“I heard you guys have a ginger saison?” a festival-goer said to us, shyly.
“Yeah, we sure do! We’ve also got Hip Check, our rye IPA on right now,” I replied back.
She turned around with a big grin, sipping from her sample glass. Another happy camper at the Barley Bros. beer festival in Meridian last weekend. The saison and Hip Check didn’t last long, though. Neither did the other kegs we brought with us. I had brewed up a storm in preparation for the show, but there is really no way you can keep up with 4,000 rabid craft beer fans when you’re brewing 10 gallons at a time. Even so, we were surprised when we blew our sixth and final keg at only 5:00 in the evening. As great as the enthusiasm for our beer was, it sure would have been nice to have had three times as much beer as we did. Yet again, the need for larger brewing equipment was plainly obvious.
We have some new shirts, and they were also a hit. If you’d like to pick one up, check them out here. CSB memberships are back on sale, too! These are limited – once the fermenter is spoken for, we won’t be able to sell them any more. Plus, much like Kickstarter, they help us get our start without quite as much bank interference!
Yeah, yeah, okay, but what about the brewery, you ask. We have been slaving away, though it often seems like two steps forward, one step back. Or sometimes the other way around. We are going through the Treasure Valley with a fine-toothed comb, searching for the perfect spot for the brewery. I think you’ll like some of the locations that we’re looking at. As soon as we’ve got a spot locked down we can begin the heavy lifting: licensing, equipment procurement, building improvements and all the rest. Until then, we’ll be brewing as much as possible and giving away plenty of samples. Projected opening? My best estimate right now is March. I know it. That seems like forever.
But hey, that means that the beer is free until then! If you’d like to know when our next sampling is, let us know and we’ll add you to our email list!
Until next time, skål