Firstly, VANESSA, started last week and began her virgin voyage of 'beer delivery girl.' So, we have DELIVERY. Well, we had delivery before but usually it meant one of us brewery clowns were schlepping beer around town - or I would drag my 2 small boys with me, 4 little hands on the kegs - I am not sure child labor laws would approve. Now we have OFFICIAL DELIVERY DAYS, routes, and we are even spreading into Santa Clara, San Jose, Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga and Monterey! And I say 'SPREADING' like WILDFIRE because Jeff is nailing accounts all over the place - Beverages and More, Whole Foods, Indie Liquor Stores, you name it. WELCOME VANESSA! She is a cool chick who has done extensive traveling/diving in Central America (a prerequisite for working at our brewery - if you don't have a nose ring, haven't traveled in the third world, don't even apply)
Second virgin of the brewhouse - ME - well, I brewed my first SOLO batch of beer last week. Fittingly, it was a batch of the DREAD BROWN ALE. It went pretty smoothly - except a couple of stupid mistakes like overfilling the kettle (this next batch of brown is on the 'light' side) and tying the pantyhose on the HOP BACK FILTER, in a knot. It seems somewhat FITTING that the girl brewer would f*&! up the pantyhose. After lots of cussing and fidgeting, Nick figured out where my mistake was and fixed it. My dad helped me shovel the grain - thank god - because after grinding the grain and mashing in, my neck was tweaked. I can't lift 55lb bags over my chest.
Third virgin of the brewhouse - KELLY - not all who have met her, know her secret - that she is saving herself
for marriage. A card carrying member of the local Santa Cruz chapter of 'Abstinent til the WEDDING NIGHT,' our precious little beer angel has been serving up tastes and wit, stories and grace at our tasting bar for almost 7 months! Where would we be without our little beer virgin? Isnt' she sweet?Look for her new postcard which will go on sale soon and will be available exclusively at the tasting bar. And if you think it sucks, you might not want to say anything in front of her or she might SPIT in your beer.
Well, I hope that I haven't offended anyone with the FINGER, or the VIRGIN stuff... onto the VICTORIES!
WE WON! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON!
Ok, that is annoying, but we couldn't be happier.
Our buddies from Devil's Canyon came up to Chad at the Menlo College Beer Festival and congratulated him a couple of Sundays ago. Chad's reply, "What the hell are you guys talking about?" He forgot that I entered our beer in the California State Fair. Then after enlightening him, Chad's reply, "Don't SHIT me." He didn't believe it. Organic beers don't win 1st in the division, do they? WELL OURS DID! We took a Gold Medal and a 1st in the division of American Brown Ales. So for all you critics - keep your opinions at BAY. We are still here.
Onto the VOO DOO - well, word around the Swift Street Courtyard is that maybe there were tortured child laborers there or maybe the building was ERECTED on a sacred burial ground. The vibe around the place is NOT GOOD these days. Drama everywhere. You would think that the PORN that used to be FILMED in our spot would have counteracted with the bad juju out there. Guess not. Change is in the air... so is the STENCH of cow manure that they are using to fertilize the neighboring strawberry fields.
BEER SEASON IS IN FULL SWING. IF YOU AREN'T DRINKING BEER, YOU ARE A FREAK!
