Our first Brewhaha is right around the corner. We’ve had a lot of interest in said Brewhaha, and many people are wondering what to expect and how it will all work. For those of you who are antsy in your pantsies, here are a few more details:

Everyone gets a free MNB pint glass
People can expect [...]

We’re going to give this whole “growing hops thing” another go. Unruffled by our meager/nonexistent harvest last year, we have transplanted our hop plants to Jeff’s yard. Now they’re out of the pots, off of the volleyball court, and in the ground. We also fertilized with some composting spent grains which probably won’t make much [...]

It’s amazing we haven’t done this sooner. I think we were waiting until we got some good base recipes down, but now that we feel we are there, it’s time to start being especially critical about our beers. Jeff has put together a pretty complicated spreadsheet to track our beers (believe it or not, it’s [...]

In true Joel fashion, our Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale has been rendered undrinkable. That’s not to say it isn’t eatable… Because it is indeed frozen. Joel came over to take measurements of our chest freezer, which has been converted into a fermentation chamber. Unfortunately, he took the temperature sensor out of the freezer and neglected [...]

Ah, conical fermenters. Ever since we bit the bullet and bought 2 stainless steel conical fermenters from Blichmann about a month ago, we’ve spent probably 30 minutes of every day staring at their shiny surfaces. I’ve actually given up looking for a wife and have settled for Gertrude, Stainless Steel Conical #2.
When it came time [...]

Opening a brewery is exciting business. It makes you wonder why there are so few micros in Georgia. The answer, we’ve increasingly found, is distribution. Georgia’s distribution laws are archaic, it turns out. The now-defunct Dogwood agrees in this oldy-but-goody from 2004:
As a start-up brewer, Moran says, his most important decision — more [...]

Wow, that title is way too clever, even for me, the proverbial KING of clever. We’ve been planning for our party (March 15–sign up to come on our sidebar) and Will has graciously volunteered his meat-smoking skills. Last night he brought over some brisket and chicken to try with our stout, hefeweizen and IPA. I [...]