This is interesting… enough to steal me away from vacation for a few minutes… Jace down at sent me a note to let me know that they’re in the process of restoring two of their original 1936 cypress lagering tanks. They’re hoping that by next year they’ll have them functional and able to use as part of their 150th Anniversary Draft Series. Check out their website for photos and further information.

It’s a small, small world. First – check out three cool Summit t-shirts designed by Minneapolis’ Aesthetic Apparatus. There. Now I can weave a rather short tale into at least a paragraph… I haven’t seen him in a while, but I’ve known Mike from Aesthetic Apparatus since the early 90s when he played in a handful of bands and I wrote for a zine that made fun of said bands (less so for Mike’s bands, but I digress…). Anyway, it’s always cool to see what Mike and Dan are up. Despite my small-world reference, the Summit/AE collaborative shouldn’t really surprise me – after all, the guys used to bring beer over to my office in St. Paul as a bribe for cutting down posters. (I used to work at a printing company and they had some big fancy toys that they’d occasionally let me used unsupervised…) Anyway, go buy a shirt – or better yet, buy me one…

Bottles of Flat Earth Element 115 and Belgian-Style Pale Ale should be in stores shortly, and Angry Planet will follow shortly. Pick up a bottle (or ten) and check out the new labels!