Post by thepaintedman on May 16, 2010 20:56:07 GMT -5
Merry Monks Takes Bronze!: The World Beer Cup awards ceremony was held last month in Chicago, and Chris, Chris, Bob and I were on hand when Merry Monks was announced as the Bronze Medal Winner in the Belgian-Style Tripel Category. Over 3000 beers were entered from 44 different countries. You can see our excitement at the announcement by going to our website and clicking on the video on the home page. Top 3 Tripel in the world!!!
~Dan
Completely Revamped Website: Going live in mid-April our spiffy new website is the creation of Josh Lampe of StandingStone Media and our head brewer Chris Wilson. Content, content, content! We’ve got content! Videos, pics, news, events, blogs from Chris and Dan and more. Be sure to check it out and let us know what you think. We think you’ll love it.
Comments from Chris Wilson: I’m back! Did you miss me? I have been away from the brewery for the past two weeks. The first week I was on a much needed vacation but the other I was traveling for work down in North Carolina. I spent a day in Greensboro, 2 days in Charlotte, and 2 days in Asheville. I was very impressed with what I saw. I found it very easy to find a great beer no matter where I went. I grew up in SC and went to college in NC so I thought I was familiar with the area. It turns out that a lot has changed since the they “popped the cap”. Asheville kicked ass as expected. Charlotte had a great number of new bars and restaurants with a focus on craft beer or at least a good beer list. Greensboro had “Bestway”, the store that just might have the best beer selection in the state! Big thanks to Darrin, Charles, and Chad of the Charlotte Beer Club and Tom of the Common Market for putting together a fantastic event. We had about 40 or so people from the area to come out and hear me talk about Weyerbacher. Great people, great beer, great time! I’ll be putting up a post on the website with all the details by the end of the week.
I should get on to what’s brewing. While I was in NC, Dan Hitchcock (busy) was busy brewing up one of his own concoctions. (when the cat’s away…) He was brewing up the next in the Brewer’s Select Series, Kilo. It is going to be a summer saison made with Chamomile, Grains of Paradise, and Coriander. It has not completely fermented but I think it is going to be awesome. You can count on Kilo being served at Philly Beer Week events throughout the 10-day “week”. We are also hard at work brewing up Fifteen for next month’s release.
Comments from Chris Lampe: Verboten is in bottles and the conditioning is done. I had to make Dan wait a little bit to make sure, but it is now ready to ship so look for it on the store shelves now! This is now my lawn mower beer!! In other news, we will have the date coder running this Thursday so look for “bottled on” and “expired by” dates on the bottle soon! See recipe below.
Chris L.
Next month’s release: Fifteen. Smoked Imperial Stout 11.8% ABV.
Sales Manager Bob Fauteux: Bob loves this concoction, see what you think: Sweet Simcoe, Pour half a pint of Double Simcoe in a pint glass then pour a half pint of Old Heathen slowly over the back of a spoon to get the layering effect. Prost!
Recipe for Tarragon Roasted Chicken with Pearl Onions & Baby Potatoes served with Verboten & Mustard Gravy & Smothered Green Beans available on Weyerbacher website: weyerbacher.com/blog/2010/05/weyerbacher-update-may-12-2010/
~Dan
Completely Revamped Website: Going live in mid-April our spiffy new website is the creation of Josh Lampe of StandingStone Media and our head brewer Chris Wilson. Content, content, content! We’ve got content! Videos, pics, news, events, blogs from Chris and Dan and more. Be sure to check it out and let us know what you think. We think you’ll love it.
Comments from Chris Wilson: I’m back! Did you miss me? I have been away from the brewery for the past two weeks. The first week I was on a much needed vacation but the other I was traveling for work down in North Carolina. I spent a day in Greensboro, 2 days in Charlotte, and 2 days in Asheville. I was very impressed with what I saw. I found it very easy to find a great beer no matter where I went. I grew up in SC and went to college in NC so I thought I was familiar with the area. It turns out that a lot has changed since the they “popped the cap”. Asheville kicked ass as expected. Charlotte had a great number of new bars and restaurants with a focus on craft beer or at least a good beer list. Greensboro had “Bestway”, the store that just might have the best beer selection in the state! Big thanks to Darrin, Charles, and Chad of the Charlotte Beer Club and Tom of the Common Market for putting together a fantastic event. We had about 40 or so people from the area to come out and hear me talk about Weyerbacher. Great people, great beer, great time! I’ll be putting up a post on the website with all the details by the end of the week.
I should get on to what’s brewing. While I was in NC, Dan Hitchcock (busy) was busy brewing up one of his own concoctions. (when the cat’s away…) He was brewing up the next in the Brewer’s Select Series, Kilo. It is going to be a summer saison made with Chamomile, Grains of Paradise, and Coriander. It has not completely fermented but I think it is going to be awesome. You can count on Kilo being served at Philly Beer Week events throughout the 10-day “week”. We are also hard at work brewing up Fifteen for next month’s release.
Comments from Chris Lampe: Verboten is in bottles and the conditioning is done. I had to make Dan wait a little bit to make sure, but it is now ready to ship so look for it on the store shelves now! This is now my lawn mower beer!! In other news, we will have the date coder running this Thursday so look for “bottled on” and “expired by” dates on the bottle soon! See recipe below.
Chris L.
Next month’s release: Fifteen. Smoked Imperial Stout 11.8% ABV.
Sales Manager Bob Fauteux: Bob loves this concoction, see what you think: Sweet Simcoe, Pour half a pint of Double Simcoe in a pint glass then pour a half pint of Old Heathen slowly over the back of a spoon to get the layering effect. Prost!
Recipe for Tarragon Roasted Chicken with Pearl Onions & Baby Potatoes served with Verboten & Mustard Gravy & Smothered Green Beans available on Weyerbacher website: weyerbacher.com/blog/2010/05/weyerbacher-update-may-12-2010/