Ah, will the sun and warm weather never arrive? I clearly remember the vernal equinox back in March, heralding—among other things—the advent of spring. The snow did finally melt, didn’t it? And the deck at Old Boys’ is now officially open for business. So where is my sun? Ahh! However, despite the overcast conditions outside today and what my whiny lamentations seem to infer, I am quite excited to tell you of the latest goings-on at your favorite local brewery. So without further ado…
For those patrons who either have not been to the pub in a while or may have missed the cooler in the hallway, we are now offering beer for sale to-go in 750ml bottles. Currently we have our Black India Rye Ale and our Apple Harvest Ale available. But do look for more styles in the future. Speaking of the Apple Harvest Ale, the beer was recently entered into an international cider and perry competition in the Fruit Beer category and took home a gold medal. The competition was the impetus for bottling some beer in the first place and consequently decided to just keep bottling. Why not, you know? Anyway, we changed the Harvest’s name to La Belle before the competition so as not to confuse the judges as to whether the beer was a fresh hop “harvest” beer or not. So if you wish to pick up a bottle, please ask for it by its new moniker.
By the time you read this Old Boys’ Superfruit Series will be in full swing. First offered was a Chocolate-Covered Cherry Stout made with our new Chocolate Stout and Balaton Cherry Juice. Our Blueberry Wit will be available in late May. And up in June will be our Berry Wheat beer, which will be made with black raspberry juice. We are going to have some serious berry inundation this summer, beer lovers! And look for our Bohemian-style pilsner in July. Finally, next up on the bourbon barrel docket will be our aged Imperial Stout. Okay, all this talk of beer has me thirsty again, so I believe I am calling it beer-thirty and will bid you adieu. Until next time…Cheers!
Brew Master – Dave Bayes
