Tuesday, February 23, 2016

I should be at a meeting...

... but instead I stayed at work and was running the tasting room. It's a peaceful, not busy sort of evening. Not good for lots of dollars, but great to connect with the customers.

My favorite kind of night here.

Time to talk about the beers and see what they think.

We had brought the BBQ back in this weekend, so I ran to the store and got some chicken legs and John is cooking them up. I toasted up some bread on the BBQ too. It was cheesy bread, so it was toasty and tasty.

Nice.

See you next time!

~ Claudia

Friday, February 19, 2016

Small things can be good things

There's been some not so good things happening here -- like the used forklift we bought in October has taken a major dump and is basically unusable. So it is out to get fixed. And of course it is costing WAY more than I first heard it would.

It was a sows ear painted to be a silk purse as the old saying goes.

But it was still a pigs ear.

Anyway-- it is off to get fixed and there's been no brewing going on here. Already been two weeks. Ugh. Lots of cleaning going on. But we need more beer in the tanks.

So I rented a forklift. Ordered a 6000 pound capacity one.

We went out to lunch yesterday and actually ate at the restaurant. Yummy food, but of course two of our salespeople and the forklift all arrived while we were gone.

Really? We weren't gone that long. So we rushed back.

When I looked at the forklift, I thought it looked small. So I called. And they laughed and said I hate it when women say that. So I thought well ooookay....

But when Paul came today he said-- wow that is way too small. So I called the rental place and sure enough it was the wrong one. So the right one will be here in an hour.

So that was a good thing. They are fixing it. Bringing the right sized one so Paul can brew and be happier.

Some beer will be burbling away in the tanks, making a happy noise. A small specialty batch of boch beer is in the brew kettle right now.

More Macaroon Nut Brown to be brewed on Tuesday/Wednesday... after the grain arrives on Monday.

Now we just need a bunch of dollars to roll in to pay for the forklift repair. So come on by and buy some pints or bottles or growler fills of beer. Lots of goodness on tap.

Cheers!
Claudia