Our first year anniversary / mug club renewal party was a huge success.  Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us.  Check out the ice sculpture!  That was done by Richard Glodowski, one of our very own chefs.  He’s got his own ice sculpting business.  Check out the photo gallery on his site, there’s some really impressive work showcased.  We always knew he was talented in the kitchen, but wow!   Below the ice sculpture pics, I’m also posting some photos of  happy guests and staff at the party.  Check them out.

Thanks again for coming,

Chris

Founders Kevin and Mark, with Brewers Chris and Jeff.  Photo courtesy of Jeff Linkous of Beer Stained Letter.

Mug club members get their shot in front of the sculpture.

Mark and Kevin cutting the cake.  I was waiting for them to feed it to each other.

That’s me!  Tapping a pin of Bourbon Quadfather

Asst General Manager Pim loves the camera.

MMMMMM Beer!

Cheers!

Just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow is our one year anniversary party!  Hard to believe it, time flies. 

We’ll have some very special beers on tap from 1-5 pm.  Below is  a list.  Hopefully you’ll be here to celebrate with me and the rest of the crew.

Cheers,

Chris

Dark Situation (Cask Conditioned)
We set a couple of firkins of this aside after The Situation’s release party and this is the last one left.  It’s a blend of The Situation (golden barleywine) and Russian Imperial Stout.  The result is a complex marriage of rich, sweet specialty malt character and lots of American hop bitterness and aroma to balance it.  9.8% abv

Christmas in July
When the holidays were in full swing we filled a used bourbon barrel with our Winter Warmer (a strong dark ale finished with winter spices).  It’s been sitting in there soaking up bourbony deliciousness since then.  Jeff is kegging it off as we speak.  7.2% abv

Vintage English Strong Ale
Bold, rich, dark and malty, brewed with molasses and demerara sugar. 7.2% abv

Flemish Red Ale
Deep red to brown in color, this beer starts off malty, with a bit of caramel character and subtle chocolate notes, then finishes with a refreshing tartness. 5.0% abv

LIMITED TAPPING!!!  Bourbon Quadfather
This one will be tapped at 3 pm, and probably gone by 3:15.
Our dark Belgian Strong Ale aged in a used bourbon barrel for four months.  Strong, complex malt flavors and yeast fruitiness are complimented by distinct bourbon and vanilla notes, served on nitrogen. 10.2% abv

As I’ve mentioned earlier, you folks have been drinking enough beer here in Maple Shade for me to convince my bosses to give me another tank.   We just installed it last week and the next day we brewed up our Anniversary Ale for our one year anniversary party on July 24th.  I shot a bunch of video of the install for anyone who’s wondering how we get something that big into the brewery.  For most of you these clips will be as boring as watching yeast multiply.  But for those of you that have a fetish for heavy equipment and construction, just click on the pictures below.  I’m pretty excited to have this fermenter, now I get to make more of those beers that take up a lot of time in the tank.  I haven’t been able to do many specialty lagers in the ‘Shade.  I just couldn’t tie a tank up for that long.  Also, as luck would have it, my only gold medal winning beers are both styles that tie tanks up for as long as 60 days!  That’s why you haven’t seen any of The Cannibal or my Saison yet. That, my friends, has been remedied.  We brewed The Cannibal a couple of weeks ago, and the Saison last week!  Look for those in a month or two.

Cheers,

Chris