Happy 5th Anniversary!

Just poking around the decaying remains of internet blogs that time has forgotten about. Checking to see if anyone from Davis 05 is still looking at this. Hopefully everyone is doing well and beer making is paying the bills.

Tag, you're it

So, yeah, I'm building a brewpub in Joseph, Oregon. (Google maps link here.) I worked for Terminal Gravity for a year, it was a pretty crazy place. "Flying by the seat of the their pants," is a gross understatement. I was digging it, there were 2 cool owners (out of 3) and was living in an amazing place.
Then I tore (snapped, disconnected from the bone) my ACL while skiing. Jumping at the opportunity, the lame (alcoholic, creepy, sexual harassing, egomaniacal, 51%) owner, fired me, about a week before my knee surgery, without discussing it with any of the other owners. Needless to say, I don't like the guy very much.
After I was "fired and crippled" I spent a couple of long, dark, and slightly fuzzy (thank goodness for painkillers) winter months stuck on my couch, wondering what I was going to do with my life. Luckily, during some part of that time I decided that the little tourist town, 6 miles closer to the mountains from Enterprise, could really benefit (as could I) from a brewpub. Thus, Mutiny Brewing Company was born. (Think you guys knew about the name when I was at Davis, but after what went down the name got even better.) With financial help I bought a building that had been a bakery/restaurant and (eventually) started renovations.
My system is going to be tiny (4 Bbls) compared to the rest of y'alls brewhouses. It can get pretty dead here in the winter, so I figured it was better to brew more in the summer (and maybe take in a Davis intern once in a while) than let the yeast die during the winter, when I might not be brewing very much.
That's about where I am at right now. Seth is right, I will/do try to keep tabs on everyone via Facebook, but I do have a blog for my place at mutinybrewing.blogspot.com

Speaking of big news, did anyone else see that Eric is ENGAGED! I am so happy for you. And from the looks of it (via some facebook stalking) she is quite cute....nice work! Okay, that is enough with the exclamation points, but I am a girl, I get excited about these things.

Who else reads the blog? It's your turn to post something.

~kl

Test, 1, 2... Hey! This thing still works. Anyways, looks like Kari is building a brewpub in OR. I will now see how long it takes for someone else to post.

New Brewery

Hey Eric and Seth (and anyone else that just reads this)...

Just thought I'd spread the news that I will no longer be working for Trumer in two weeks. I'm going back to my old brewery Boulevard Brewing in Kansas City to brew there. Early next year I'll be transfering into the lab. I don't start until Sept 10. Until then, I'm road tripping it to Anchorage to help a friend move. Hope all is well.

Jeff

Eric: Darren has the scrapple, but has yet to cook it.

MBAA Pkg School?

Jeff, wtf? Are you saying that George didn't teach you enough about packaging whist in Davis? Or did you just take the free trip to Wi. to see Harper?

And Harper, is it true that you're going to Winston-Salem (20 mins from my apt) and if so are you flying into Greensboro airport (6 mins from my apt)?

Are you going to have any time while here to perhaps grab a beer or 10 in the great american south? Are you even going to get this message in time? I guess we'll find out in next months episode of Brewers Blog Postings...

New Davis Class

The new Davis class is packed full, even with 5 or 6 correspondance students. Two very attractive girls in the class too. Lewis and Bamforth are still the same. Candy is doing well too. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Falling off the edge of the earth...

Hey all (Seth and Eric). Just thought I'd make a quick appearance because I'm actually using a computer. Eric, I'm proud you're working full time again at New Glarus. I'll see you in two weeks when I fly out. I flight leaves Oakland at 6:15 am the day after St. Patty's Day. That will be a rough flight. I'm in town for 2 weeks. Plenty of time to go get drunk. Seth, how"s life at Miller? Dave Goodstall, one of the brewers at Sudwerk during our class, just got hired on at Trumer. Tex is proud to have just installed a bottling line at his brewery. He"s stuck at work right now trying to bottle some beer. Hope all is well. I raise my beer up right now in a toast to you. Cheers!

Jeff

Two Years Ago

Has it really been that long since we all ended up in Davis?

Ok. I'm really only talking to Eric now I guess. I guess everyone else fell off the planet or forgot their roots...