote for him as “favorite brewmaster” on the “About” page? Let’s just remember that Joel is the only person who has tried the Christmas Ale without breaking into a cold sweat and fever for a week. (Check out the [...]

The stage has been set. This weekend a bunch of us will be trekking up to Ashville, NC to partake in the “Brews Cruise.” I’m not exactly sure what all this entails, but I do know that it involves 3 brewery tours and samples at each brewery. I also know that the Brews Cruise staff [...]

This is a sad Monday evening as I’m not at home in Atlanta for Monday Night Brewing. Yes, the long monday evenings spent washing out buckets, sanitizing bottles, and enjoying good company as we crank out a new batch are quite fun. But don’t feel too sorry for me. I’m not on [...]

This weekend I went out for a nice Mexican dinner with roommate. To clarify, he’s not physically my ROOMmate, but he does have a room in the same house. Also the dinner wasn’t “nice” per se, but “cheap.”
Not only did Scott see a Dos Equis poster on the wall and pronounce it “Dos Eeekis,” but [...]

Ok here’s the deal. We have to bottle tomorrow, so we needed a label. Bitter Old Maid is not the final name, but I think it’s the best we’ve got so far. I think something a bit more masculine is in order.
The label here is a quick-fixer. Kind of a finger in the proverbial dam. [...]

Imagine getting this email at work:
“Guys,
Just got word that I’m getting about 16 kegs…most likely for free from Mary Stuart’s uncle! I’ll have them in about 2 weeks….I say we go to 20 gal batches….Peter, find us a bigger pot.
If any of you guys (peter) make it up to the brew store tomorrow please [...]

So now we need some consensus around a name for our bitter so we can crank a label out. Here are the forerunners:
Grandpappy
The Colonel’s Bitter/Lt. Bitter/etc.
Malty Dick
Bitter Old Maid
Anyone care to weigh in? Please do so via the survey on the right side of the page.
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