2.0 is so hot right now. So we figured we’d ruin our first Belgian Dubbel and start anew. Because sanitation problems are also apparently hot right now. Our main direction for this beer is to make it like the 1.0 version… but TWICE AS GOOD. Did we just blow your mind?
Come on over to Jeff’s [...]

Not to hedge in on Beer Haiku Daily’s territory, of course… But let’s make this Friday one for the haiku record books. I’ll kick it off:
the slowest of weeks
calls for the help of a friend
a friend named good beer
Anyone else got a haiku in that bag of tricks?
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We’re learning a lot throughout this whole business planning process, but it’s also interesting to see what our friends are up to. Specifically Wilson over at Brewvana, who will soon be opening his own Burrito shack called Electric Burrito.
Wilson, being a beer guy, spent some energy planning his beer menu recently. Sounds like he found [...]

What about this idea? An inflatable pub. Because pubs are so cool that sometimes you want to take one to a vacant field and just go to town. Is that what passes for cool across the pond, Stonch?

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Trel•lis. Noun.

A frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
A framework of this kind used as a support for growing vines or plants.
A frustrating necessity of growing hops.

The third definition is really hitting home. Fortunately we’re not the only ones dealing with this problem. And there are many potential solutions. Trouble is, we haven’t yet found one [...]

We received some disappointed news from Jeff this morning. Apparently our dubbel might also have gotten infected with some such yeasty nonsense. This would mean that 3 out of the last 5 of our batches have gotten the plague.
Instead of brewing tonight we’re going to do a full-scale sterilization of all of our equipment, and [...]

I realize this post has already lost a lot of its thunder, since this picture was taken a week ago. But GEEZ. Check out our hops! They’re growing like gangbusters, even after Joel tried to “water them” himself:

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