In honor of the legendary movie, The Might Ducks, I’ve named my second hops sprout Emilio. Like the Mighty Ducks – and Monday Night Brewery – Emilio is a fighter. Sure, he might not have the latest hockey equipment. But I’m sure someone will pitch to buy new sticks and uniforms for everyone right before [...]

This past weekend was the first sampling of the Drafty Kilt, our Scotch Ale which spent 4 weeks fermenting before spending another 2 weeks in the bottle. Since all 4 weeks were spent fermenting in a plastic container, there was a general expectation that this would be yet another case of over-bubbly alcohol water. [...]

1. Put a Cow Tipper Cream Ale in the freezer to cool it quickly.
2. Forget about said Cow Tipper. Go to bed.
That’s it! In the morning you will have wasted a cream ale. There will be a strange fizzing sound coming from the freezer. Once you open the door you will know why. It was [...]

I’ve decided to name each one of my hop vines as they sprout. Meet William the Willemette vine. He’s all green and awesome. I hate to break it to all the ladies out there, but I could definitely see myself marrying one of these vines. I’ve never been more proud of anything in my life.
*sniff* [...]

A recent AP article highlights collaboration between a Foster’s brewery in Australia and a bunch of scientists. They figured out a way to convert brewery waste water (generally higher in sugars) into clean water and energy. I’m thinking Joel (Mr. Operations) needs to figure out a way to do this for us. With our monster [...]

There has been a conspicuous lack of sexiness in our blog lately. The reason: I’ve been away on a company retreat, complete with a high ropes course (which I CRUSHED). Unfortunately, During the 2 nights and 3 days that I was away, I was panicking about my most recent endeavor, growing hops.Fortunately, I had no [...]

Last night was a busy one for MNB. We sampled 5 new batches, including 4 completely new beers. Plus we brewed up a 10-gallon batch of Weissguy and had our first MNB beer on tap. The quick rundown:
Cowtipper Cream Ale: Turned out well - I’d say 3.5 out of 5 stars. [...]