We recently purchased a Blichmann beer gun, which allows us to bottle straight from a keg, giving us much more flexibility when it comes to bottling (when? how many bottles? how can we get Joel to leave us alone?). We’ve used the beer gun a total of 2 times now, and it’s worked like a [...]

Thank you for brewing 30 gallons of beer yesterday! We didn’t want you to think your efforts went unacknowledged, so Jeff and I put together a little money and bought you a present, which we affixed to your car late last night without your knowledge:

We bought it because it seemed like something Travis would put [...]

In honor of MLK I’m brewing all day today. Trying to get three batches (that’s 30 Gallons!) done so they’ll be ready for the brew-ha-ha.
Come by whenever if you are in town and around.

Wonder of wonders, Travis is at it again. And while his accusations about MNB being Civil War reenactors are quaint, they are, unfortunately, false. Of course, this stereotypical drivel about the South is the kind of nonsense we’ve come to expect from Travis, so it wasn’t much of a shock to us.
We do have news [...]

Will and Ashley, some good friends of mine, came down from DC this weekend. They hadn’t had any of our beer yet, and the only thing we have bottled at the moment is our Laissez-Faire (”A Capitalist Barleywine”), so we cracked one open. Will just happens to enjoy great beer. In fact, he’s kind of [...]

I think we spoke too soon. While piddling around on the blog a few nights ago, I somehow managed to crap all over it. Literally. The site has been down for 2-3 days. Thanks to some fancy footwork from Moshu and the Wordpress support forums, it appears that we’ve finally got it back up and [...]

The thing about Belgian beer is that you can never really have enough of it. Even when you’ve got such fine establishments as Brick Store. And – bless my stars – it seems that the South is starting to realize this. Yes, THE South. You know, the one that hates microbreweries. A new Belgian bar [...]