Greetings all-

Thanks to everyone who attended the ABR yesterday. We had a great
turn-out and a very well-behaved crowd, and that always makes the
festival more enjoyable. Thanks also to everyone who stopped by the
booth and congratulated me on my new job. It’s always good to see
familiar faces.

The weather was absolutely perfect; I’d like to take credit for that, but
according to Paul, it was his doing.

It appears that the VIP hour was a success; it will return next year.

Last, but not least, Winterfest will be held at the Landmark Center Jan
20th, 2007, from 6:30-9:30. Tickets on sale at ticketworks.com beginning
at noon on Dec. 1. I’m hoping they will last a little longer than 4
minutes this year, but probably not much longer.

Thanks for supporting the Minnesota Craft Brewer’s Guild.

Cheers!

David Berg
August Schell Brewing

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful time yesterday atAutumn Brew Review. I certainly did. Good beer, good friends, good music, good people… Thank you to everyone who stopped to introduce themselves and say hello. Thanks also to the Guild for mentioning MNBeer.com in the program – that was a welcomed surprise!

And now, a few random thoughts:

• The VIP hour was entirely worthwhile.
• Brau Brothers Brewing! Not only are they going to be bottling beer, but they’ve finally got a website!
• Breckenridge Brewery didn’t show. That’s two years in a row for those of you keeping track at home. If they sign up next year, I’m bringing a keg of my worst homebrew to serve in their place. Generally speaking, I like their beer, but c’mon… show up!
• I knew Boulevard was getting big, but hiring a beer server in a short-cropped tight t-shirt seems a little more like something you’d see from the BMC crowd.
• There were gallons upon gallons of good beer on tap. A few of my favorites included White Winter Winery’s Cyser & Blueberry Mead, Surly’s Darkness, Town Hall’s Thunderstorm & Twisted Reality, Fitger’s Cherry Batch, Wheatwine and Daisy Ale 8 and Schell’s cask Pale Ale and probably a bunch of others that I’m forgetting right now.

Thoughts? Comments?

The fine folks at MNBeer.com have beer on the brain and thus we will remind you one last time that Autumn Brew Review is tomorrow! Tickets are available at the gate. Beer… music… and a chance to hang out with us and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of other beer fans. Say hello and I’ll hook you up with MNBeer stickers… or “buy” you a beer. We’ll see you tomorrow!

You remember that song – the one with the tall bald guy jumping around and talking about hops burning, don’t you?! Eh, hops, beds, whatever. In any case, CNN reports that 4% of US hop crop has burned. Yikes!